Benedetta

CONSTRUCTION

• Cardigan is worked seamlessly from the top down.

  
  

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 33¼ (35¼, 38¾, 42, 45¼, 48¾, 52, 55¼)” circumference at chest
• Sample shown is size 35¼” with +3¼” of ease on model

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GAUGE

• Finished Gauge: 24 stitches & 44 rows/rounds = 4″ in garter stitch; measurement taken from relaxed fabric after wet-blocking

NEEDLES

Size A needle:

• One 32″ circular needle and one set of 5 DPNs (double-pointed needles) in size needed to obtain gauge listed
• Suggested Size: 3¾ mm (US 5)

Please note: the stitch patterns used for this garment include written as well as charted instructions.

YARDAGE

• Approximately 1305 (1360, 1535, 1660, 1785, 1930, 2060, 2160) yards of fingering weight wool yarn

YARN

• 5 (5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8) skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia Wool; 275 yards/50g)
• Photographed in color Soot

Current Pattern: v3.0

12 November 2013: (Version 2.0):

Instructions and photos have been reversed to place buttons/button holes on the correct side as follows: On Page 4, end of 2nd paragraph, “Raglan Increase and Buttonhole Row (RS): Slip 1 with yarn in front, work the Increase Row as established to last 6 stitches, SSK, YO, knit 4 (8 stitches increased) –152 (152, 156, 156, 156, 156, 156, 156) stitches.”

27 September 2016: Version 3.0

• PFB symbol and definition has been added to the Chart Legend
• Row 4, in Final Repeat Lace Panel (in the round and flat) charts, have been updated with the PFB symbol (previously KFB symbol)
• Instructions in the Finishing Notes have been updated to sew buttons to the Left Front to correspond to buttonholes