Akiko

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Akiko

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Arbor 3-ply Worsted-Spun DK Weight

Select a color Vintner Alizarin Mesa Butte Burnished Klimt Tincture Seaglass Spruce Dorado Lovat Treehouse Rainier Sashiko Fleet Cobbler Black Fig Driftwood Degas Arabesque Porter Thaw Norway Heron Humpback Kettle Hammock

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• Product description

  Lush cables and moss stitch make the most of Arbor’s beautiful stitch definition in this striking, sculptural cardigan. A dramatic collar is formed by extending the fronts to wrap around the shoulders and join behind the neck. The back is picked up from the edges of the joined shoulders and knit downward as a square of stockinette with a ribbed hem. Double-ribbed sleeves are picked up and knit flat down to the cuff. Side seams are sewn to complete the piece. Knit in Vintner or another bright color, Akiko makes a striking statement piece, but it would be elegant in Porter or Degas.

  Designer: Yoko Hatta

  Collection: Wool People, Volume 11

   

• Pattern materials

  YARN

  • 11 (12, 14, 15, 17) skeins Brooklyn Tweed Arbor (100% American Targhee wool; 145 yards/50 grams)
  • Photographed in color Vintner

  
  

  YARDAGE

  • 1540 (1695, 1935, 2110, 2365) total yards of DK weight wool yarn 

  
  

• Pattern specs

  CONSTRUCTION

  • Each front is worked flat from the bottom up. The tops of the front are then joined using Joinery Bind Off. Stitches for the back are picked up and knit along the center portion of the joined fronts and worked from the top down. Next, stitches for each sleeve are picked up in the corner of the join between the front and back and worked from the top down. Finally, the side and sleeve seams are sewn together.

  
  

  FINISHED DIMENSIONS

  • 20½ (22½, 24½, 26½, 28½)” [52 (57, 62, 67.5, 72.5) cm] back width
  • Sized to fit approximately 32–34 (36–38, 40–42, 44–46, 48–50)” [81.5–86.5 (91.5–96.5, 101.5–106.5, 112–117, 122–127) cm] chest
  • Sample shown is size 22½” [57 cm] back width on model with 34″ [86.5 cm] chest

  Need help picking a size? See our resource page on Selecting a Sweater Size 101.

  
  

  GAUGE

  • 20 stitches & 29 rows = 4″ in stockinette stitch with Size A needle(s), after blocking
  • 20 stitches & 30 rows = 4″ in Moss Stitch with Size A needle(s), after blocking
  • 40-stitch panel from Cable Chart measures 6″ wide with Size A needle(s), after blocking
  • 23 stitches & 30 rows = 4″ in 2×2 Ribbing with Size B needle(s), after blocking

  
  

  NEEDLES

  Size A (for Main Fabric)

  • One 32″ circular needle in size needed to obtain gauges listed
  • Suggested Size: 4 mm (US 6)

  
  

  Size B (for Ribbing)

  • One 32″ circular needle in size needed to obtain 2×2 Ribbing gauge listed
  • Suggested Size: 3½ mm (US 4)

  
  

  Please note: the stitch patterns for this garment are charted only.

• Techniques

  Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern:

  • Joinery Bind Off

  
  

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