I’ve been playing with some new ways to work cables this year, and here’s my first successful experiment - Asti Spumante!

The Asti Spumante Tee combines color and cables in a simple way I haven’t seen done before. The twisted cables make a beautifully textured fabric, and the color within each cable adds a new twist to an otherwise simple, cabled tee. I particularly love how the lines of color accent the sleeve construction by sloping gently down each shoulder.

The body of the sweater begins in the background color only, with a deep ribbing and a bit of the cable motif to establish the design. I then added the color, working paired stripes around the body, tucked into each cable in short sections that break up the lines and highlight the texture of the fabric.

My stripes are worked in Dream State by Spincycle Yarns, which allows for subtle color changes from diamond to diamond and stripe to stripe, and it’s these different twisted shades of color that really stand out against the natural background.

Notes are included in the pattern for modifying fit, adjusting sleeve length, or for working your stripes in a number of different ways. Sweater is worked from the bottom up in the round to armholes, then split into front and back pieces, which are worked flat to shoulders. Sleeve stitches are added to each side of the upper body as you work to shoulders. Once shoulders are seamed, both collar and sleeve cuff stitches are picked up and worked in the round.

Yardage by size is detailed below:

SIZES
36.5(39.5,41.5,44.5,47.5,50.25)(52.5,55.25,61,66.25)” 92.75(100,105.5,113,120.5,127.5)(133.5,140.5,155,168.25)cm
Sizing based on final circumference around body at bust, before adding sleeve stitches.

YARN
Background Yarn mYak Baby Yak Medium (100% baby yak wool, 125yds/114m per 1.75oz/50g skein). Shown in Oatmeal. 900(1000,1100,1200,1300,1350)(1400,1500,1650,1800)yds 820(915,1005,1100,1190,1235)(1280,1370,1510,1645)m
Light worsted weight yarn in a solid color.

Accent Yarn Spincycle Yarns Dream State (100% American wool, 150yds/137m per 1.75oz/50g skein). Shown in Wololo. 75(100,100,150,150,150)(175,175,200,200)yds
70(90,90,140,140,140)(160,160,180,180)m
Light worsted weight yarn in contrasting shade from background.

If yarn gauge in stockinette is 22sts per 4”/10cm, your gauge in pattern should work out. Swatch to be sure though!

If substituting yarn, you want a light worsted weight yarn in a solid shade for your background color. I love the tiny bit of drape and the soft halo that the mYak adds to this sweater. Accent yarn should be the same weight and feel, in a contrasting color (or colors) that will show up well against the background.
Yardage is approximate.