Catchfly by Wencke Pertermann

Catchfly

Knitting
May 2016
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch on 3mm needles after blocking.
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
768 - 1152 yards (702 - 1053 m)
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
English

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Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

Finished bust measurement: 77.5 (85, 94, 101.5, 109, 116.5, 124) cm / 30½, 33½, 37, 40, 43, 46, 48½)” – to be worn with 0-5cm / 0-2” positive ease
Model has 81 cm / 32” bust, stands 163 cm / 5’4” tall, and is wearing size 3.

Yarn: BC Garn Sarah Tweed (worsted weight; 50% silk, 40% wool, 10% bourette silk (nups); 175m / 192 yds per 50 g skein)
Shade: Rust (29); 4 (4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6) skeins

Gauge: 22 sts & 34 rows = 10 cm / 4” over stocking stitch on 3mm needles after blocking

Needles: 2.5 mm / US 1.5 circular needle, 60 cm (24”) AND 40 cm (16”) length 3 mm / US 2.5 circular needle, 60 cm (24”) AND 40 cm (16”) length
Always use a needle size that will result in the correct gauge after blocking.

Notions: 4 stitch markers, scrap yarn

Notes: Top is worked flat in pieces from the bottom up and seamed afterwards. Shoulders are shaped using German short-rows and joined using a 3-needle cast-off. Waist shaping only occurs at the centre back.