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Kitsch
SUMMARY: Kitsch is a woman’s straight, hip-length pullover with long, drop-shoulder sleeves and a round-neck collar. The overall pattern is like tesselated light-coloured swirls (colour B) against a dark background colour (colour A), done in the Fair Isle technique. The hemline, sleeve and neck edges are done in a K2, P2 ribbing, using the darker colour. The round collar is picked-up from the body of the sweater and knit-on in the finishing steps.
SIZES: Small (Medium, Large).
FINISHED CHEST: 46 (48, 50)” / 117 (122, 126) cm.
YARN REQUIREMENTS: A – 912 (912,1064) yds / 600 (600, 700) gms / 6 (6, 7) balls, B – 912 yds / 600 gms/ 6 balls for each size.
SHOWN IN: Rowan Chunky Chenille, A - #367 Black and B - #365 Ecru.
CHARTS: 1 colourwork charts.
CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES: Fair Isle knitting, increasing and decreasing in knitting, picking-up stitches to knit onwards and back stitch or mattress stitch seaming.
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- First published: January 1996
- Page created: January 20, 2008
- Last updated: November 15, 2018 …
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