Luca Cardigan by MillaMia Sweden

Luca Cardigan

Knitting
September 2013
Sport (12 wpi) ?
25 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
685 - 1096 yards (626 - 1002 m)
1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-6 years
English
This pattern is available from loveknitting.com for £4.00.

Young boys will love this homage to batman with the big bat flying across their backs! It is swiss darned on the back when the knitting is completed but before the garment is sewn up. When swiss darning the bat the most important thing is getting the placement right. To enable this we suggest counting the stitches on the back and marking out with tacking stitches the size of the chart. That way you can ensure that you have a couple of stitches free next to the shaping.

Alternatively, if you prefer you could knit the bats in using the intarsia technique.

Materials:
4(4:5:5:6) 50g/ 1 3/4oz balls of MillaMia Naturally Soft Merino in Cobalt (180) (M).
1(1:2:2:2) balls of Lime (181) (C).
one ball of Pitch Black (100) (B).