Make It Red by Ann Weaver

Make It Red

Knitting
August 2012
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette stitch using larger needles
US 8 - 5.0 mm
US 10 - 6.0 mm
1800 - 2090 yards (1646 - 1911 m)
32–38 (40–46, 48–54) inch bust
English
This pattern is available from knitpicks.com for $5.00.
Errata available: knitpicks.com

Interested in knitting Make It Red in a solid color? Check out the version nonstopknits created here!

Interested in making a sport-weight version? Here are the instructions for modifying the pattern.

Errata: On the first page of the instructions, in the right-hand column, the instructions for Raglan Inc 2 (WS) should read:

Raglan Inc Row 2 (WS): Purl to marker, m1R, sm, p1, sm, purl to marker, sm, p1, sm, m1L, purl across back sts as est, slipping next 2 markers, purl to marker, m1R, sm, p1, sm, purl to marker, sm, p1,sm, m1L, purl to end.**

The twentieth-century American graphic designer Rob Roy Kelly is credited with saying:

If you can’t make it good, make it big.
If you can’t make it big, make it red.

My sister and I often apply this adage to our work. One day we
discussed how to embody the concept in a knitted garment that was good, big, and red. Beth produced the initial sketches for the design, which I knit up into this cozy cardigan.