Spacecat Invaders by Marna Gilligan

Spacecat Invaders

Knitting
September 2022
DK (11 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch
US 5 - 3.75 mm
1028 - 1996 yards (940 - 1825 m)
10 sizes, chest measurements from 80 - 170 cm
English
This pattern is available for £8.00 GBP buy it now

PRESS START for Spacecat Invaders, a playful and geeky sweater that blends retro arcade game action with feline world domination.

Make it yours …

Spacecat Invaders comes with lots of customisation options. Use the provided alphabet chart to add your own message down the sleeves - we went for PRESS START - and under the hem. Make your sweater a fresh ready-to-start game, a game in progress or GAME OVER. Less excitingly - more practically - choose from a ribbed or turned hem.

… and make it fit you

There are three shoulder widths per size, as well as details for shortening / lengthening your sweater to suit you.

Construction details

Spacecat Invaders is a top-down knit, with short row neckline shaping and contiguous sleeve shaping, and colourwork at the yoke and hem.

Size chart

Sizing details - all sizes in cm

sizing 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

a: chest circumference 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170
b: shoulder width narrow 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
medium - 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47
wide - - 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
c: shoulder to underarm 18 19 20 21 22.5 23.5 24.5 26 27 28
d: neck circumference 51 51 51 55 55 55 55 58 58 58
e: upper arm circumference 27.5 30 32.5 35 38 42 46 50 55 60
f: wrist circumference 16 16 16 18 18 20 20 22 22 22
g: sleeve length (from underarm) 43 43 43 42 42 42 42 41 41 41
h: body length with turned hem 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26
h: body length with ribbed hem 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30

Yarn requirements

MC - main colour/ CC - contrast colour (or colours)

size 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

MC with turned hem
narrow 780 850 940 1000 1060 1170 1240 1340 1450 1550
medium - 880 960 1020 1080 1190 1260 1360 1470 1570
wide - - 990 1050 1110 1210 1280 1380 1490 1590
MC with ribbed hem
narrow 810 890 980 1040 1110 1220 1290 1390 1510 1610
medium - 910 1000 1060 1130 1240 1310 1410 1530 1630
wide - - 1020 1090 1160 1260 1330 1430 1550 1650
MC Extra 5cm sweater length 50 60 65 70 75 85 90 95 100 110
CC spacecats total 70 75 80 80 85 90 90 95 100 100
CC spacecats row 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 25 25 25
CC spaceshields 25 25 30 30 35 35 40 40 40 45
CC turned hem 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95