The Midnight Sun (白夜) by Toshiyuki Shimada (嶋田俊之)

The Midnight Sun (白夜)

Knitting
October 2007
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
49 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
2244 yards (2052 m)
bust 98cm
Japanese

A cardigan with Bohus-like multicolour round yoke. The yoke is knitted flat. Short rows are included after the coloured part of the yoke, then back / front and sleeves are done flat and seamed. Buttonbands and cuffs are knitted in corrugated ribbing.

No specific yarn brand is suggested - the pattern only says to use fingering weight Shetland wool. The amounts listed per color are as follows:

  • color A, 5g - natural (生成り)
  • color B, 10g - light beige (薄ベージュ)
  • color C, 5g - light orange (薄オレンジ)
  • color D, 15g - orange (オレンジ)
  • color E, 15g - dark orange (濃オレンジ)
  • color F, 25g - red heather (霜降り赤)
  • color G, 25g - variegated red (赤ミックス)
  • color H, 15g - beige heather (霜降りベージュ)
  • color I, 10g - gray (グレー)
  • color J, 5g - light green variegated (薄グリーンミックス)
  • color K, 5g - light purple (薄紫)
  • color L, 5g - light pink (薄ピンク)
  • color M, 310g - dark gray (濃グレー)

Yardage listed above is an estimate based on typical fingering-weight wool.

Calls for Japanese size 3 & 4 knitting needles (3.0 & 3.3mm).