Collar Your Dreams by Fiona Ellis

Collar Your Dreams

Knitting
July 2015
DK (11 wpi) ?
26 stitches and 33 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 6 - 4.0 mm
1370 - 2329 yards (1253 - 2130 m)
Bust: 31½ (35, 38, 41) (44, 47, 50)″
English
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An experienced (or adventurous) cable knitters dream, intricate and fun with just enough challenge! The cables, in Collar Your Dreams incorporate eyelet holes alongside the crosses, were inspired by iron work and form shapes reminiscent of the Eiffel Tower. This multi-season cardigan sports a shawl collar worked in short rows and elegant feature waist shaping. Knit in Valley Yarns Valley Superwash DK ensures a soft easy-care sweater.

Finished measurements: bust - 31.5 (35, 38, 41) (44, 47, 50)″; length hem to shoulder - 23.25 (23.25, 24.25, 24.25) (25.5, 26.25, 26.75)″

Yarn: 10 (11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17) skeins Valley Yarns Valley Superwash DK (100% Extrafine Merino, 50g /137 yds) color #08 Copper

Needles: US size 6 (4.00mm) circular needles

Gauge: 26 sts and 33 rows = 4” over St st Cable panel = 5” wide