Nina by Dawn Catanzaro

Nina

Knitting
February 2017
Sport (12 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch with largest needles, after blocking
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
960 - 1600 yards (878 - 1463 m)
31 (33¾, 36¾, 39¾, 42½, 45½, 48¼, 51¼)" [78.5 (85.5, 93.5, 101, 108, 115.5, 122.5, 130) cm] bust circumference
English
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A sweetly essential cardigan in Cleaner Cotton™ Willet, Dawn Catanzaro’s Nina is knitted from the top down, featuring raglan shaping and a garter-stitch yoke. Three-quarter sleeves, a-line shaping and back darts complete the comfortable, easy style of this pretty all-seasons sweater.

Shown in size 33¾” / 85.5 cm with ¼” / .5 cm negative ease

yarn
willet / hawser 712
6 (6, 7, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10) skeins

needles
32” circular in sizes US 4, 5 and 6 / 3.5, 3.75 and 4 mm
set dpns in sizes US 5 and 6 / 3.75 and 4 mm

gauge
22 sts and 28 rnds = 4” / 10 cm in stockinette stitch with largest needles, after blocking
22 sts and 44 rnds = 4” / 10 cm in garter stitch with smallest needles, after blocking

skills
Long-tail and backward loop cast ons (links provided); increasing, decreasing, working small circumferences in the round.