Noctuidae by Catherine Clark

Noctuidae

Knitting
December 2020
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
26 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in stranded stockinette stitch with larger needles
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
1690 - 3305 yards (1545 - 3022 m)
Finished bust measurements: 33 1/4(37 3/4, 42 1/2, 47, 51 3/4)(55 3/4, 60 1/4, 65, 69 1/2) to fit Bust size: 25-28(28-32, 32-36, 36-41, 41-45)(45-49, 49-54, 54-59, 59-64) in with 6-10 in positive ease.
English
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Noctuidae is a tribute to unseen beauty. It is an ode to the light seekers…those who spend their time here on earth looking for deeper meaning. Like moths, we too are victims of the world we have created. While they search for the true light of the moon, we are also searching …for the truth. While they find it in the moon, we find it in our unconscious and our intuition.

SIZING: 1(2, 3, 4, 5)(6, 7, 8, 9)
Finished bust measurements: 33 1/4(37 3/4, 42 1/2, 47, 51 3/4)(55 3/4, 60 1/4, 65, 69 1/2) to fit Bust size: 25-28(28-32, 32-36, 36-41, 41-45)(45-49, 49-54, 54-59, 59-64) in with 6-10 in positive ease. See schematic for metric sizing.
yarn
MC: Skydance Fibers Ursa Minor in color Steamy Kitchen Window. Approx. 375 y/100 g: 1145, (1304, 1463, 1622, 1781)(1920, 2078, 2237, 2400) yards. 4(4, 4 5, 5)(6, 6, 6, 7) skeins.
CC1: Tukuwool Fingering in color Rae (04). Approx 200m 220 yards/50g: 422(480, 540, 600, 656)(707, 765, 824, 882) yards. 2(3, 3, 3, 3)(4, 4, 4, 4) skeins.
CC2: Spincycle Dyed in the Wool in color Noctuidae. Approx 200 yards/50 g: 125(141, 158, 175, 192)(207, 224, 242, 260) yards. 1(1, 1, 1, 1)(1, 2, 2, 2) skeins.
CC3: Optional second color of Tukuwool in color Anga(02)
1 skein.
Additional yarn is needed to knit the longer full chart sweater for some sizes: You will need an additional skein of Skydance for size 3, 5 and 8. You will need an additional skein of Tukuwool and DITW for size 5.

GAUGE
26 sts and 28 rounds over 4 in of color work after blocking and 24 sts and 32 rows over MC stockinette after blocking
Tools
Size 3.25 mm/3 US circular needles in 3 lengths appropriate for neck, cuffs and hem (see finished measurements).
Size 3.5 mm/4 US circular needles appropriate for increasing width from neck to shoulders to lower hem.
Darning needle for seaming sleeves and weaving in ends.
Stitch Markers: At least 5.

This is a top down pullover knit in the round. Sleeves are worked flat to the cuff and then seamed. Colorwork is worked in the ribbing but this is optional. I also have colorwork during the short rows for the back neck which is also optional. Fit is meant to be loose and swingy and extremely cozy and warm like a Slanket. The sample bust measurement is 51 3/4 in. (size 5) Felicia is a 52 in bust and I am a 40 in bust.