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Thursday, February 15, 2024

The Air was Blue

Andrea Mowry introduced the Tessellated Cardigan this morning. You can purchase the pattern on Ravelry.
The Tessellated Cardigan is a comfy, drop-shoulder cardigan that is the perfect way to showcase this beautiful stitch pattern in the color combos of your dreams! Depending on if you choose high or low contrast colors, it completely changes the look. Instructions include options for both cropped & full length. It is worked flat from the bottom up. The shoulders are shaped with short rows and finished using the 3 needle bind off. The sleeves & button band are then picked up from the body and knit.

I’ve been working on my Tessellated Vest and the pattern is very relaxing. After a few rows you have the pattern memorized.  





I quickly put together a few combinations. 

Andrea calls for a sport weight for the main yarn of the cardigan. I looked at some of the test knits (as well as some of the finished Tessellated Sweaters) and some people used fingering weight. This picture is
Le Petit Lambswool Turquoise
Suri Silk Love + Leche
Dyed in the Wool Light-Years
Woolcycle Sport Translation
Suri Silk Set Sail
DITW Light-Years
Woolcycle Sport Meow
Suri Silk Briar Rose
DITW Ghost Ranch
Patagonia 107
Suri Silk Set Sail
Starke 6 2136
Patagonia 107
Suri Silk Freshly Cut
Starke 6 2136
Patagonia 107
Suri Silk Set Sail
Starke 6 2542
Patagonia 117
Suri Silk After Dark
Starke 6 2543
Le Petit Lambswool Dark Violet Blue
Suri Silk Love Drunk
DITW Levitate
Le Petit Lambswool Dark Violet Blue
Suri Silk Very Berry
DITW On the Low
Le Petit Lambswool Dark Violet Blue
Suri Silk Cactus Flower
DITW Pop-Click
Woolcycle Sport Translation
Suri Silk Poppin
DITW Seaspray
Woolcycle Sport Translation
Suri Silk Love + Leche
DITW Seaspray
Woolcycle Sport Translation
Suri Silk Barbie Girl
DITW Seaspray
Le Petit Lambswool Light Green
Suri Silk Drops of Jupiter
DITW Bomboloni
Le Petit Lambswool Light Peach
Suri Silk Freshly Cut
DITW BombolonI

I could put together combinations all night but I had to stop. 

I haven’t had time to put kits online so I made a chart to show you how much yarn you need. This chart is for the cropped version.


Finished Bust

A - cropped version - yards

Le Petit Lambswool

Woolcycle Sport

Patagonia

B - cropped version - yards

Dyed in the Wool

Starke 6

C - Suri Silk

34”

816

3.02

2.50

2.14

360

2

0.82

1

38”

900

3.33

2.75

2.36

400

2

0.91

1

42”

1016

3.76

3.11

2.66

448

3

1.02

2

46”

1112

4.12

3.40

2.91

492

3

1.12

2

50”

1200

4.44

3.67

3.14

536

3

1.22

2

54”

1352

5.01

4.13

3.54

595

3

1.35

2

58”

1468

5.44

4.49

3.84

648

4

1.47

2

62”

1592

5.90

4.87

4.17

700

4

1.59

2

66”

1724

6.39

5.27

4.51

760

4

1.73

2

70”

1796

6.65

5.49

4.70

792

4

1.80

2


Here is the yardages for the full length


Finished Bust

A - longer version - yards

Le Petit Lambswool

Woolcycle Sport

Patagonia

B - longer version - yards

Dyed in the Wool

Starke 6

C - Suri Silk

34”

948

3.51

2.90

2.48

400

2

0.91

1

38”

1052

3.90

3.22

2.75

464

3

1.05

2

42”

1172

4.34

3.58

3.07

520

3

1.18

2

46”

1284

4.76

3.93

3.36

568

3

1.29

2

50”

1400

5.19

4.28

3.66

600

3

1.36

2

54”

1552

5.75

4.75

4.06

684

4

1.55

2

58”

1684

6.24

5.15

4.41

744

4

1.69

2

62”

1800

6.67

5.50

4.71

800

4

1.82

2

66”

1968

7.29

6.02

5.15

868

5

1.97

3

70”

2056

7.61

6.29

5.38

908

5

2.06

3


I was merrily knitting away last night while watching TV. I don’t know why I looked down but it’s a good thing I did. There was a mistake 4 rows down. I tried dropping the stitches and latching them up but it wasn’t working. The air was blue. I had to rip out 4 rows. It was my mistake - pay attention!!! Knit 6 rows and rip out 4. I’m not going to accomplish much if I keep doing that. Let’s hope that my knitting goes better tonight.

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