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.