PDF - Digital knitting Pattern for the Big Kelpie sweater by Caledonia Dreamin sizes 1 to 9 (fr/en)

Big Kelpie is a sweater with a generous turtleneck, featuring a sophisticated cable pattern that runs across the sleeves and chest.

Construction and style

The sweater is knit in the round, seamless, from the top down with raglan increases. It has a comfortable ease, wide sleeves, and fitted cuffs.

Sizes and ease

Sizes 1 to 9, for a bust circumference of 71 to 158 cm. Finished bust circumference from 102 to 160 cm; positive ease gradually decreases in larger sizes.

Recommended yarn

Cascade 220 Superwash, 100% superwash wool, 200 m per 100 g, knit with two strands held together. A thicker wool used as a single strand can also work if the gauge is met.
We can advise you on an equivalent alternative yarn in-store.

Yarn quantity

Approximately 1,860 to 3,040 m with two strands held together, or about 930 to 1,520 m with a single strand of equivalent thickness.

Gauge

14.5 stitches x 24 rows per 10 cm in stockinette stitch with 5.5 mm needles, after blocking.

Needles and notions

5.5 mm circular needles for the body and 4.5 mm for the ribbing, or sizes needed to achieve gauge; stitch markers and a yarn needle.

Main techniques

• Knitting in the round and top-down construction
• Raglan increases
• German short rows
• Reading charts and cables

Your download includes

• The digital knitting pattern in PDF format.
• Instructions, charts, size tables, and detailed quantities by size provided by the designer.

Digital product: no physical item will be shipped.