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Yarn bought from The House of Hemp, at the 2003 Knitting and Stitching Show. Each skein is 100g and cost £7. It is 2-ply and quite thin. I will probably use needles somewhere around 3mm.

I am planning to knit this sideways in stocking stitch so I can have nice wide vertical stripes. I will have to do a bit of maths to make sure that the colour joins work smoothly:

  • on each shoulder seam
  • at the side seam where I start and finish knitting
  • where I join the sleeves to the body (this is the least important one)

A V-neck would be nice but possibly impractical for sideways knitting.

Swatch

Knitted on 2mm needles. Before washing, 24 stitches and 48 rows per 10cm square. After machine-washing and drying flat, 32 stitches and 48 rows per 10cm square. I'm going to assume a gauge of 30 stitches and 48 rows, to allow for a little stretching with wear (remember that the rows are the horizontal direction and the stitches the vertical, since this is knitted sideways). I think I may have counted the rows a bit wrong though (they weren't very well defined) since while knitting the back and actually counting the rows I'm getting more like 54 rows per 10cm.


The pattern

Use 2mm needles. The yarn is 2-ply hemp yarn in 6 colours: A, B, C, D, E, F. Size: one size fits Kake.

Back

Use a provisional cast on to avoid seams. Throughout these directions, wrap the next stitch after a short row.

The back is worked left to right. The selvedges are worked with a chain selvedge for neatness of finished edges and ease of seaming, plus a 4-stitch moss stitch border to avoid rolling.

Special abbreviations:

  • SRB: Start of row border: S1P, P1, K1, P1, K1
  • ERB: End of row border: K1, P1, K1, P1, K1

Cast on 90 stitches in colour A. This strip uses short rows to form the waist shaping.

  • Row 1: SRB, P to last 5 st, ERB
  • Rows 1a, b, c, d: SRB, K4, turn; P4, ERB, turn; SRB, K8, turn; P8, ERB, turn
  • Row 2: SRB, K to last 5 st, ERB
  • Rows 2a, b, c, d: SRB, P20, turn; K20, ERB, turn; SRB, P22, turn, K22, ERB, turn
  • Row 3: as row 1
  • Rows 3a, b: SRB, K12, turn P12, ERB, turn
  • Row 4: as row 2
  • Rows 4a, b: SRB, P24, turn; K24, ERB, turn
  • Row 5: as row 1
  • Rows 5a, b, c, d: SRB, K16, turn; P16, ERB, turn; SRB, K20, turn; P20, ERB, turn
  • Row 6: as row 2
  • Rows 6a, b, c, d: SRB, P26, turn; K26, ERB, turn; SRB, P28, turn; K28, ERB, turn
  • Row 7: as row 1
  • Rows 7a, b: SRB, K24, turn; P24, ERB, turn
  • Row 8: as row 2
  • Rows 8a, b: SRB, P30, turn; K30, ERB, turn
  • Row 9: as row 1
  • Rows 9a, b, c, d: SRB, K28, turn; P28, ERB, turn; SRB, K32, turn; P32, ERB, turn
  • Row 10: as row 2
  • Rows 10a, b, c, d: SRB, P32, turn; K32, ERB, turn; SRB, P34, turn; K34, ERB, turn
  • Row 11: as row 1
  • Rows 11a, b: SRB, K36, turn; P36, ERB, turn
  • Row 12: as row 2
  • Rows 12a, b: SRB, P36, turn; K36, ERB, turn
  • Row 13: as row 1
  • Row 14: as row 2

Change yarn to colour B. This strip takes care of the armhole shaping and also begins the hem shaping. Use invisible increases.

  • Rows 1-26: Work in stocking stitch, but continuing with the borders, and increasing one stitch at the hem end every three rows (start of the row on K rows, end of the row on P rows). Make the increases a stitch in from the border.
  • Cast on 75 stitches using the provisional cast on. Work 75 stitches over this provisional cast on. You're still on row 26 now but it has got longer.
  • Rows 27-53: As rows 1-26

Change yarn to colour C. This strip continues the hem shaping at a slightly slower rate.

  • Rows 1-54: Work as the previous strip, but reducing the increases to one at the hem end every six rows.

Change yarn to colour D.

  • Rows 1-54: Work as the previous strip but with no increases.

See Also: Kake's Projects


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