Desire - Free Knitting pattern

Name: Desire - Free Knitting pattern
Brand: The Icelandic Store
SKU: FREE000004
Availability: OutOfStock

Desire by Rebekka Th. Kristjánsdóttir: a long button cardigan and a moss-stitch scarf, knitted with four strands of Einband held together.

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Yarn for this pattern

Einband, the colours the pattern uses. Tap a colour to see it.

1766 orange4 ballsColour A. The scarf takes 1 more ball.
9075 pecan heather4 ballsColour B. The scarf takes 1 more ball.
9128 blush4 ballsColour C. The scarf takes 1 more ball.
0867 chocolate4 ballsColour D. The scarf takes 1 more ball.

Desire is a free long cardigan knitting pattern by Rebekka Th. Kristjánsdóttir. The cardigan is 56 (58, 60) cm long from hem to underarm, closes with six buttons, and comes with a matching scarf. Both are knitted with four strands of Einband held together, one each of orange, pecan heather, blush and chocolate.

About the Desire cardigan pattern

Sizes S (M, L): chest 92 (100, 108) cm all the way round.
Yarn: Einband, 50 g balls. Cardigan: 4 balls each of 1766 orange, 9075 pecan heather, 9128 blush and 0867 chocolate, in every size. Scarf: 1 more ball of each.
Needles: 7 mm circulars, 6 mm double-pointed needles for the front bands. Gauge 13 stitches to 10 cm. Uses six buttons.

The body starts with 4 cm of moss stitch, then is knitted in the round with decreases at the sides, and joined to the sleeves for a raglan yoke with a few short rows near the neck. The front is machine-stitched and cut open, and moss-stitch bands with a facing hide the stitching. The scarf is 150 cm of moss stitch; sew the ends together, twisted if you like, for a moebius loop. For a thinner scarf the pattern allows two or three strands.

Some words in the materials list are Icelandic: “Efni” is materials, “Trefill” the scarf, “dokkur” balls.

The yarn

All four Einband colours in the pattern are in our shop: 1766 orange, 9075 pecan heather, 9128 blush and 0867 chocolate. For cardigan and scarf you need 5 balls of each, 20 in all.

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