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Tri-terra Cardigan

May 18, 2011

working out the maths

A bottom up cardigan for wee ones with rolled sleeves, tri-colored yoke, and applied i-cord button band.

Yarn: Cosymakes Rainbow Chard or worsted to aran weight yarn that knits to gauge. 165(190, 215, 240, 265/290, 315, 340) yd [150.9(173.7, 196.6, 219.5, 242.3/265.2, 288, 310.9) m] main color (mc), 40(45, 50, 55, 60/65, 70, 75) yd [36.6(41.1, 45.7, 50.3, 54.9/59.4, 64, 68.6) m] of contrast color one (cc1 – bottom color), contrast color two (cc2 – second color up), and contrast color three (cc3 – top color plus i-cord yarn)

Needles: Size 8 US [5 mm] 16-24 in. [40.6-61 cm] circular needles and a set of double-pointed needles in the same size, or whatever size you need to get gauge

Gauge: 4.5 sts/in. [2.5 cm]

Sizes: 3 mo. (6, 12, 18, 24/2, 4, 6), or chest size 16(17, 18, 19, 20/21, 23, 25) in. [48.3(50.8, 53.3, 56, 58.4, 63.5) cm]

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on ravelry here, and my version can be found here.

p.s. i am dyeing 60 skeins of Rainbow Chard this week, so there will be lots of choices if you want to knit this sweater in my yarns!  i’m planning an update on the first of june.

working out the maths

4 comments

  1. this is really cute! you have a great color sense.


  2. Oh my gosh! That is so cute! I really love the colors. Makes me wish I had little ones again.


  3. [...] why only 3 skeins each?  because the fourth skein of each went to make these striping kits for the Tri-terra Cardigan. here are the test knit samples, all using some (or all) of my [...]


  4. [...] my version will be modeled some time this winter. can’t wait! i currently have lots of tri-terra kits in the shop. it comes with the striping part and the pattern… and you can either buy a skein or two more of rainbow chard, or stash dive for the rest of the sweater yarn. LD_AddCustomAttr("AdOpt", "1"); LD_AddCustomAttr("Origin", "other"); LD_AddCustomAttr("theme_bg", "ffffff"); LD_AddCustomAttr("theme_text", "61636a"); LD_AddCustomAttr("theme_link", "36769c"); LD_AddCustomAttr("theme_border", "dddddd"); LD_AddCustomAttr("theme_url", "399cc6"); LD_AddCustomAttr("LangId", "1"); LD_AddCustomAttr("Autotag", "education"); LD_AddCustomAttr("Autotag", "books"); LD_AddCustomAttr("Autotag", "technology"); LD_AddCustomAttr("Tag", "baby"); LD_AddCustomAttr("Tag", "child"); LD_AddCustomAttr("Tag", "community"); LD_AddCustomAttr("Tag", "cosyknitsliterally"); LD_AddCustomAttr("Tag", "knitting"); LD_AddCustomAttr("Tag", "patterns"); LD_AddCustomAttr("Tag", "sweaters"); LD_AddSlot("wpcom_below_post"); LD_GetBids(); Share this:FacebookTwitterEmailLike this:LikeBe the first to like this post. [...]



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