Saint Lunaire-Griquet
Saint Lunaire-Griquet is a bottom-up, textured, colourwork circular yoke. The textured stitch embedded in the colourwork yoke is meant to accentuate a speckled yarn against a high contrast background. Stars in the night sky. Like building blocks, the body and sleeves are round after round of an eyelet basketweave stitch bordered by a twisted stitch diamond cable along the sides.
March 2019.
Saint Lunaire-Griquet is a bottom-up, textured, colourwork circular yoke. The textured stitch embedded in the colourwork yoke is meant to accentuate a speckled yarn against a high contrast background. Stars in the night sky. Like building blocks, the body and sleeves are round after round of an eyelet basketweave stitch bordered by a twisted stitch diamond cable along the sides.
March 2019.
Saint Lunaire-Griquet is a bottom-up, textured, colourwork circular yoke. The textured stitch embedded in the colourwork yoke is meant to accentuate a speckled yarn against a high contrast background. Stars in the night sky. Like building blocks, the body and sleeves are round after round of an eyelet basketweave stitch bordered by a twisted stitch diamond cable along the sides.
March 2019.
Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7) with finished busts:
81.5 (91.5, 96.5, 108) (119.5, 129.5, 141)cm /
32 (36, 38, 42.5) (47, 51, 55.5)“.
Sample shown is size 3 on an 89cm / 35” bust, corresponding to 7.5cm / 3” positive ease. Intended to be worn with 7.5cm to 12.5cm / 3” to 5” positive ease. A schematic and list of measurements is provided in the pattern.
Yarn
ArtFil BELLE (80% superwash merino wool, 20% nylon and 354 metres / 387 yards per 100 grams) in main colour MC (Montreal cityscape at dusk) and contrast colour CC (Onyx). For ArtFil BELLE you will need 3 (4, 4, 5) (6, 7, 7) skeins of main MC and 1 (1, 2, 2) (2, 2, 2) skeins of contrast CC. Specifically, the amounts are MC: 1025 (1230, 1330, 1515) (1950, 2160, 2395) metres / 1120 (1345, 1455, 1655) (2130, 2360, 2620) yards and CC: 235 (340, 390, 460) (530, 600, 670) metres / 255 (370, 425, 505) (580, 655, 735) yards.
Gauge
Stockinette: 32 sts and 42 rounds to 10cm / 4” with size A needles after blocking (or needle size required to match gauge).
Colourwork: 32 sts and 36 rounds to 10cm / 4” with size B needles after blocking (or needle size required to match gauge).
Eyelet basketweave: 32 sts and 44 rounds to 10cm / 4” with size A needles after blocking (or needle size required to match gauge).
Needles
Gauge was achieved with the following needles. You may require a different needle size to achieve gauge. Swatch and use a needle size that will result in the correct gauge after blocking.
Size A: 2.25mm (US 1) 80cm/32” circular needles for body, hem, yoke stockinette; DPNs or 100cm/40” circulars and magic loop for sleeves, cuffs, collar
Size B: 2.75mm (US 2) 100cm/40” circular needles for yoke colourwork
Notions
small diameter cable needle or sock cable needle, stitch holders or scrap yarn, stitch markers
Techniques
stranded knitting in the round
working a textured stitch within colourwork
seaming (in the collar, cuffs)
twisted stitch cables
smocking
grafting underarms
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Tech edited by Chaitanya Muralidhara (Ravelry: beginswithac)
