Pattern Booklet:
Craft:
Knit
Skill Level:
Intermediate
Project Type:
Women’s Clothing
Designer:
Amy Christoffers
Astilbe is a classic, Aran-inspired cardigan with subtle, wear-every-day textures.
Pattern is charted.
Skill level: Intermediate
Shown in size 36″
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Bust (closed) – 36(39-42-45-48-51-54)″
Length – 28(28½-28½-29-29½-30-30)″
Note: This garment was designed with approximately 6 – 8″ of ease. Please take this into consideration when selecting your size.
MATERIALS
7(8-8-9-9-10-11) balls BERROCO REMIX (100 grs), #3903 Almond
Straight knitting needles, sizes 6 (4.00 mm) and 7 (4.50 mm) OR SIZE TO OBTAIN GAUGE
36″ length circular knitting needle, size 6 (4.00 mm)
3 st holders
2 st markers
GAUGE
22 sts and 24 rows = 4″ in charted pat on larger needles
17 sts and 24 rows = 4″ in Moss St on larger needles
TO SAVE TIME, TAKE TIME TO CHECK GAUGE
Pattern Corrections:
Astible, p. 12 in booklet
A number of small corrections were made to make the ribbing instructions easier to follow, to make the ribbing flow more naturally into the Moss St pattern, and to include 2 purl sts on either side of the Back chart which were omitted. Please download the latest version, available (free) as a PDF download.