It has been cold in Calgary the past couple of weeks. Cold enough to chill the coffee in the short blocks between the local coffee emporium and work. The solution? Coffee sweaters!
Instead of knitting my Christmas gifts or stitching ornaments for the tree, I have been knitting tiny sweaters without sleeves. One ball of Kureyon will make two Vente size sweaters.
If you feel the need to make a coffee sweater, Cast on 40 stitches on 5.5mm needles. join in a round with 10 stitches on each needle.
Purl 3 rounds.
Knit 5 rounds. Increase 1 stitch at the beginning of needle #1 and needle #3.
Knit 8 rounds. Repeat increase round.
Knit 8 rounds. Repeat increase round. (46 stitches)
Knit 5 rounds.
Purl 3 rounds.
Cast off. Finished length is ~6". Felt the sweater and dry on the appropriate size cup. Felted length is ~4".
You also should check your yarn before you start knitting because not all yarns that look like they will felt actually will!
1 comment:
Marilynn,
These are soo cute and very practical during our cold snap. Sometimes I think that a sweater without sleeves is what I need for my tea/coffee to hold the warmth when you forget about the brew as you become engrossed in your latest project.
Donna
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