Aunt Fred
Aunt Fred is my favourite kind of sweater to wear at a fall festival like Rhinebeck. It's casual, colourful and warm, and it looks great layered over a long-sleeved shirt. The stranded colourwork pattern is inspired by the curtains that hung in Aunt Fred's avocado-and-goldenrod kitchen, which existed as a 1970s time capsule until the day she died in 2008.
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Non-superwash wool yarn. Briar Rose Nate’s Yarn shown in shown in MC: Old Gold, and CC: Undyed. |
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24 sts and 28 rnds = 4" / 10 cm in stranded colourwork patt worked in the rnd with larger needle, after blocking. |
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US 3 - 3.25 mm and US 5 - 3.75 mm |
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Finished chest circumference: 30[32, 34, 36, 38, 40] (42, 44, 46, 48, 50) [52, 54, 56, 58, 60]" / 76[81.5, 86.5, 91.5, 96.5, 101.5] (106.5, 112, 117, 122, 127) [132, 137, 142, 147.5, 152.5]cm. |
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CONSTRUCTION
As a proud Michigander, I chose to make Aunt Fred with Briar Rose Fibers' Nate's Yarn. It's a sport-weight yarn with a slightly slubby texture that adds a sort of rustic quality to the simple colourwork pattern.
The construction is seamless: the body and sleeves are knit separately, then the upper body is worked in a single piece, with set-in sleeves that are shaped as you go.
VERSION INFORMATION
AuntFred_v.1.1
If you have the printed book click here for errata information.
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YARN
Non-superwash wool yarn. Briar Rose Nate’s Yarn (100% wool, 500yds / 457m, 4.94oz / 140g) shown in MC: Old Gold, and CC: Undyed.
MC: 700[750, 800, 850, 900, 900] (950, 1000, 1000, 1050, 1100) [1150, 1200, 1250, 1300, 1300]yds / 700[750, 750, 800, 850, 900] (950, 950, 1000, 1000, 1050) [1100, 1150, 1200, 1250, 1250]m
CC: 500[550, 550, 600, 600, 650] (650, 700, 700, 750, 750) [800, 850, 850, 900, 900]yds / 450[500, 550, 550, 600, 600] (650, 650, 700, 750, 750) [800, 800, 800, 850, 850]m -
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