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From a woven jacket with an attached scarf in an upscale boutique, I got theidea of using a contrasting lace “scarf” as a collar on a romantic knitted cardi- gan. I envisioned a fitted silhouette in a soft drapey fabric. To give the sweater a bit of body, I worked it in seed stitch. I used crochet cotton yarn to give the at-tached scarf a Victorian feel.
finished size
36 (40½, 44½, 48)" (91.5 [103, 113, 122] cm)bust circumference. Sweater shown measures44½" (113 cm).
yarn
DK Weight (#3 Light).
shown here:
Classic Elite Premiere (50% cotton,50% Tencel; 108 yd [99 m]/50 g): #5226 tidalwave (aqua; MC), 8 (9, 11, 12) skeins.DMC Baroque Crochet Cotton Size 10 (100%mercerized cotton; 400 yd [366 m]/about. 1½ oz):ecru (CC), 1 (1, 1, 2) skeins.
needles
Body and sleeves—size 6 (4 mm). Scarf collar—size 5 (3.75 mm). Adjust needle size if necessaryto obtain the correct gauge.
notions
Markers (m); stitch holders; tapestry needle; sizeD/3 (3.25 mm) crochet hook.
gauge
17½ stitches and 29 rows = 4" (10 cm) with MCin seed stitch on larger needles; 25 stitches and32 rows = 4” (10 cm) with CC in collar pattern onsmaller needles, after blocking.
designer notes
The garment turned out to be looser than Iexpected, and the seed stitch made it a bitheavier than if it had been knitted in stockinettestitch. Although the fronts and back had built-in shaping at the waist, the sweater tended tohang straight from the shoulders. To solve theproblem, I added narrow ties at the back that by happy coincidence accentuated the curved back hemline with soft gathers.
{ makeit yur own }
The lace pattern I chose for the scarf is a simple one. But you couldsubstitute any pattern that will repeat evenly into about the samenumber of stitches. You have some leeway here because the lacedoesn’t have to be a particular width or length—it will be gatheredinto a loosely draped swag that will hang below the V neckline. BeforeI attached the scarf to the sweater, I realized that it would also look great as a belt for a pair of jeans! You could use a long strip of any simple repeating lace pattern to make a great update to a traditionalribbon belt.
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