Eugenia. Cable Sweater Pattern
Eugenia sweater was published 8 a.m. London time - to celebrate the first day of Edinburgh Yarn Festival 2019. Eugenia sweater was created in collaboration with Moeke Yarns that will be hosted by Cross and Woods yarn store at EYF. If you are lucky enough to be in this part of the world, make sure to visit their stand, where you will find not only natural colors of Moeke, but also a batch of Elena yarn dyed with plants!
You will also be able to see the whole Moeke knitwear collection prepared for this event - Eugenia, Mariora and Aurica sweaters knit by our wonderful test knitters! We call them Romanian beauties - all the names we used for the sweaters are traditional Romanian names, but Eugenia has a very special meaning to me. This is the name of my dear Granny Eugenia, back in Russia. She is the one who taught me to knit and made me fell in love with this craft that has so much meaning in my life right now!
But before I came up with the name for the publication, this sweater draft was saved in my computer as "Puzzle". I wanted to create the image made of pieces that are intertwined together, but also easy enough to knit. You start with the cables, creating the asymmetrical line with the use of short rows, "break down" the sweater in half with the use of icord cable bind off and then continue in the mix of different ribbing stitches - each element is easy to knit, but when put together create a visual effect of the complicated puzzle.
The sweater is knit with pretty generous ease - at least 10", but Moeke creates such an amazing fabric drape that the sweater easily "flows" around the body without creating the bulky feeling. Make sure to block the sweater after you are done - it will make a huge difference in the fabric!
Details. This sweater is like a mini collection of different techniques that you are discovering as you are making your way up to the neckline. I had self doubts of how the final piece will look like and I am so happy that it turned out exactly as it is. It took me months to put it together, but it was definitely worth it adding it to The Gift Of Knitting designs collection.
General Pattern Information
CONSTRUCTIONEugenia sweater is knit bottom up in the round, creating cable rich fabric with the asymmetric cut produced with the help of short rows. Then this part is bound off with the cable bind off, the stitches are picked up from the cable bind off and the sweater is divided for front and back to be worked flat in a new stitch pattern. The sleeves are knit in the round top down in a simple 1x1 ribbing.DESIGN DETAILSTextureThe sweater features numerous textures that create the effect of the puzzle pieces put together. The sweater starts with the fabric covered in simple cables, the cable bind off is added to visually break the sweater in two parts and then the mix of different ribbing stitches is added.SleevesSleeves are knit in the round top down. The length is adjustable.NecklineThe neckline is a simple shaping free boatneck. The pattern gives the tips how to make it wider/narrower according to your taste.SizingThe sweater is graded for 8 sizes with approximately 11” of ease. The sample is shown in size Small with 11″ of ease.B O D Y S I Z E S:XS 31¨ (78 cm)S 34¨ (86 cm)M 37¨ (94 cm)L 40¨ (101.5 cm)XL 43¨ (109 cm)2XL 46¨ (117 cm)3XL 50¨ (127 cm)4XL 52¨ (132 cm)G A U G E1 rep = 5″ in Cable stitch after blocking.Take time to check your gauge!Y A R N500 (530, 580, 620, 660, 700, 750, 780) g of Moeke Yarns “Elena”.T E C H N I Q U E S
- Basic cables
- Short rows
- I-cord cable bind off
- Twisted stitches
Eugenia sweater is available for $7 USD.
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