Mohair Cardigan
I made a white mohair raglan sleeve cardigan. This was supposed to be an oversize sweater good for putting over anything. I wanted something big, fuzzy & warm.
Throughout the sweater, I used two strands together. On the body, I used #15 needles. The ribbing on the bottom is k2p2 rib on #13 neeedles. I used #11 needles for the ribbing at the cuffs. For the collar, I did 4 rows of garter stitch on #11 needles.
I calculated a 14" neck, 4.2" for the back, 7.7" for the front. Next time, I want a much smaller neck. Yes, I wanted oversized but this is huge!
This was with a gauge of 4 st/inch over stockinette..
This sweater was knit top down, flat (knit right side, purl wrong side). On knit rows, I increased at every raglan marker.
When casting on, I allocated 56 stitches for total neck stitches. This made for 17 stitches for the back, 4 stitches for each sleeve, 8 increase stitches and 30 stitches for the neck.
For the sleeves, I did a matching double decrease every 4 rows until I had 22 stitches.
I've been wearing the sweater and I like it. The sleeves are a bit long. The body might be a little longer but I'm also thinking the body is the right length. It just seems a bit short because the sleeves are so long
Next time I might try for more of a V neck.
I made a white mohair raglan sleeve cardigan. This was supposed to be an oversize sweater good for putting over anything. I wanted something big, fuzzy & warm.
Throughout the sweater, I used two strands together. On the body, I used #15 needles. The ribbing on the bottom is k2p2 rib on #13 neeedles. I used #11 needles for the ribbing at the cuffs. For the collar, I did 4 rows of garter stitch on #11 needles.
I calculated a 14" neck, 4.2" for the back, 7.7" for the front. Next time, I want a much smaller neck. Yes, I wanted oversized but this is huge!
This was with a gauge of 4 st/inch over stockinette..
This sweater was knit top down, flat (knit right side, purl wrong side). On knit rows, I increased at every raglan marker.
When casting on, I allocated 56 stitches for total neck stitches. This made for 17 stitches for the back, 4 stitches for each sleeve, 8 increase stitches and 30 stitches for the neck.
For the sleeves, I did a matching double decrease every 4 rows until I had 22 stitches.
I've been wearing the sweater and I like it. The sleeves are a bit long. The body might be a little longer but I'm also thinking the body is the right length. It just seems a bit short because the sleeves are so long
Next time I might try for more of a V neck.
