Art Deco Cardigan
If you want to learn how to work entrelac, you should work this piece -- it is fascinating to knit and it will be a pleasure to wear today and many years from now.
Gauge 22 sts and 23 rows = 4" in stockinette stitch. Needle size US 7 (4.5 mm).
Yarn Helen Hamann ELATION, 85% Pima Cotton/15% Baby Alpaca, 50 g skein, 140 yds/128 m, #2 DK weight -- 22 skeins -- 3,080 yards (2,816 meters) in the colors of your choice. Sample has been made using colors 2, 1, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11 and 10.
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If you want to learn how to work entrelac, you should work this piece -- it is fascinating to knit and it will be a pleasure to wear today and many years from now.
3 Reviews
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Art deco cardigan by Helen Hamman
Many mistakes in the pattern. I was never able to figure iut tye armholes for the sleeves. I put it away for over 10years. Then reordered pattern assuming it had been corrected. It was still the original 2010 pattern. Expensive yarn and a rp off.
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Mistakes in description
There are mistakes (incomplete description of First Tier of Blocks after words: kf&b, k2, skpo) and the description of the 6th tier is rather for the 5th tier. Together, the 7 tiers and the four tiers in the lower body should be described for a total of 11 tiers (colors) + 2 tiers of triangles at the beginning and end (2 colors). It's a pity that I noticed it only at tier 6, because unfortunately it took me some time (and unnecessary knitting) to come to the correct description. It would be much easier to knit if the attached drawing contained triangles and rectangles ...
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Instructions for a jacket
The instructions are clear and easy to follow. Very useful.
