Kumo Sweater
Kumo Sweater is as light and fluffy as a cloud (“kumo” means “cloud” in Japanese). It is named after La Bien Aimée’s beautiful handdied yarn “Kumo”.
Kumo Sweater is as light and fluffy as a cloud (“kumo” means “cloud” in Japanese). The measurements given in this pattern are the finished measurements of the garment. The sweater starts at the back with a provisional cast on. Short-rows on the shoulders form dropped shoulders. The stitches for the armholes are picked up along the armhole edge. Stitches for the neckband are picked up along the edge of the neck and loosely cast off after a few rows.
Yarn.
Yarn Weight: Lace weight held double of which one is a “fluffy” yarn
Yarn Samples: Kumo (74 % Suri Alpaca, 26 % Mulberry Silk, 328 yards / 300 m per 50 g) held double with Felix (75 % Falkland Merino, 25 % Corriedale, 710 yards / 650 m per 100 g). Both yarns are by La Bien Aimée
Neon Yellow / Grey Sample: Felix & Kumo in color A Buzz / color B Lichen
Peach / Pink Sample: Felix & Kumo in color A Peach Sweater / color B Fluoro Morganite
Yardage Kumo each color: 394 (416, 476, 520, 577, 685, 813, 885, 918) yards
Yardage Felix each color: 385 (407, 465, 508, 564, 670, 794, 865, 897) yards
Meterage Kumo each color: 360 (381, 435, 476, 527, 627, 743, 810, 839) m
Meterage Felix each color: 352 (372, 425, 465, 515, 612, 726, 791, 820) m
Neon Yellow / Grey Sample: Size 3
Peach / Pink Sample: Size 5 (in a cropped version each color 440 yards / 480 m of Kumo and 400 yards / 440 m Felix
Yarn available at www.labienaimee.com!
Finished measurements.
Bust circumference: 38 (41, 45, 50, 56, 61, 64, 69, 73) inches / 96 (105, 114, 128, 141, 155, 164, 175, 186) cm
Total length: 21 (21 (23, 23, 24, 27, 32, 33, 33) inches / 53 (52, 57, 58, 61, 69, 81, 84, 84) cm
Sleeves circumference: 17 (17, 18 3⁄4, 19, 20 1⁄2, 22 3⁄4, 23 3⁄4, 25, 25 1⁄4) inches / 43 (43, 47, 49, 52, 58, 60, 63, 64) cm
Neck circumference: 21 (22 1⁄2, 22 1⁄2, 22 1⁄2, 24, 24, 24, 25 1⁄4, 26 1⁄2) inches / 54 (58, 58, 58, 61, 61, 61, 64, 68) cm
Recommended positive ease: 10 inches / 25 cm
Techniques used: provisional cast on, short-rows (German and wt)
Invisible Bind off
In this short video I am showing how I am reworking my bind off to make it more smooth and even. I am using Ankestrick’s invisible bind off method and ammend it to work on a 3 x 1 ribbing.