Friday, July 19, 2013

Top-Down Raglan Summer Lace Cardigan

I'm making this sweater as my dissertation for Nerd Wars Tournament 8 on Ravelry. I'm about halfway finished. The yarn is a new one from Bernat called Cotton-ish. It's a DK weight cotton/acrylic blend. I really like it; it's easy to work with, and the weight is perfect for our Kansas summers. My granddaughter picked out the color for me.




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Sunday, July 14, 2013

Charts for Top-Down Raglan Summer Cardigan

I hope this helps:

Front increases on each side up to raglan stitch. Stop increasing every odd row after row 17; then increase only on rows 25, 31, 37, 43, 49, and 55 (your rows might be different, depending on the size).  This is not meant to be an accurate stitch count, but a pattern showing how to do the increases at the beginning and end of the rows.

Raglan Stitches
Edge Stitches
Slip Stitch = /
Slip Slip Knit = >
Knit 2 Together = <
Knit = i
Yarn Over = o

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o
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> 
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17


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15



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o
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/



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o
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13




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/





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5








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3









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End of Row

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   Row # 1










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o
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o
/

Beginning of Row

For row 19 on the front, you would sl, k1, k2tog, yo, k2…etc. Rows 21 and 23 would start off sl, k1…etc. On row 25 you make another increase at the front edge, so rows 27 and 29 would start sl, k2, lace pattern…. You increase again on row 31, so rows 33 and 35 would start sl, k3, lace pattern…. (I hope the bold number for row 19 is correct; just make sure it matches up with your established pattern and go from there).


On the yo, ssk rows, the second stitch of the ssk will be the yo from the previous odd row. On the k2tog, yo rows, the first stitch of the k2tog will be the yo from the previous odd row. Once I figured this out, it’s been a lot easier to do the pattern.

Sleeve and back increases between raglan stitches. First and last stitches are raglan stitches, second and next-to-last stitches are raglan increases. This is not an accurate stitch count, but a pattern showing how to do the increases at the beginning and end of each sleeve and back section. Continue in this pattern until row 63.

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o
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o
< 
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21
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19
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17
33
49
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15
31
47
63
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13
29
45
61

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11
27
43
59


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9
25
41
57



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Row #3








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End of Row

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i

Beginning of Row
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