Experience

Experience is the tenth design of my Einaudi Collection, a series of designs inspired by the music of Ludovico Einaudi. Each design takes its name from the piece of music that inspired it.

Experience is a dramatic piece with repeated motifs that combine with longer chords to create tension and anticipation.

CONSTRUCTION

This garment is worked top-down, in the round. After the neckband, short row shaping is incorporated to optimise fit. The majority of the yoke features an Inlay Knitting panel worked into the centre front of the garment. A section of stranded colourwork pattern is also worked around the yoke.

The pattern recommends using the Ladder Back Jacquard technique to easily manage the stranded colourwork yarns across the back of the Inlay Knitting panel and a video tutorial for this is included in the pattern.

Once the yoke is completed, stitches are separated into body and sleeves, which are each worked separately and in the round. Both the body and sleeves are worked in plain stockinette, with a band of colourwork above the half-twisted rib waistband and cuffs.

SIZING GUIDE

This garment is graded into sizes 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9, 10). Recommended positive ease is 4+” / 10+ cm at the chest circumference.

Finished Garment Chest Circumference:

33.75 (38.25, 42.5, 45.75, 50.25) (54.5, 57.75, 62.25, 66.5, 68.75)“

84.5 (95.5, 106.5, 114.5, 125.5, 136.5) (144.5, 155.5, 166.5, 172) cm

SAMPLE

The wearer is 5’10” / 178 cm with a 37” / 92.5 cm chest circumference. The sample has been worked in size 4, giving the wearer 8.75” / 22 cm of positive ease at the chest. To accommodate the height of the wearer, an extra 0.5” / 1.5 cm of depth has been added to the yoke, and an extra 2” / 5 cm of length has been added to the body and sleeve lengths.

GAUGE

Using 4 mm / US size 6 needles, or needle size required to meet gauge, 22 stitches over 28 rounds in both stockinette stitch and colourwork, wet blocked, creates a 4x4” / 10x10 cm square.

YARN

The design requires 1 Main Colour and 3 Contrast Colours.

Main Colour:

Primrose Yarn Co.’s Roan 3ply Sport base (60% American Superwash Merino / 40% Domestic Non Superwash Merino; 297 m / 325 yds per 100 g) in colourway Fossil.

Contrast Colours:

Primrose Yarn Co.’s Rose 3ply Sport base (100% American Superwash Merino; 297 m / 325 yds per 100 g) in the following colourways:

Contrast Colour 1: Snow Owl

Contrast Colour 2: Driftwood

Contrast Colour 3: Dusk

YARDAGE (includes ~10% excess)

Main Colour:

713 (775, 843, 927, 1002) (1074, 1168, 1261, 1365, 1398) metres

780 (848, 922, 1014, 1096) (1175, 1278, 1380, 1494, 1529) yards

240 (261, 284, 312, 337) (361, 393, 425, 460, 470) grams

Contrast Colour 1:

53 (58, 62, 66, 71) (76, 82, 84, 89, 90) metres

58 (63, 67, 72, 78) (83, 90, 92, 97, 99) yards

18 (19, 21, 22, 24) (26, 28, 28, 30, 30) grams

Contrast Colour 2:

43 (47, 50, 53, 58) (61, 66, 68, 72, 73) metres

47 (51, 54, 58, 63) (67, 73, 74, 78, 79) yards

15 (16, 17, 18, 19) (21, 22, 23, 24, 24) grams

Contrast Colour 3:

113 (122, 130, 139, 150) (160, 173, 177, 186, 188) metres

123 (134, 142, 152, 164) (175, 189, 193, 204, 206) yards

38 (41, 44, 47, 50) (54, 58, 59, 63, 63) grams

TOOLS & NOTIONS

3.5 mm / US size 4 circular needles (to work neckband, cuffs and waistband; varying cable lengths would be helpful)

4 mm / US size 6 circular needles (to work yoke, body and sleeves; varying cable lengths would be helpful)

3 markers

scrap yarn

tapestry needle to weave in ends