Alive & Kicking

Listing is for the pattern (knitting instructions) only.

Oh
You lift me up
To the crucial top, so I can see
Oh you lead me on, till the feelings come
And the lights that shine on
But if that don’t mean nothing
Like if someday it should fall through
You’ll take me home where the magic’s from
And I’ll be with you

Simple Minds, Alive & Kicking, 1985

Sizes
Measurements given are for the finished garment. The sweater is designed to fit with 7 - 9” [18 - 23 cm] of positive ease at the bust, less for larger sizes. Photos show size 2 on a 38” / 96.5 cm bust model.
(43, 47.5, 51) (54.75, 59, 62.75)“ / (107.5, 118.5, 127.5) (137, 147.5, 157) cm at bust

Yardage
(903, 996, 1089) (1182, 1256, 1340) yds / (825, 910, 995) (1080, 1148, 1224) m in ITO Kinu
(839, 917, 1009) (1088, 1166, 1232) yds / (768, 840, 924) (996, 1068, 1128) m in ITO Sensai

Suggested yarn
ITO Sensai
ITO Kinu
both are used in this pattern

Yarn weight
yarn held together
Lace
+ Lace
= Light Fingering

Gauge
26 stitches and 36 rows = 10 cm in stockinette st, blocked and with both yarns held together

Needle size
US 3 - 3.25 mm

Languages
English & German