Night

Night is the ninth design of my Einaudi Collection, a series of colourwork designs that each take inspiration from one of Ludovico Einaudi’s musical compositions. Night begins with simple, minimalist motifs, which gradually grow in intensity and complexity to a dramatic climax. Throughout the music, rising sequences of notes creates a sense of radiating outwards, which inspires the focal motif of the colourwork pattern.

CONSTRUCTION

This garment is worked top-down, in the round. After the neckband and first section of colourwork, short row shaping is incorporated to optimise fit. The majority of the yoke features a stranded colourwork pattern. Once the yoke is completed, stitches are separated into body and sleeves, which are each worked separately and in the round. Body and sleeves are worked mainly in stockinette, with the option to add a small band of colourwork before progressing to the waistband and cuffs, each of which are worked in half-twisted ribbing.

SIZING GUIDE

This garment is graded into sizes 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9, 10). Recommended positive ease is 3+” / 7.5+ cm at the chest circumference.

Finished Garment Chest Circumference:

33.75 (37.25, 40.5, 44, 50.75) (54.25, 57.5, 61, 67.75, 71)“

84.5 (93, 101.5, 110, 127) (135.5, 144, 152.5, 169, 177.5) 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, but with an extra 0.5” / 1.5 cm added at each underarm seam, giving the wearer 8” / 20.5 cm of positive ease at the chest. The sleeve extension for the upper sleeve circumference has not been worked. 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 length.

GAUGE

gauge, 26 stitches over 36 rounds in both stockinette stitch and colourwork, wet blocked, creates a 4x4” / 10x10 cm square.

Neckband, waistband and cuff circumferences assume you are working 7 sts per 1” / 2.5 cm.

YARN

The sample has been worked using Miss Babs’ Yummy 2-ply base (100% Superwash Merino Wool; 365 m / 400 yds per 110 g) in colourways Dark Pegasus as the Main Colour and Earl Grey as the Contrast Colour.

YARDAGE (includes ~10% excess)

Main Colour:

933 (1024, 1107, 1181, 1317) (1395, 1469, 1586, 1692, 1777) metres

1021 (1121, 1211, 1292, 1440) (1527, 1608, 1735, 1851, 1944) yards

281 (309, 333, 356, 397) (420, 443, 478, 510, 535) grams

Contrast Colour:

151 (162, 182, 197, 228) (228, 240, 270, 294, 307) metres

165 (177, 200, 216, 250) (250, 262, 295, 322, 335) yards

45 (49, 55, 59, 69) (69, 72, 81, 89, 92) grams

TOOLS & NOTIONS

2.75 mm / US size 2 circular needles (to work neckband, cuffs and waistband; varying cable lengths would be helpful)

3.25 mm / US size 3 circular needles (to work yoke, body and sleeves; varying cable lengths would be helpful)

1 marker

scrap yarn

tapestry needle to weave in ends

SKILLS REQUIRED

-long tail cast on

-joining and working in the round

-working half-twisted ribbing

-working left and right lifted increases

-German short row shaping

-reading colourwork charts

-working stranded colourwork with two colours

-long tail cast on with two colours

-cable cast on

-working a repeating pattern of decreases

-decreasing using K2tog and SSK

-standard bind off