Into the Dunes

Into the Dunes is a light and airy warmer weather garment, with eye-catching bands of stranded colourwork at the neck and armholes.

CONSTRUCTION

This garment is worked top-down, initially flat, then later in the round. The back is cast on first, with short row shaping used to shape the back of the neck and slope the shoulders. Sizes 6-10 work increases into the lower section of the armhole. Once armhole depth is reached, the front shoulders are picked up (one side at a time), with short row shaping used again to slope the shoulder piece, then increases are used to shape the V-neck. Once the armhole depth has been reached, front and back are joined together, and once the V-neck depth is reached, the two front pieces are joined together.

After this, the remainder of the body is worked in the round, with optional decreases to shape the waist, before a twisted-rib waistband. Stitches are picked up around the neckhole, with stranded colourwork creating a decorative neckband, finished with I-Cord edging. The same stranded colourwork and I-Cord combination is added to the armholes.

SIZING GUIDE

This garment is graded into sizes 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9, 10). Recommended positive ease is 8+” / 20+ cm at the chest circumference.

Finished Garment Chest Circumference:

39.25 (42.5, 46, 50.5, 54) (58.5, 62, 64.25, 67.75, 71.25)“

98 (106.5, 115, 126.5, 135) (146.5, 155, 160.5, 169.5, 178) cm

GAUGE

Using 3.25 mm / US size 3 needles, or needle size required to meet gauge, 28 stitches over 36 rounds in both stockinette stitch and colourwork, wet blocked, creates a 4x4” / 10x10 cm square.

YARN

The sample has been worked using Knitting for Olive’s Merino fingering-weight base (100% Extra Fine Merino; 250 m / 274 yds per 50 g) in colourway Hazel as the main colour.

Contrast Colours are fingering weight leftovers from stash.

YARDAGE (includes ~10% excess)

Main Colour:

919 (988, 1044, 1124, 1177) (1245, 1310, 1351, 1441, 1503) metres

1005 (1081, 1142, 1230, 1288) (1362, 1433, 1478, 1577, 1644) yards

184 (198, 209, 225, 235) (249, 262, 270, 288, 301) grams

Contrast Colour 1:

47 (51, 51, 55, 55) (59, 63, 63, 66, 66) metres

52 (56, 56, 60, 60) (64, 68, 68, 73, 73) yards

9 (10, 10, 11, 11) (12, 13, 13, 13, 13) grams

Contrast Colour 2:

64 (69, 69, 74, 74) (80, 85, 85, 90, 90) metres

70 (76, 76, 81, 81) (87, 93, 93, 99, 99) yards

13 (14, 14, 15, 15) (16, 17, 17, 18, 18) grams

Contrast Colour 3

40 (43, 43, 46, 46) (49, 52, 52, 55, 55) metres

44 (47, 47, 50, 50) (54, 57, 57, 60, 60) yards

8 (9, 9, 9, 9) (10, 10, 10, 11, 11) grams

TOOLS & NOTIONS

2x 3.25 mm / US size 3 circular needles (varying cable lengths would be helpful)

2.75 mm / US size 2 circular needles (for the waistband)

3 markers

scrap yarn

tapestry needle to weave in ends

SKILLS REQUIRED

-long tail cast on

-joining and working in the round

-working make one left and right increases

-German short row shaping

-reading colourwork charts

-working stranded colourwork with two or three colours

-working half-twisted ribbing

-working a repeating pattern of decreases

-decreasing using K2tog and SSK

-standard bind off