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Alinea

Alinea is a minimal, oversized drop shoulder cardigan with a lot of straight lines and little shaping. With set-in pockets, no front closures and wide, 3/4 length sleeves, it’s a practical and easy to wear year-round piece that can be dressed up or down. Shaping at the back of the neckband and short rows at the shoulders and sleeve caps give the cardigan a more refined fit.

The stitch pattern is both charted and written. The cardigan is worked bottom up seamlessly and the sleeves are picked up and knit down in the round. The neckband is picked up, worked in two pieces and seamed at the centre back neck. The pockets are prepared while working the body and constructed with a pocket bag.

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Sizes

XS (S, M, L) (XL, 2XL, 3XL)

Measurements

49 (54, 58.5, 64.5) (69, 74, 80) cm /
19½ (21¼, 23, 25½) (27¼, 29, 31½)″ width

To fit 76-81 (86-91, 97-102, 107-112) (117-122, 127-132, 137-142) cm /
30-32 (34-36, 38-40, 42-44) (46-48, 50-52, 54-56)″ bust or hips
with 15-20 cm / 6-8″ suggested ease at bust

Skills needed

(German) short rows, picking up stitches, decreasing in stitch pattern, knitting in the round, grafting.
Written instructions for I-Cord Bind-Off and Turkish Cast-On are included in the pattern.

Yarn

Approximately 1525 (1665, 1805, 1970) (2100, 2230, 2400) metres /
1670 (1820, 1975, 2155) (2295, 2440, 2625) yards
of Sport/5 ply weight yarn, or
10 (10, 11, 12) (13, 14, 15) skeins in colour 6834 Blue/Turquoise
of Garnstudio DROPS Alpaca (100% Alpaca; 167 m / 50 g)

Instagram

  • No best nine for me as it would probably just look like a screenshot of my feed, that's how little I posted 🙈 No pretty pile of knits either, I feel like I just didn't knit that much 🙈🙈 A couple of things for me, a few more as gifts, and the rest is currently spread around the globe. So I had a dig in my box of swatches instead, and pulled out all the swatches from my designs this year. It's a nice way to keep a record 💕 See you next year! 👋 . . . #knittersofinstagram #handknit #knitlove #knitting
  • The only knitted gift this Christmas, for the tiniest, most deserving, soon-to-be-born head in the family. Happy holidays to you dear knitters, makers, friends & family ✌️✨
  • A Strophe for me... 🌑 Knit in @dererumnatura Gilliatt. I'm liking this knitting my own copy in black thing. . . . #amirisumagazine #amirisu17 #amirisu #strophesweater #dererumnatura #dererumnaturagilliatt #knittersofinstagram
  • Just wanted to memorialise the one perfect buttonhole I freehanded 👌 . . . #handmadewardrobe #sewing #sewersofinstagram #memade #diyfashion
  • The Strophe sample for amirisu. Right before I sent it off earlier this year, and when I already knew this wasn't the last time I knit this pattern..! #strophesweater #amirisu #amirisu17 #knittinglove #knittinginspiration #knittersofinstagram #myak #myakyarn
  • This is Strophe, my design for issue 17 of amirisu! This one's got a cool construction and some nice details, I hope you'll like it. It’s a pullover but knit like a cardigan (no seams though!), the v-neck can be as deep as you want to make it, and the sleeves are a little bit rounded. Knit in mYak Baby Yak Medium, so dreamy 💖🌿 Out on the 27th October 😊 Beautiful photography by @amirisushop #strophesweater #amirisu #amirisu17 #myak #myakyarn #knittersofinstagram #knitweardesign #knittinglove