Simple Aran (weight – not the cabley stuff)
This is the Aran version of Simple Ziggurat and shares its pleasing characteristics. I love the combination of Ziegel (Brick) and Artemisia (Sage), dyed by Barbara of Dibadu. You can find the yarn, Big Twist, here.
Another verrry nice colour combination is the one Annabel chose for her test knit, Nacht (Night) and Muschelsucher (shell seeker).
I need a sweater in those colours. I do. And a Bamse (Annabel’s dog, whose ears you can just barely glimpse.)
- has bold colour blocks and simple, tailored lines
- is knitted with the Åsa Tricosa Ziggurat top-down tricnique
- has set-in sleeves that are also knitted top-down and in the round
- a rolling neckline that is knitted last
- is seamless – not a seam in sight, no joining of pieces
- has waist shaping and optional bust darts
Step by step instructions and a photo tutorial guide you through the unconventional beginning
The pattern is fully written out.
A Helpful Table keeps track of rows and shaping but is not required reading.
Note: Sizes 38 and 40 can with some bravado or luck be knitted with only 4 skeins of the main colour. Tips for how to stretch your skeins are provided.
MC 4 (4, 4, 5, 5) 5, 6, 6, 6, 6 skeins
CC 2 skeins
Approximate yardage
MC
590 (620, 660, 710, 750) 790, 830, 870, 910, 940 m / 640 (680, 730, 780, 820) 870, 910, 950, 1000, 1030 yds
CC
210 (220, 230, 250, 260) 270, 290, 300, 310, 320 m / 230 (240, 260, 270, 280) 300, 310, 320, 340, 350 yds
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