Abraxas

Abraxas

Abraxas wants to be your new go-to casual yet dressy cardigan. The shape and drape work equally well with the cardigan worn open or overlapping, perhaps fastened with a clasp or brooch. The interplay between two contrasting textures on body (an easy hourglass pattern) and frontbands & hem (a zig-zag rib) will keep your knitterly attention. Look closer and you notice that the rib gradually expand also to encompass the cuff.  A nice touch (if I may say so).

gauge: 32 stitches and 36 rows · needles: 3.25 mm · US 3

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Abraxas beckons with inviting textures, overlapping fronts, no buttons, and a slightly swingy shape that is easy to wear. The unusual collar is knitted along the back neck, then folded and fused into a broad buttonband that is worked along with the fronts and the rest of the body – with step-by-step instructions and photos to guide you. Balayage, a yarn collaboration between Pascuali and Melanie Berg, is a lovely yarn that somehow creates both drape and stitch definition.

  • Ziggurat: everything is knitted in one go, top to bottom
  • no seaming
  • detailed step-by-step instructions
  • photo tutorials

As usual, there’s the Helpful Table to keep track of increases from shoulder to underarm cast-on.

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