Elah Sweater by Isabell Kraemer KAL with Monica

Join our group in person to knit this fantastic sweater together! The pattern is available for separate purchase on Ravelry here.  If you would like, you can purchase the pattern at Mother Knitter when you select your yarn.

We’ll use three sessions over 4 weeks to knit this beautiful fall-transition cardigan. The cost for the KAL is $30 (plus pattern + yarn purchased at Mother Knitter). Although registration is online under classes,  this is NOT a class, it is a group knit-a-long where everyone is working on the same sweater.

Elah is worked seamlessly from the top down. Fronts are worked in lace pattern, while the back is worked in Stockinette stitch. Knitting starts with the provisional cast on of the shoulders for the fronts (you will first work the right front, then the left front). Once the short row shaped shoulder slope is done, the front is worked flat to underarm. Shoulder stitches are picked up from the provisional CO of both front shoulders to work the back to the same length. At underarm both fronts and back are joined to work the body top down back and forth to the bottom hem. As the front ribbing is built in, there is no finishing required. Sleeve stitches are picked up around the arm openings to work the sleeves in Stockinette stitch top down in rounds to the cuffs.

Yarn suggestions:

Double Sunday (50g, 108m. 20 stitches = 4″/10cm on US6 or 4mm needles; 100% non-superwash merino)

Line + Tynn Silk Mohair (Line: 50g, 110m. 20 stitches =4″/10cm on US6 or 4mm needles; 53% cotton, 33% viscose, 14% linen; Tynn Silk Mohair: 25g, 212m. 57% mohair, 28% silk, 15% wool)

Malabrigo Rios: 100g, 210 yards (192 meters). 18.0 to 22.0 sts = 4 inches on US 6 – 8 or 4 – 5mm; 100% superwash merino.

Needles
US 7 (4.5 mm) 40” (100 cm) circular needle and DPNs (or longer circular needle for magic loop) for sleeve and body ribbings.
US 8 (5 mm) 40” (100 cm) circular needle and DPNs (or longer circular needle for magic loop) for body and sleeves.
Needle sizes are suggestions; please make a gauge swatch to determine the needle size needed to get gauge

Gauge
18 sts x 26 rows = 4” (10 cm) square in Stockinette stitch on larger needle after blocking.
20 sts x 20 rows (2 pattern repeats) = 4.25” x 3” (11 cm x 7.5 cm) in lace pattern on larger needle after blocking

Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5)(6, 7, 8, 9)
finished bust circumference:
43 (47.5, 49.5, 53.75, 55.5)(60, 61.75, 66.25, 70.75)“
107.5 (119, 123, 134.5, 139)(150, 154.5, 165.5, 176.5) cm
Recommended ease: 10 – 12” (25.5 – 30.5 cm)
Sample is worn with approximately 11” (28 cm) of positive ease at bust

Materials
Smooth waste yarn and crochet hook for provisional cast on, stitch holders or waste yarn, 2 removable stitch markers, 6 stitch markers, tapestry needle, blocking tools.

Yarn must be purchased at Mother Knitter Yarn Studio; either select your yarn below for pickup in-store or come in early to purchase.