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| Job type | Test knit |
| Description | Fairwyn is a top-down, seamless sweater with a round yoke. It features a slip stitch pattern, as well as a lace section and bobbles. |
| Difficulty | Moderate |
| Start date | 2019-02-18 |
| Due date | 2019-04-02 |
| Craft | Knitting |
| Test secrecy | Postable |
| Pattern access | The pattern for this test will be sent to you by email. This means the designer will have access to your email address for this purpose. By applying for this test, you are allowing Yarnpond to show your email address to this designer for the purposes of sending you the pattern document only. The designer may not add you to their mailing list or send you marketing emails without you providing approval for them to use your address for that purpose. Designers found to be abusing their access to testers emails will be excluded from Yarnpond. |
| Advertiser | Maria Bourne |
| Spots available | 10 |
| Sizes required | 1 - 8 |
| Finished measurements | FINISHED BUST CIRCUMFERENCE 93 (95.5, 105, 115, 127, 138, 145.5, 156.5) cm / 36.5 (37.5, 41.5, 45.5, 50, 54.5, 57.5, 61.5)” Shown here: Size 3 on a model with 13 cm / 5 “ ease around bust. |
| Gauge | 28 sts x 36 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” in stocking stitch after blocking |
| Charted or written pattern | Both |
| Skills required | SKILL LEVEL Intermediate Techniques used: Tubular CO of knitter’s choice, increasing, decreasing, making crochet bobbles, regular BO of knitter’s choice. |
| Construction type | top-down, seamless sweater with a round yoke |
| Required or recommended yarn | Light fingering weight yarn which gives you the required gauge and approx. 280 m per 50 g |
| Tools required | NEEDLES Body & Sleeves – circular needle at least 80 cm / 32" long in size needed to obtain the correct gauge (main needle). Suggested size: 3.5 mm / US 4. Neck rib – circular needle 40 cm / 16“ long and two sizes smaller than main needle. Suggested size: 3 mm / US 2.5 – circular needle 40 cm / 16” long and four sizes smaller than main needle (for Tubular CO). Suggested size: 2.5 mm / US 1.5 Needle(s) suitable for working small circumferences in the round in main needle size and one size smaller for cuff ribbing.
NOTIONS Tapestry needle, stitch markers, smooth scrap yarn, crochet hook size 3.5 mm / US E (for making bobbles and if using crochet chain for provisional CO). |
| Ownership of the finished item | The finished item is yours to keep. |
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| Milestones |
The designer has created the following milestones, in order to keep track of progress during the test knit. By marking off each milestone as you complete it, you can easily keep the designer up to date with your progress. 2019-03-04: Complete yoke2019-03-18: Complete body 2019-03-31: Complete sleeves, washed and blocked |
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