Guayaba
Guayaba
AU$16.00 + VAT
This pattern is digital and available in English and Polish.
This pattern is a part of Issue 45 of Pom Pom Quarterly.
My inspiration for this design was sweet and simple! Guava fruit! This tropical fruit brings to my mind hot, humid summer in a rainforest. I transferred its succulent flesh into a lace stitch pattern and framed in charming wavy edges to create a truly jolly top for summer.
Guayaba is worked almost completely seamlessly from the top down. Front stitches are cast on using a provisional cast-on method and, after shoulder and neckline shaping, joined and worked straight down to the underarm. Stitches for the back are picked up along the front shoulders and cast on for the back neck. After shoulder shaping, back is worked straight down to the underarm. Shoulders are shaped using German short rows. Back and front are joined together and continued straight in one piece down to the hem. Sleeve stitches are picked up around the armholes. Hem and sleeve scallops are shaped using German short rows. Neckline stitches are picked up around neck opening and finished with one row of purl stitches.
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Sizes:
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Finished chest (fullest point) circumference:
98 (104, 112.5, 121, 129.5, 138, 146, 157, 165) cm
38½ (41, 44¼, 47½, 51, 54¼, 57½, 61¾, 65)“ – to be worn with 12-20cm 4¾-8” positive ease.
The pictures show size 2, with 18 cm / 7” ease.
Yarn:
Purl Soho Morning (DK-weight; 75% organically grown cotton, 25% yak; 175m 191yds per 100g skein)
Shade: Pink Lemonade; 3 (3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6) skeins OR approx: 480 (525, 580, 640, 700, 760, 825, 910, 995) m 525 (575, 635, 700, 766, 832, 903, 996, 1089) yds of light worsted or DK-weight yarn.
Needles:
4mm US 6 circular needle, 80-100cm 32-40” length (depending on size worked) and needles suitable for working small circumferences in the round
3.75mm US 5 needles suitable for working small circumferences in the round.
Others:
10 stitch markers
Scrap yarn or stitch holders
Tapestry needle
Gauge:
19 sts & 31 rows = 10cm 4” over St st on 4 mm needles after blocking.
Level: intermediate