Augusta Colorwork Steeked Cardigan

Augusta is worked in the round top down, with steeks. The cardigan uses three colors, one main color and two contrasting colors. We love the simplicity of this beautiful cardigan; it's perfect for a steek class that has just enough interest combined with easy knitting.

A steek is a knitting technique involving extra "bridge" stitches and comes from a Scottish word for a "stitch" or "closure". A small extra column of stitches (usually 5 to 10 wide) added to a knitted tube. It lets you keep knitting in a circle instead of turning back and forth. You secure the extra stitches with sewing or crochet, then cut right down the middle to make openings for cardigans, armholes, or necklines.

SKILL LEVEL

Intermediate/Advanced If you know everything in the required experience section below, you know enough to take this class! 

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
To take this class you must know basic sweater construction and be comfortable with the following techniques: stranded colorwork, long tail cast on, knit, purl, working in the round, working flat, Right Side/Wrong Side, kfb, ssk, k2tog, p2tog, reading patterns, rib stitch, binding off.

INSTRUCTOR: Heike & Rebecca

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• How to choose and customize sizes
• Checking your gauge
• German Short Rows in colorwork
• Setting up a Steek
• Securing & Cutting your Steek
• Picking Up Stitches
  
• Problem Solving/Fixing Mistakes
  
• Tips and Tricks to make your Knitting Easier

**Please buy your sweater materials at Knotty Knit. Be sure to show up to class on time with materials ready and swatch made if required. There will be homework!

Sizing
32½ (34¾, 37½, 39¾, 42, 44¾, 48½, 52, 55, 57¾) in

Sizes reflect circumference at bust when worn buttoned, and are based on actual measurement of final blocked fabric. Choose the size that allows for 4-6”/10-15.25cm of positive ease based on your actual bust.

We are using:

Eiru Elements DK~50% Bluefaced Leicester (BFL) 50% Romney / 255yds

or

Juniper Moon Farm Patagonia~100% Organic Merino Wool / 382yds

Morris DK: 50% Bluefaced Leicester Wool, 25% Masham Wool, 25% Bluefaced Kerry Hill Wool /122yds

Yardage needed per size:

US 2½ (3 mm) circular needle, 24 and 32 in or 40 in for the larger sizes, for ribbing/edgings.

US 4 (3.5 mm) circular needle, 16 in (40 cm), 24 in (60 cm) and 32 in (80 cm) or 40 in (100 cm) for the larger sizes, for main fabric.

US 2½ (3 mm) and US 4 (3.5 mm) DPNs for sleeves/small circumferences in the round (DPNs not required if usingMagic Loop).

Optional: US 5 (3.75 mm) if you tend to work stranded colorwork at a tighter gauge than Stockinette stitch.

Buttons: 7–8 buttons approx. ¾" (18–19 mm)

Stitch Holders

Stitch Markers