Elmer is an oversized, colorful and textured cardigan. It's an alternating of knit and purl squares. Its colorful square patterned body reminds of the elephant Elmer from fairy tales.
Composition -
The cardigan is knitted from bottom to top. The body is knitted back and forth on circular needles in one part till the armholes. Then it's divided into 3 parts (2 front and 1 back) and finally 4 parts when reaching the collar. The front and back stitches of shoulders are bound off together thanks to a 3rd needle on the wrong side. Sleeves are knitted in the round from the armholes.
Size -
XS - S - M - L - XL (see image for more details)
Available in English & French
Gauge -
10cm x 10 cm: 16st x 20 rows with 6mm needles
Yarn -
Yarn used is Alpaca Blaze (25g = 225m; Needle 4-5mm; 40% Acrylic, 30% Alpaca, 30% Polyamide) from Hobbii but you can knit it with other similar yarn
The cardigan is knitted with triple thread and 4 colors (A, B, C, D) are needed for the square patterned body. Color A is also used for the sleeves and B, C, D for egdes.
- Color A (squares + sleeves): 5 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 balls or 1000 - 1100 -1300 -1400 - 1600m
- Color B, C and D : 3 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 4 balls or 500 - 600 - 650 - 750 - 800m
Material -
- Circular needles 6mm (80cm and 40cm)
- Circular needles 4,5mm
- DPN 4,5mm
- 6 buttons (Ø 15mm)
Techniques -
- Knit/Purl
- Twisted 1/1 rib
- Stranded knitting
- Picking stitches
- Binding off
- Binding off using the 3rd needle method
- Tubular binding off
Cardigan knitting pattern Elmer
Reminding us of the famous Elmer elephant from our child book, we wanted this pattern the most colorful possible
Basketweave Stitch and bottom-up construction
In this pattern you will be able to discover and use the Basketweave stitch with a little twist as it is knitting and 2 different colors
This pattern is showing a bottom-up construction
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