Farrah

Blue Farrah

Red Farrah

Blue Farah's belt

Blue Farrah's shoulder

Red Farrah's shoulder

Farrah's sketch

Farrah is a loose fitting buttonless cardigan with shawl collar and long sleeves, it is fastened round the waistline with a belt. Because of its sporty 1970’s look, I named it Farrah after the actress Farrah Fawcett that, starring in the TV show Charlie’s Angels, became one of the most popular faces of those years.

I knitted a double version of this cardigan using two different yarns. Red Farrah, the first version I realized as a sort of test for my new pattern, has been knitted using  red super fine new wool. Blue Farrah has been made with  blue (Jeans shade) medium weight new wool (this is the only wool I expressly bought for a new garment this woolly season 2011/12).

Here is a list of materials and stitches I used to realized each cardigan. I made this pattern using my measurements (about XS size) .

Red Farrah

Materials:

• 380 gr of red extra fine new wool
• Straight needles 2,5mm
• Yarn needle

Stitches:

• Tubular cast-on
• 2k/2p ribs (edges and collar)
• Combination of vertical stripes with flakes (chart)

Vertcal stipes with flakes/Strisce verticali con fiocchetti

Blue Farrah

Materials:

• 750 gr of blue medium weight new wool
• Straight needles 4,5mm
• Yarn needle

Stitches:

• Tubular cast-on
• 2k/2p ribs (edges and collar)
• Right combined cable (on the left front of bodice) and left combined cable (on the right front of bodice) (chart 1)
• Vertical stripes with  right crossed columns (left side) and with left crossed columns (right side) (chart 2)

Combined cables/Trecce fantasia

Vertical stripes with crossed columns/ strisce verticali con treccina

 

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