THE MAKING OF A LOVELY CARDIGAN IN TUNISIAN CROCHET
In the last little while, as you may have noticed, I have been working on an ambitious project: the creation of a Tunisian crochet garment, using a leaf motif (or "spades", as I preferred to call it) already seen in some wonderful knitting projects.
First, I thought about replicating the spade pattern in Tunisian crochet, which was not difficult, as I have created similar patterns before - you can find them, for example, in these projects of mine: Leaf it On Shawl, Leaf it On Scarf, Leaf it On Cowl.
Next, I thought it best to make a garment that had a simple workmanship, i.e. worked flat, and not in the round, to avoid, at least initially, over-complicating the design. A cardigan, therefore, was the best choice. Next, I chose a yarn that I liked and opted for a fine multicoloured yarn. This was the result:
"QUEEN OF SPADES" - THE CAL!
I liked the finished garment very much, and so did you, which made me enormously happy, to the point that I decided to do a series of "Crochet Along" live classes on my YouTube channel 'Hookloopsarah Crochet', in which I showed step by step how to create the Tunisian crochet 'Queen of Spades' cardigan from scratch. These classes were quite successful, which I am very pleased about. In them, I used the beautiful merino wool yarn in colour teal by Musa Yarn (you can find it at this link: https://musayarn.com/gb/merino-fingering/5-22-merino-fingering.html#/29-color_merino_fingering-52_teal), a real pleasure to work with. I have grouped all the classes into a playlist which you can find HERE, if you feel like having a look at it.
"QUEEN OF SPADES" - THE PATTERN
Finally, to finish off the project in the best possible way, I have of course drawn up a pattern containing written instructions for making the cardigan in sizes XS to 3XL, with the amount of yarn to be used for each size, the tools needed, many links to video tutorials showing the stitches and techniques used, plus an introduction to the basics of Tunisian Crochet. In short, I really did provide you with all the tools to make it as easy as possible to create this lovely cardigan. If you want to try your hand at it, here are some useful tips:
MATERIALS
Musa Yarn, 6 – 7 - 8 – 8 – 8 – 9 -
10 skeins
https://musayarn.com/gb/merino-fingering/5-22-merino-fingering.html#/29-color_merino_fingering-52_teal
Long straight or cabled Tunisian crochet hook 4 mm (8,
G6);
Double-pointed Tunisian crochet hook 4 mm (8, G6),
either straight (long or short) or circular.
Stitch markers
YARN QUALITY
Musa Yarn, col.
52 teal
100% merino wool superwash
50 g (1.6 oz) = ca. 200 mt (219 yds)
GAUGE
10 cm x 10 cm (4” x 4”)
= 22 sts x 20 rows (in Tunisian Spade Motif)
SIZE
XS – S - M – L – XL -
2XL - 3XL
PATTERN INFORMATION
This romantic cropped cardigan is
worked top-down flat, while the short sleeves are worked in the round, using
basic Tunisian stitches. The sinuous, “leafy” spades’ design is worked on both
main body and sleeves of the cardigan. At the bottom of both cardigan and
sleeves there is a classic 4x3 ribbing to be added as finishing. The sleeves
are short-ish raglan sleeves.
LINKS TO THE PATTERN
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