The Catvent Sweater
The Catvent Sweater is a top-down, catty-colourwork knit, with drop sleeves and lots of options for customisation.
It comes in seven sizes, to fit chest sizes from 75 - 160cm (allowing for 25cm of positive ease). There are three lengths to choose from and four neckline options.
The kit contains;
- 25 mini-skeins - individually wrapped and labelled. The packaging will all be recyclable, and as minimal as I can make it while still keeping the yarn a secret and the unwrapping fun.
- 4 100gr skeins - two in white for the colourwork, and two in a coordinating grey to work the sleeves & collar.
- 2 mini-skeins so that you can get swatching ahead of time.
- the Catvent Sweater pattern
- a second scrap-using pattern of your choice
- plus a few little crafty extras scattered throughout the calendar, including an extra-special extra for Christmas day.
Yarn
DK wool - a springy, bouncy, sturdy wool with a bit of crunch and character. (40m in each 20g skein)
DK merino (organic) - a soft merino yarn with a lovely drape. (45m in each 20g skein)
The wool yarns are pictured in a little lineup. They're ordered, left to right, as;
- DK wool
- 4ply wool
- DK merino
- Bounce merino
- Sleek merino
Colours
We're going full whimsy this year, with a bright-pastel unicorn-coloured rainbow, and a soft grey contrast for the sleeves.
The yarn shown isn't the yarn that will be in the calendar - that would ruin the surprise. The yarn circle is last year's Carnival colourway, and the yarn lineup is the Unicorn yarn I dyed for sweater kits, and which made me desperate to dye a perfect unicorn rainbow.
Extras
Add on a project bag and enamel pin in a new-for-advent catty design, or go for the whole adventstravaganza, and get the stitchmarker calendar as well. This year's theme is Mewnicorns & Caticorns - all things bright and sparkly.
All advents will be sent using a tracked service. Calendars will be dispatched in plenty of time to reach you before December the 1st. I'll be in touch in September to check for address updates, and with full details about when and how they're being posted out.