Tessalated cattiefaces adorn the yoke of this sweater, and little cats peek out from above the ribbing on the hem and cuffs. The Cateen Sweater is a chunky, cosy sweater, perfect for for chilly days and cool evenings.
These kits include the pattern, all of the yarn you need to knit your Cateen Sweater and a little surprise package of stitchmarkers.
The pattern is available as a download here.
Which size?
The chest measurement below is for the completed sweater - you'll need to add the ease you want on to your chest measurement. The sweater is designed to be worn with 10cm or so of positive ease, although you can add more for a looser, layerable sweater, or less for a more fitted look.
The smallest size (0 - 6 mos) should be knittable with just one skein of each shade, but you may end up in a nailbiting game of yarn chicken. You can order kits with one skein if you're happy to chance it, or get a second skein if you prefer to play it safe.
|
size |
age |
chest |
skeins of MC |
skeins of CC |
|
1 |
0-6 |
44 cm |
1 or 2 |
1 |
|
2 |
6-12 |
48 cm |
2 |
1 |
|
3 |
1-2 |
52 cm |
2 |
1 |
|
4 |
2-4 |
56 cm |
2 |
1 |
|
5 |
4-6 |
60 cm |
3 |
1 |
|
6 |
6-8 |
64 cm |
3 |
1 |
|
7 |
8-10 |
70 cm |
4 |
1 |
|
8 |
|
80 cm |
4 |
1 |
|
9 |
|
90 cm |
5 |
1 |
|
10 |
|
100 cm |
5 |
1 |
|
11 |
|
110 cm |
6 |
1 |
|
12 |
|
120 cm |
6 |
1 |
|
13 |
|
130 cm |
7 |
1 |
|
14 |
|
140 cm |
7 |
1 |
|
15 |
|
150 cm |
8 |
1 |
|
16 |
|
160 cm |
8 |
1 |
|
17 |
|
170 cm |
9 |
1 |
|
18 |
|
180 cm |
9 |
1 |
The colours!
There are fourteen shades - plus undyed.
Greys: The silver and the glass (light) and Deeper than any goodbye (warm purple-tinged), The river has started to freeze (cooler blue-tinged) and We kill the flame (dark green-tinged)
Purple/ maroon/ yellow: Where the raspberries grow wild (light) and Summoned up a thundrecloud (dark)
Orange/ red/ rust: LIttle wild bouquet (light) and The cider's laced with acid (dark)
Yellow/ green: Grow us grass and apples there (light) and A big bouquet of cactus (dark)
Blue/ green: Freshly cut tears (light) and The limits of the sea (dark)
Blue/ purple: Deep in the green lilac park (light) and All my ribbons for thee (dark)
The yarn details
- 100% organic merino wool
- 100g/ 166m per skein
- Produced in South America
- Dyed in the UK
Care instructions
Hand wash in cool water. Dry flat.
A note on speediness - Your sweater yarn may end up being dyed to order, so please allow a week or two for it to get to you.
Eagle-eared Leonard Cohen fans amongst you may notice that I've taken all of the colourway names from his lovely songs. I had a grand little LC listening-session while I was planning out these colourways.