{"product_id":"the-spooky-woods-knitting-pattern-pdf-download","title":"The Spooky Woods knitting pattern - PDF download","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eYou stayed too long in the woods, and now the sun is amost set and the darkness is creeping in.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou’re trying to find your way home, but in the fading light everything looks eerie and unfamiliar. There’s an unsettling silence - the birds have ceased their singing - and a twig snapping underfoot makes you jump.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs you glance up, startled, you see the green eyes gleaming from the undergrowth….\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWelcome to the Spooky Woods!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConstruction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis cardigan is worked top down, as follows:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eyou’ll start with a turned picot neckline, worked flat and then joined to knit in the round\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe upper yoke is knit in one shade with regular increases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe lower yoke is knit using stranded colourwork with raglan increases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethen you divide for body and sleeves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eyou’ll knit the body in the round until you reach the picot-turned hem, which is finished flat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eyou’ll knit both sleeves in the round to the wrist, then gather them and finish with a picot turned cuff\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eyou’ll then steek the cardigan opening, add icord buttonbands and sew down the turned picot collar, hem and cuffs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe colourwork in this design is on the spicy side, but it's also very forgiving. I've tried to make the knitting as painless as possible by providing a separate set of charts for each of the fifteen sizes. Longer stretches of stitches are also numbered, so you don't need to do the counting yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYarn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChoose a yarn that's suitable for steeking and for colourwork. A non-superwash wool yarn is ideal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI've used a custom-dyed yarn for this - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/caitinbeag.com\/collections\/the-spooky-woods\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eyou can pick up a kit or yarn pack here\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"An Caitín Beag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57508616405367,"sku":"MG-7562684","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1071\/1078\/files\/side.jpg?v=1791022976","url":"https:\/\/caitinbeag.com\/products\/the-spooky-woods-knitting-pattern-pdf-download","provider":"An Caitín Beag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}