Peruvian Kiss
Finished
April 29, 2012
May 28, 2012

Peruvian Kiss

Project info
Kiss Of North by Melissa Schaschwary
Knitting
SweaterCardigan
me
3rd size (cast on 68) to make up for smaller gauge
Needles & yarn
US 10 - 6.0 mm
Berroco Peruvia
3 skeins = 522.0 yards (477.3 meters), 300 grams
Gray
Ana Cross Stitch in Anacortes, Washington
Notes

5-28-2012 ~ finished today & wore all day…love it!!!

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I was excited to knit this the minute Dandiliongirl Designs put it up on Ravelry ~ I can’t wait one more minute!

using aran weight stash yarn so will have to mess around a bit with gauge and figure out what size to make ~ I’m thinking a medium??

my gauge: 4” = 16 1/2st x 21 rows

mods:

  • I knit my vest to 23 1/2” (I’m a shrimp!)
  • on the row where you put shoulder sts on a holder, to correct the pattern error that hadn’t been fixed yet, I k31, bound off 6, k31 and then when I got to the hem of each front panel, I increased by 1st (32st each side) on Row 1 (the last plain knit row before you start your stitch pattern)
  • I used 4 buttons per side spaced 3” apart (they’re JHB buttons from Spain that I got at Wildfibers in Mt Veron)

helpful hints:

  • for the front panels - instead of increasing by 1 stitch where noted to get a correct # of stitches to make the hem pattern work, I found it easier to add the 1 extra stitch at the last knit row just before the hem pattern starts (another easy way to get a correct stitch count would be to adjust at the last row of the back section where you do your neck bindoff stitches…adjust the #’s for your size so that all #’s are even #’s making sure that the # of stitches you put on waste yarn = the number of stitches you are going to work with on the left front panel ~ doing this takes away the need to increase by 1 stitch at any point later on)
  • I blocked my vest before adding the buttons ~ it was much easier to figure out where to place them once all the edges were flat!
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Finished
April 29, 2012
May 28, 2012
 
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by Berroco
Aran
100% Wool
174 yards / 100 grams

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  • Originally queued: April 28, 2012
  • Project created: April 29, 2012
  • Finished: May 28, 2012
  • Updated: July 19, 2014
  • Progress updates: 19 updates