Auchnaha

[kits to knit this pattern are available from the KDD shop][1] **Auchnaha** *An easy-to-wear open-fronted cardigan, with cross-marked lace panels* **Yarn** Kate Davies Designs Ooskit (100% British Wool; 240 yards / 220m per 100g skein) Riach or Horkel: 5 (6, 7) x 100g skeins Check sizing table for garment dimensions. Yarn quantities are calculated for a cardigan knitted to the body length specified in the pattern. Adding length will use more yarn. **Needles and Notions** Gauge-size and below gauge-size circular needles of appropriate lengths for working body Gauge-size and below gauge-size needle(s) of your preferred type for working small circumferences Spare circular needles, needle cords or waste yarn for holding sts Stitch markers of two types, x and y Lockable marker or safety pin Tapestry needle **Gauge** 22 sts and 30 rows to 10cm / 4in over stockinette knitted flat on gauge-size needle(s). If your gauge tends to tighten when working small circumferences, you may need to go up a needle size for sleeves. Use 4mm needle as a starting point for swatching. **Sizes** Finished circumference at bust: 133.5 (155.5, 178)cm / 52½ (61¼, 70) in This is a garment with a loose, easy shape, which is designed to fit most body shapes comfortably with 25-50cm / 10-20 in positive ease. The garment is shown in the first size, worn with 51cm / 20in positive ease in the Riach sample (Kate), and 30.5cm / 12in positive ease in the Horkel sample (Claire). **Pattern notes** This cardigan is knitted from the bottom up, and back and forth, with the fronts formed by two lace panels, worked following a chart (read from right to left on RS rows and left to right on WS rows). After stitches are increased to form the armscyes, fronts and back are divided and worked separately. The upper back is knitted, shoulders are shaped with short rows, each front shoulder is worked separately and joined to the back shoulder with a three needle bind off. Two front panel extensions are then worked to wrap around the neck and meet at the centre back. These panels are connected together, and then joined to the live back stitches with a three needle bind off. Two sleeves, worked from the top down, complete the cardigan. When one number is given, it applies to all sizes. [1]: https://www.shopkdd.com/sweaters-and-cardigans