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elann.com Peruvian Quechua


Fibre Content: 65% Alpaca/ 35% Tencel
Made In: Peru
Care: Hand Wash/ Dry Flat
Gauge: 22 st/4 inches 3.75 mm (US 5)
Yardage: 112 m (122 yards)
Size: 50g (1.75 oz) ball
Price: $3.19 CAD

Standard price for this quality is $5.98 USD - Elann mill direct price saves you as much as 50%!

Radiant, 100% natural fibre softness – tencel, a wood pulp cellulose, gives this yarn a delicate silk-like feel and a lustrous sheen.

Featured Design: This buttoned cardigan, designed by Norah Gaughan and knit in elann.com Peruvian Quechua by Anne Miller, is from Vogue Knitting Magazine - Fall 2008. Clever interior shaping and curved front edges create a garment full of drape and movement. It is worked in a double cross stitch pattern that sets off the drop stitch cabled band which flows in a smooth line around the body, beginning and ending at the centre back, and which is repeated down the sleeves. In sizes XS, S, M, L, XL, and XXL (finished bust 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52"; finished length 22.5, 23, 23.5, 24, 24.5, 25"), it uses 1218, 1392, 1556, 1740, 1914, 2088 yards of aran weight (17 st/4") yarn. Anne knit our version with just 1 strand of elann.com Peruvian Quechua for a light and airy cardigan suitable for wearing indoors - works out to 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18 balls of elann.com Peruvian Quechua. We also swatched using 2 strands of elann.com Peruvian Quechua held double, this warmer, outdoor version would use 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35 balls of elann.com Peruvian Quechua.

View a swing-shaped jacket, designed by Kate Gilbert and knit in elann.com Peruvian Quechua by Paloma Parra when you view the contents of Interweave Knits Magazine – Winter 2005. In our free patterns section, see Grace Yaskovic's Flowers, Vines and Hearts Shawl, and Michelle Ciccariello's DK Weight Bolero. Also for Quechua, see the Cabled Cardigan, designed by Helen Hamann, and the Ivy Wrap Cardigan, a free pattern exclusive to knitty.com!

For samples of Quechua colors, elann offers a Quechua Shade Card.


  

0100 Parchment0535 Vicuna0543 Charcoal
1847 Parfait Pink0537 Celery1673 Smoldering Ember
2163 Colony Blue1742 Dusky Lavender0549 Aubergine
1725 Exotic Red9190 Rich Olive9160 Saxony Teal
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