Rebeca Madness

Now that autumn has arrived, knit your own cardigan with Caricia Locura thanks to this design by Buba, the art of crochet.

YOU WILL NEED:

• 7 skeins of Caricia Locura
• Size 8 needle
• Measuring tape
• Scissors

ABBREVIATIONS

• Garter Stitch
• Stockinette Stitch
• Decrease = dec.
• Increase = inc.
• St. = stitch

You can purchase the materials through the link to our online store listed above. To knit this cardigan, we will use garter stitch for the edges and stockinette stitch. We will make it individually, its shape is straight, but with the same number of stitches on the fronts and sleeves.

HOW TO MAKE THE LOCURA CARDIGAN?

BACK

⦁ Cast on 76 stitches. ⦁ Knit a total of 10 rows in garter stitch. ⦁ Begin stockinette stitch, knitting a total of 108 rows, bind off the stitches of the piece, and you have the back.

FRONT

⦁ Cast on 38 stitches. ⦁ Knit a total of 10 rows in garter stitch. ⦁ Begin stockinette stitch; before finishing the row, make the border with 6 garter stitches, making a total of 70 rows. (Note that you need to make one piece with the border on the right and the other piece with the border on the left) ⦁ Make a series of decreases every 6 odd rows, while you are making the garter stitch border, in the 6th stitch knit one stitch, you will have a total of 11 decreases. ⦁ The total number of rows is 108. ⦁ Bind off the stitches, which should leave you with a total of 26.

SLEEVE

⦁ Cast on 36 stitches. ⦁ Knit a total of 10 rows in garter stitch. ⦁ Begin stockinette stitch and knit 22 rows. ⦁ Next row increase; this will be done every 6 rows. ⦁ You will have a total of 93 rows, bind off the stitches. ⦁ At the end, you should have a total of 54 stitches.

FINAL FINISH: