Veronika

Veronika is light and swingy, not at all fitted yet with snug cuffs that make her easier to wear than a poncho. She’s easy to throw-on over almost any outfit, so you’ll find yourself reaching for her again and again. The front and back curves are created using short rows, using the YO method of short row shaping. After the curves, everything is joined, and the pattern is seamless and circular all the way up.

Skills Needed

General knitting skills, provisional CO, and short-row shaping.

Sizes

small (med, large, 1x, 2x, 3x)

Finished measurements

• Circumference at approx bust level: 52 (56, 60, 65, 68, 72)"
• To fit bust: 32-34 (35-38, 39-42, 43-46, 47-50, 51-54)"
• Length at center back: 24.5 (26, 27, 28.5, 29, 30)"

Materials

Yarn Options

• 6 (7, 7, 8, 9, 9) skeins A Verb For Keeping Warm Clover (80% Montana Targhee wool/20% Silk, 50 g/200 yards); sample knitted in specially dyed indigo but other colors are available, or
• Two strands held together
• 6 (6, 7, 7, 8, 9) skeins Shibui Pebble (48% recycled silk/36% fine merino/16% cashmere, 25 g/224 yds)
• 4 (4, 5, 5, 6, 6) skeins Shibui Silk Cloud (60% kid mohair/40% silk, 25 g/330 yds, or
• 7 (7, 8, 9, 9, 10) cones Habu n-80 (100% wool w/ fine silk wrap, 1 oz/187 yds), or
• 1150 (1250, 1400, 1550, 1700, 1800) yds any fingering–dk weight yarn that gets gauge. Note: if you plan to add length, please purchase more yarn.d

Needles

• US 6 circ 36" or longer
• US 5 circ or dpns for cuffs and collar

Change needle size if necessary to obtain correct gauge.

Notions

• 4 st markers

Gauge

20 sts and 30 rows = 4" in St st.

Kits

Available at Habu Textiles.