Perennial Kit

About Perennial

Perennial is a cabled sweater designed by Norah Gaughan features exclusively in the book, Worsted, A Knitwear Collection Curated by Aimée Gille of La Bien Aimée. There are so many details in this pattern that you will discover something new every time you look at it.

Here is what Norah wrote as the inspiration for this pattern:

“I developed the central cable pattern featured in Perennial a few years ago during a deep dive into inventing cable stitches. The pattern resulted from searching for an easy, albeit, abstract way to represent leaves. Two over two cables are combined with twisted stitches to make the leaves and leaf veins.

Inspired by Aimée herself and her love of cropped sweaters, the garment silhouette is great for wearing over dresses. I think the curved front makes this piece even more interesting.”

Perennial is knit in pieces, from the bottom up. The lower front is shaped with German short rows to be higher in the center. The body has an a-line shape, low crewneck and set in sleeves. Two over two cables are combined with twisted stitches to make the leaves and leaf veins on the front and back. The back has a straight cable panel, while the front cable panel expands gracefully to form a subtle yoke effect.

Worsted – A Knitwear Collection Curated by Aimée Gille of La Bien Aimée is a knitwear collection featuring 14 patterns by 10 incredible designers. The designers all have their unique style and speak to many kinds of knitters. Now they come together to form a beautifully cohesive collection. You can find garments such as sweaters and cardigans and accessories like shawls and hats, with techniques ranging from stripes and stranded colourwork to cables and textured stitch patterns.

This book features designs by the following designers: Nadia Crétin-Léchenne, Stephen West, Sylvia Watts-Cherry, Andrea Mowry, Tif Neilan, Saysha Greene, Norah Gaughan, Maxim Cyr, Nancy Marchant and Thien-Kieu Lam. Digital copies of Worsted are now available to download via the Laine Publishing website and are available in three languages.

Cumbria Worsted yarn is an excellent match for the patterns in this book–with a stunning palette inspired by England’s Lake District, and a stunning blend of the finest Merino, English Masham wool for rich heathered shades and Argentinian mohair for strength and lustre, designs made with Cumbria yarn will be worn with daily with love.

Kit contains:

• Hard copy of Worsted book -OR- pattern not included
• 4 (5, 5, 6, 7)(7, 8, 9, 10) hanks of The Fibre Co. Cumbria in your choice of available colours
• Free Project Bag from The Fibre Co.

Colours:

The photos show the original sweater in Corrie Worsted by La Bien Aimée colourway Lise. Photo copyright of Laine Publishing.

The photos of the swatches show the stitch pattern in Cumbria Worsted in the shades Windermere, Catbells and Cowberry. Choose from the shades of Cumbria as shown above.

Sizes:

1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)

The given sizes are called 1-9 and are recommended to fit a chest circumference of: 32 (36, 40, 44, 48) (52, 56, 60, 64)” / (81 (92.5, 101.5, 112, 122) (132, 142, 152.5, 162.5) cm

Finished measurements:
Garment chest circumference (at underarm): 36 (40, 44, 48, 52) (56, 60, 64, 68)” / 91.5 (101.5, 112, 122,132) (142, 152.5, 162.5, 173) cm

Recomended esae:
Designed with 4–6” / 10–15 cm of positive ease at chest circumference.

You will also need:

• Needles: US 6 / 4 mm 32” / 80 cm circular needles or straight, US 3 / 3.25 mm 32” / 80 cm circular needles or straight, US 3 / 3.25 mm 16” / 40 cm circular needles for neck.
• Stitch markers
• Cable needle
• Tapestry needle.

Notes:

You can also purchase items in this kit separately:  Worsted Book, Cumbria yarn and Project Bag from The Fibre Co.