Perinone by Zandra Rhodes

Craft: Knitting

Suggestion

Read this pattern first, slowly, so that you can envision the shaping. It has been knit successfully in several test and model knits, so just takes time to see where the pattern is going. It is worth the effort, so that you do not get confused.

Sleeves are worked side to side. There are stitches added for the sleeve cap at the same time they are decreased at the bottom edge for a point. And, then, vice-versa.

Yarn used:

Rowan Kidsilk Haze

A. Purplicious 678 - 10 balls

B. Liqueur 595 - 1 ball

C. Romance 681 - 4 balls

D. Blushes 583 - 5 balls

Gauge

25 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches in Stockinette Stitch

Needle size

US 3 - 3.25 mm

As the number of sts increase for the body, you may prefer to work on varying lengths of circular needles, matching their length to the width of the section being knit.

Yardage

4580 yards (4188 m)

Sizes available

One Size: Finished 54" (137 cm) at bust, before overwrap.

Finished length from bottom point to center back neck: 52.5” (133 cm)

Back width from mid-underarm to mid underarm: 27” (68.5 cm)

Sleeve length to armhole: 11.5” (29 cm)