A Cabled Sweater to Span the Seasons

I know it’s only July as I write this, and there is a lot more summer to come in the Northern Hemisphere, but I’m already starting to think about knitting for fall. For one thing, it takes a little while to knit a sweater, and if you want to have it done when the season is right to wear it, you need to start knitting early.

Also, the things we knit for the fall or spring are often called “transition” pieces for a reason; you can wear them now when it’s cool in the evening or there’s a little too much air conditioning, and for a longer part of the day later in the year.

When it comes to All That Brass from Fatimah Hinds, I don’t know why you’d want to wait to cast on this beauty. It’s a top down raglan cardigan with two sets of cables running down the fronts. It’s worked to a slightly cropped length (though you know by now you can change that if you want, right?) and three quarter sleeves, perfect for those days when you need a little warmth but maybe not a full length sweater.

It has a scoop neck and a full set up buttons so you can wear it as open or closed as you like.

It would be as great over a sun dress or tank top as paired with a T-shirt, jeans and boots.

The pattern comes in nine sizes, with an actual measurement of 32 to 64 inches in the bust (or 81 to 162.5 cm). You can choose how much ease you like but it’s shown modeled with 2 inches/10 cm of positive ease, which sounds good if you’re going to wear something light under it. It was worked with two strands of fingering weight yarn held together, or you can use a single strand of DK weight to get gauge.

The pattern is available on Ravelry.

[Photo: Fatimah Hinds]

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I hadn’t heard of Laura Sebastian’s fantasy series Castles in Their Bones until I stumbled upon Mary P. Hunt’s knitting patterns inspired by the series, but if you’re already a fan (of this series in particular or fantasy in general) you’re sure to enjoy these designs.

The book series, in case you’re curious, follows triplet princesses who each marry a prince on their 16th birthday as part of their mother’s master plan to take over the whole continent of Vesteria. (Thanks, GoodReads!)

I don’t know how I found the (all these links ahead are to Ravelry, FYI) Star-Touched Hat knitting pattern, but it was the first one I saw. There’s also a coordinating cowl and mittens if you want to complete the full set.

All of them prominently feature stars and have a sort of Art Deco feel. They call for DK weight yarn in two colors, so you could make them all to match or use different colors for each.

The hat comes in five sizes, ranging in circumference from 18.5 to 22.3 inches (or 47 to 57 cm). It can be worked with a short brim or a folded brim.

The mittens come in small and large adult sizes, with extended sizes for both (more length is included in the extended sizes). These feature a cool Latvian braid at the top of the cuff, which is a fun skill to learn.

And the cowl is one size, on the smaller side as cowls go, measuring about 13.5 inches/34.5 cm tall and 26 inches/66 cm around.

The designer suggests you can hold a bit of metallic thread along with your yarn to give it more of a sparkly, regal, celestial feel, but that’s totally up to you!

As mentioned above you can get all of these patterns on Ravelry. As of this writing there doesn’t seem to be a discount from buying all three, but maybe that will change.

[Photo: Mary P. Hunt]

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