Description
Kathmandugenser KAL
- Description
- Yarn Recommendations
- KAL Logistics
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It’s not too late!
Although the official KAL with live Zooms is over, you can still join and get access to all the recordings and emails which are FULL of helpful tips and tricks, as well as the Ravelry Group for our community of KALers!The Kathmandu sweater is inspired by the colourful Hippie era in the 60’s and 70’s. Kathmandu, Nepal was a popular destination for many hippies in so-called “hippie trails” at this time, and a colourful sweater in the mountains was mandatory.
This sweater pattern by Linka Neumann is written to be knit in the round from the bottom up, but WE HAVE RE-WRITTEN THE PATTERN NOTES TO BE KNIT TOP DOWN in the round, so you can try it on as you go, and tailor the length and fit to suit you!
As always, we’ve also made other (optional) tweaks to the pattern, which will all be explained as we go.
We LOVE this pattern for playing with a custom palette and practising your colourwork, and making a Winter sweater that will be uniquely you!
Level of difficulty and skills required
Adventurous Intermediate. Our KAL is guided, which means we will be offering tips and advice as we go, but you definitely need to be ready to tackle things like:
• chart-reading
• stranded colourwork
• (optional) ladderback jacquard technique
• (optional) short rows
• tubular cast on
• sewn bind offWe will be on hand to help you choose the perfect yarns and colours for your sweater.
Tribe KALs are all about community, yarns friendships, support and laughs. We keep doing them because they are so much fun! Try to keep your Friday evenings free during the KAL so you can get the most out of the KAL. Whilst there is a good amount of technique discussed during the sessions, the idea is more of a “knit-along” as opposed to workshops. It’s more of a social thing 😁!
Everyone is welcome, but bear in mind the skill level.
Your KAL Coupon Includes:
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Your Yarn
Coupon! 🧶There are SO MANY yarn and colour options – there’s no way we could list them all as kits, so we’ve included a list of our favourite yarns for this pattern in the “Kit Details” tab, along with the number of skeins you’ll need for each size. When you purchase this KAL, we will email you a £75 coupon to apply towards your yarn purchase so you can choose whatever yarn combo you want, along with all the Zoom info! *
Pattern We will email your copy via Ravelry, so let us know your Rav username if you want us to add into your Library
Weekly
Zoom
SessionsInformal and friendly, to guide you through the steps. Sessions are recorded and you will be emailed all the links and tips. Ravelry Group A private Ravelry group just for us where we can share our progress, tips and more! You will also need the following:
• Double pointed needles 3.5 and 5 mm (US 4 and 8)
• Circular needle 40 cm (16 in) 3.5 and 5 mm (US 4 and 8) (or use magic loop
• Circular needle 80 cm (32 in) 3.5 and 5 mm (US 4 and 8)[We highly recommend Chiaogoo 5″ Interchangeable Tips with a small 30″ Chiaogoo Cable and Chiaogoo Shorties for sleeves (instead of dpns) . The needle sizes you need will depend on your gauge.
• Stitch holders
• Stitch markers
* Note that the Coupon is unique to each customer and must be used in one single transaction, i.e. spend the whole thing in one go because leftovers can’t be saved… -
Recommended Yarns (feel free to mix and match between yarns too!)
This sweater is written for a worsted weight yarn and knit at a gauge of 18 stitches per 10cm (4″).
Here are our FAV yarns for this sweater based on gauge, colourwork and sweater style:
Origin by Walcot Yarns
Woolstok Worsted by Blue Sky Fibres
Sweater by Blue Sky Fibres (coming soon!)
Silky Twist by artyarns (coming soon!)
W.O.W. by Galler Yarns
The Croft Shetland Colours by West Yorkshire Spinners
L+2 and L+4 by Einrum
Manchelopi by WooldreamersAlso, definitely consider using any of these yarns held double for this sweater too:
Merino Cloud by Artyarns
Le Petit Lambswool by Biches & Buches
Alpaca 2 by Isager
Preseli by Garthenor
Perennial by Kelbourne WoolensSizes
Sleeves (from underarm to cuff): 47 cm / 18½ ” for all sizes
Length of the body: 42 cm / 16½ ” in for all sizes
The pattern is written to have a positive ease of about 10-15 cm, so your actual measurements should be about 10-15cm (4 – 6″) less than the finished body measurements below.
Sizes
Finished BodyXS 88cm / 34 ½” S 97cm / 38 ¼” M 106cm / 41 ¾” L 115cm / 45 ¼” XL 124cm / 48 ¾” XXL 133cm / 52 ¼”
XXXL 142cm / 56″ Meterage:
Main colour: 700 (800) 900 (1000) 1100 (1200) 1300 m
Pattern colour 1: 200 (200) 200 (300) 300 (300) 300 m
Pattern colour 2: 100 (100) 100 (100) 200 (200) 200 m
Pattern colour 3: 200 (200) 300 (300) 400 (400) m
Pattern colour 4: 100 (100) 100 (100) 200 (200) 200 mShown in yellow sweater as:
MC: Yellow
PC1: Coral Red
PC2: Burgundy
PC3: Dark Turquoise
PC4: Light Turquoise
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Zoom Videos:
Every session has been recorded, so you’ll get to knit-along at your own pace! Links will be included in the emails.Yarn Coupon:
Your £75 Yarn Coupon can be used towards any yarns in the shop, and redeemed in store or online. It is valid for 6 months.Zoom and KAL Rules:
Please do not share Zoom details with anyone, including recordings. All attendees on Zoom are required to have their camera (don’t worry – no one will judge you for messy hair, messy bedroom etc 😁). Upon joining, Zoom attendees give permission for the sessions to be recorded and shared amongst KAL participants only.I (Milli) will be available for KAL help during Zoom sessions and via the Ravelry group only. I’m afraid I can’t address individual help via emails or phone.
Be kind and courteous.
No hate speech or bullying.
No promotions or spam. Please do not use the group to promote products from other sellers.
Respect everyone’s privacy.
Have fun! That’s the most important rule.
