Astral Road Ruana Knitting Pattern Download

Description

Favoring classic cables and open fields of easy texture, the Astral Road Ruana maintains a rustic, homespun character within its owing form. Blanket, sweater, coat, or wrap, it nimbly transforms to suit the needs of the wanderer. This ruana is equally generous to the knitter;
a saddle-style cabled shoulder panel is cast on provisionally at the
back neck and runs from neck to hem on either side. The body is then worked seamlessly from the cable panel downward in back and in front.

Designer: Cheryl Toy
Difficulty: Intermediate
Yarn Weight:4
Finished Size: 53" wide and 38¼ " long from shoulder to hem. Ruana shown on model with 36" bust.
Specific Yarn Used: Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok (100% fine highland wool; 123 yd [112 m]/1¾ oz [50 g]): #1307 pressed grapes, 31 skeins.
Needles: Size 6 (4 mm): 40" circular (cir). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain correct gauge.
Notions: Markers (m); removable m; cable needle (cn); waste yarn for provisional CO; stitch holders; size 7 (4.5 mm) crochet hook.
Gauge: 24 sts and 30 rows = 4" in Andalusian st.

Notes:
This ruana is worked in a modular fashion. First the shoulders are worked back and forth in rows from side to side. The fronts and back are worked by picking up stitches from the shoulders, then working from the top down.
A circular needle is used to accommodate the large number of stitches.