The Topkapi Cardigan is a dropped waist, open front easy fit cardigan with slight negative ease at the waist, flared at the hip. The name is inspired by the centuries-old, beautifully chaotic decor within the Harem at Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace, where patterns, colors and textures collide every which way, much like this cardigan. For a more refined version, Topkapi also worked up well in Urth’s Monokrom Cotton.
Designed by Catherine Salter Bayar
Needle size US 6 - 4.0 mm, US 8 - 5.0 mm, US 10 - 6.0 mm, US 4 - 3.5 mm
Other Notions: Stitch Markers (round and locking) basic knitting notions
Yarn: 5 (6, 7, 8, 8, 9) skeins Urth Uneek Cotton (self-striping) or Monokrom Cotton(tonal), shown in
1081. Monokrom Cotton version shown in 1218. Sandy’s Version: size 42, 3 skeins of 1074, 2 skeins of 1223, 2 skeins of 1218
Yarn and Pattern included.
Dimensions:
6 sizes to choose from:
Chest 34”, 5 skeins, $92.50,
Chest 38”, 6 skeins, $111.00,
Chest 42” 7 skeins, $129.50
Chest 46”, 8 skeins, $148.00,
Chest 50”, 9 skeins, $166.50,
Chest 54” 10 skeins, $185.00
Chest 34, 38, 42, 46, 50, 54)”/ 86.5 (96.5, 106.5,
116.5, 127, 137) cm, including plackets.
waist 25 (27, 31, 35, 38, 42)“/ 63.5 (68.5, 78.5, 89,
96.5, 106.5) cm including plackets.
2-3” negative ease
8 colors.