Wandsworth Road Yarn Kit PRE-ORDER

The Wandsworth Road Sweater pattern is available for separate purchase in Unwind Knitwear's Ravelry Store here.

Wandsworth Road is inspired by a unique and beautiful National Trust property in London: 575 Wandsworth Road. This property preserves and celebrates the artwork of Khadambi Asalache, a highly accomplished Kenyan who came to London in the 1980s. During his time living at the Wandsworth Road property, he decorated the walls, ceilings and doors with ornate, hand-carved fretwork, turning an ordinary house into a work of art. Further photographs of this inspiring home can be found in this House Beautiful article.

The Wandsworth Road design is inspired by Asalache’s work, using textured stitches to “carve” shapes and motifs into this V-Neck sweater.

CONSTRUCTION
This garment is worked top-down; it is worked flat until the V-Neck is joined at the front, after which it is worked in the round. Columns of wrap stitch pattern alongside stockinette are worked down the front, back and sleeves; on the front and back, there are 20 stockinette stitches between each wrap stitch column. Once armscye depth is reached, stitches are separated into body and sleeves, which are each worked separately and in the round. The sleeve cap is shaped with a decorative lace pattern and further decorative lace patterns are worked into the lower body and sleeves, each of which are finished with a section of ribbing. Stitches are picked up around the neckhole to work a neckband.

Directions for the textured stitches are available both as written instructions and as charts.

Pattern Details:

Sizes:
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9, 10).

Recommended ease: 12.5+ cm at the chest circumference.

Finished Measurements - Chest Circumference: 87.5 (98, 109, 120, 131) (142, 152.5, 163.5, 174.5, 185.5) cm

Gauge: Using 4 mm / US size 6 needles, or needle size required to meet gauge, 22 stitches over 28 rounds in both stockinette stitch and the textured stitch pattern, wet blocked, creates a 4x4” / 10x10 cm square.

Our kits use Louie & Lola Merino Possum Fingering (80% Merino, 20% Possum Fur, 400m per 100g skein), woollen spun fingering weight yarn (as it achieves the desired pattern gauge). 

Our sample was knit using the Pinot colourway.

Kit includes:

• Yarn: 3 (3, 3, 3, 4) (4, 4, 4, 4, 5) skeins of Louie & Lola Merino Possum Fingering
• All kits have been designed to meet the meterage requirements for each size. 
• The pattern is not included in the kit and should be purchased separately from Unwind Knitwear's Ravelry store here.

It is important you swatch and achieve the pattern gauge, as this will affect yarn usage.  Likewise, any pattern modifications such as additional body or sleeve length will affect yarn usage.  Should you wish to purchase an additional skein/s to enable pattern modifications please don't hesitate to Contact Us.

MERINO POSSUM FINGERING

Weight: Sock / Fingering / 4 ply
Fibre: 80% Merino / 20% Possum Fur
Meterage:  400m / weight 100gm
Gauge: 28 sts x 36 rows to 10cm using 2.75mm - 3.25mm needles.
Characteristics: A woollen spun, non superwash yarn which is super soft, light & airy.  The possum fibre adds light brown undertone to the yarn, as well as a beautiful halo and warmth due to its excellent insulation properties.
Use: Perfect for lightweight garments and accessories.
Care: Hand wash only as this is a non superwash base. Dry flat in shade.

Hand-dyed in small batches in Tasmania.

The beauty and nature of hand dyed yarn is that every skein is unique and individual. Even within the same dye batch variations between skeins can occur.

We therefore recommend alternating skeins within your projects to ensure an optimal finish and colour blending.

Please also ensure you buy enough yarn for your project at the time of purchase, as colours can vary between dye batches.

Our yarns come twisted in a skein and will need to be wound into a cake before knitting. You can do that yourself or have it done by us using our Cake Your Yarn service.

Hand wash only as this kit features non-superwash yarn.

Our hand dyed yarns have been washed to remove excess dye, however some residual dye may remain, particularly in dark and saturated colourways. 

It is recommended to gently hand wash your hand dyed projects in cold water.

Wool wash or a mild detergent may be used.

We recommend blocking and drying garments flat and not tumble drying.

Ready to Ship items will ship within 2-3 business days.

For Pre-Order or Dyed to Order items, please refer to the shipping timeframe advice as noted on the product listing above.  Any orders placed which include both ready-to-ship and pre-order items will be shipped together once the pre-order item is ready to be shipped.

We offer flat rate shipping and ship worldwide, except to the EU.

A local pick up option is also available from our Dye Studio Shop in Claude Road, Tasmania.

Shipping will be calculated at checkout.

All orders are sent with tracking using Australia Post. We offer both Parcel Post and Express Post options.

We are happy to combine shipping on orders. Please email us at hello@louieandlolayarns.com.au noting your Order Numbers and to request your shipping be combined.