The test knit of Rikona has come to an end with beautiful versions in progress, and the pattern has been released in English and Norwegian in my Ravelry Store. My test knitters did a marvellous job correcting and improving the pattern.My skilled sample knitter Nadja Bresky, aka 77stricknadel on Ravelry, made the A-line dress in Lana Grossa Cashmere 16 Fine with a gauge of 23 stitches and 33 rounds/rows using a 4 mm/US 6 needle measuring 10 cm/4 inches square after blocking. The sample is in size 2, but the dress is graded in sizes 1 to 9 with a bust circumference of 93.5 to 164.5 cm/36.75 to 64.75 inches. And no, the yarn is not made of pure Cashmere but of 80% Merino extrafine, 10% Cashmere and 10% Polyamide with an amazing 320 meters/350 yards on each 50 gram ball.

The yarn was kindly sponsored by Lana Grossa. While Michael took these brilliant photos of me at the beach in Ørje back in May.

Rikona, Japanese for fruit child, is a seamless A-line dress with a double knitted polo neck collar with a cable pattern running along each side up to the shoulder. The body is worked bottom up in the round up to the armholes, while the sleeves are worked top down. Rikona is knitted in the lightweight, chainette yarn Lana Grossa Cashmere 16 Fine.