Sethera

CONSTRUCTION

• The body is worked flat to the armholes, then divided to work fronts and back separately. The shoulders are joined with an exposed Joinery Bind Off. The sleeves are worked flat. Stitches are picked up along body and collar for the front edges and neckband.
• A circular needle is used to accommodate the large number of stitches.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 41 (45½, 50, 54¾, 59¼, 63¾)" [104 (115.5, 127, 139, 150.5, 162) cm] circumference at chest (buttoned)
• Sample I is size 50" [127 cm] with 8½" [21.5 cm] ease on model
• Sample II is size 45½" [115.5 cm] with 10" [25.5 cm] ease on model

Need help picking a size? See our resource page on Selecting a Sweater Size 101.

GAUGE

• 21 stitches and 30 rows= 4" in stockinette stitch with Size A needle, after blocking
• 21 stitches and 24 rows= 4" in chart pattern with Size B needle, after blocking

NEEDLES

Size A (for Single-Color Stockinette Stitch)

• One 32" (or 40” for larger sizes) circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge listed
• Suggested Size: 4 mm (US 6)

Size B (for Two-Color Rounds of Chart Pattern)

• One 32" (or 40") circular needle, one size larger than Size A
• Suggested Size: 4.5 mm (US 7)

Size C (for Ribbing)

• One 32" (or 40") circular needle, one size smaller than Size A
• Suggested Size: 3.75 mm (US 5)

Please note: the stitch patterns for this garment are charted only.

YARN

Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (100% American Targhee-Columbia Wool; 140 yards/50 grams)

• 8 (9, 10, 12, 13, 14) skeins of C1; 1 (1, 2, 4, 5, 6) skeins of C2; 1 (1, 1, 2, 2, 2) skeins of C3; 1 (1, 2, 2, 2, 3) skeins of C4
• Sample I photographed in colors Caribou (C1), Fauna (C2), Embers (C3) and Meteorite (C4)
• Sample II photographed in colors Narwhal (C1), Flannel (C2), Hayloft (C3) and Old World (C4)

YARDAGE

• 1,045 (1,215, 1,390, 1,560, 1,720, 1,880) yards of C1; 60 (105, 270, 435, 605, 770) yards of C2; 50 (105, 135, 170, 200, 235) yards of C3; 65 (125, 165, 205, 240, 290) yards of C4 of worsted weight wool yarn

Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern:

• Color Dominance
• Short Rows: German Method
• Joinery Bind Off
• One-Row Buttonhole
• Grafted Bind Off

20 May 2024: Version 1.3

A note specifying that neck shaping will continue only at established neck edge on each of right and left fronts has been added on pages 8 and 9.

16 June 2020: Version 1.2

On page 9 below Short Row 9, the instructions have been revised to:

Upon completion of this section you will have bound off 5 stitches on each side of the back neck twice; you now have 42 (48, 54, 61, 67, 73) stitches for each shoulder.

9 December 2019: Version 1.1

On page 7, instructions for both "Next Row (WS)" following "Work Chart" and "Division Row (RS)" following "Shape Front Edges and Divide for Fronts and Back" have been clarified.