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CONSTRUCTION

• The body and sleeves are worked circularly from the bottom up and joined at the underarms, then the yoke is worked in the round. Short Rows: Sunday Method are used to shape the upper back and the back neck.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 32 (35½, 39, 42¾, 46¼, 49¾, 53¼)” [81.5 (90, 99, 108.5, 117.5, 126.5, 135.5) cm] circumference at chest
• Sample shown is size 35½” [90 cm] with 4½” [11.5 cm] ease on model

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

GAUGE

• 27 stitches & 40 rounds = 4″ in single-color stockinette stitch with Size A needle, after blocking
• 27 stitches & 35 rounds = 4″ in charted colorwork with Size B needle, after blocking

Note: Correct length of the one-piece yoke is dependent upon achieving the stated round gauge.

NEEDLES

Size A (for Single-Color Stockinette Stitch and Garter Rib)

• One each 16″, 24″ and 32″ circular needles and one set of double-pointed needles (DPNs)* in size needed to obtain gauge listed
• Suggested Size: 3¼ mm (US 3)

Size B (for Charted Colorwork)

• One 32″ circular needle and one set of DPNs, one size larger than Size A
• Suggested Size: 3½ mm (US 4)

Due to significant variance between knitters, your colorwork fabric should be swatched prior to knitting your sweater to determine whether or not Size B should be larger, smaller or equal to Size A. Please read about Speed Swatching for Circular Knitting (see Special Techniques).

*32″ circular needle can be used instead of DPNs if using the Magic Loop method for working small circumferences in the round (e.g., Sleeves).

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

YARDAGE

Fingering weight wool yarn:

• 1575 (1755, 1965, 2175, 2415, 2640, 2870) yards Color 1 (C1)
• 130 (140, 150, 165, 170, 185, 190) yards Color 2 (C2)
• 105 (115, 125, 135, 140, 150, 155) yards Color 3 (C3)

YARN

Brooklyn Tweed Loft — 100% American Targhee-Columbia Wool (275 yards/50 grams)

• 6 (7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 11) skeins of C1
• 1 skein each of C2 and C3
• Photographed in colors Truffle Hunt (C1), Embers (C2) & Camper (C3) and Snowbound (C1), Old World (C2) & Faded Quilt (C3)

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

• Speed Swatching for Circular Knitting 
• Color Dominance 
• German Twisted Cast On
• Short Rows: Sunday Method
• Kitchener Stitch (Grafting)