Product description

If you’re already dreaming of spring, cast on a breezy modern pullover in stripes of Loft that recall the greening of furrowed fields. Stratum’s bateau neck and 3/4-length dolman sleeves balance a dramatically flared skirt. Shifts from stockinette to garter stitch create sleeve shaping as well as a subtle triangular motif rising from the cuff to echo the lines of the body. The knitting is seamless plain sailing that honors simple stitches, with the stockinette body worked circularly from a garter hem and stitches cast on provisionally for the sleeves so that the garter stitch elements can be worked flat and united with a joinery bind-off from cuff to shoulder. Thoughtful details like a faux seam of purl stitches conceal the color jog between stripes and make Stratum a delight to knit as well as to wear. We’ve chosen an earthbound colorway of Truffle Hunt and Foothills, but a sharp blue and gray or red and white pairing would heighten the nautical effect of a design inspired by classic sailor sweaters.

Designer: Karolina Eckerdal

Collection: Wool People, Volume 8

 

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Stratum

Striped Dolman Pullover

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  • Product description

    If you’re already dreaming of spring, cast on a breezy modern pullover in stripes of Loft that recall the greening of furrowed fields. Stratum’s bateau neck and 3/4-length dolman sleeves balance a dramatically flared skirt. Shifts from stockinette to garter stitch create sleeve shaping as well as a subtle triangular motif rising from the cuff to echo the lines of the body. The knitting is seamless plain sailing that honors simple stitches, with the stockinette body worked circularly from a garter hem and stitches cast on provisionally for the sleeves so that the garter stitch elements can be worked flat and united with a joinery bind-off from cuff to shoulder. Thoughtful details like a faux seam of purl stitches conceal the color jog between stripes and make Stratum a delight to knit as well as to wear. We’ve chosen an earthbound colorway of Truffle Hunt and Foothills, but a sharp blue and gray or red and white pairing would heighten the nautical effect of a design inspired by classic sailor sweaters.

    Designer: Karolina Eckerdal

    Collection: Wool People, Volume 8

     

  • Pattern materials

    YARDAGE

    Fingering weight wool yarn in the following approximate amounts:

    • 820 (865, 915, 965, 1015, 1145, 1250, 1335) yards Color 1 (C1)
    • 485 (515, 540, 570, 600, 680, 740, 790) yards Color 2 (C2)


    YARN

    Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50g):

    • 3 (4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5) skeins C1
    • 2 (2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3) skeins C2
    • Photographed in colors Truffle Hunt (C1) and Foothills (C2)


  • Pattern specs

    CONSTRUCTION

    • The body is worked circularly from the lower edge to the underarms, then stitches are cast on provisionally for the back sleeves, and the back is worked to the shoulders, with increases at the neck edges to shape the neck and shoulders. The front stitches are picked up from the Provisional Cast On and worked as for the back, then the shoulders are joined using the Joinery Bind Off.


    FINISHED DIMENSIONS

    • 33¼ (35¼, 37¼, 39¼, 41¼, 45¼, 49¼, 53¼)” circumference at chest
    • Sample shown is size 35¼” with +2¼” ease on model

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


    GAUGE

    • 24 stitches & 36 rows = 4″ stockinette stitch with Size A needle, after blocking
    • 24 stitches & 48 rows = 4″ in garter stitch with Size A needle, after blocking


    NEEDLES

    Size A (for Main Fabric):

    • One each 16″*, 32″, and 47″ circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge listed
    • Suggested Size: 3½ mm (US 4)


    Size B (for Hem):

    • One 47″ circular needle one size smaller than Size A
    • Suggested Size: 3¼ mm (US 3)


    *32″ or 47″ circular needle can be used instead of 16″ circular needle if using the Magic Loop method for working small circumferences in the round (i.e., Neck Edging)



  • Techniques

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

    • Provisional Cast On (crocheted directly onto knitting needle)
    • Joinery Bind Off (3-Needle Bind Off)
    • Wet-Blocking



  • Pattern Updates

    7 September 2017: Version 4.0

    Under Stitch Pattern, the following changes have been made: 

    Row 3: With C1, purl to end. Row 6: With C1, purl to end.


    8 February 2017: Version 3.1

    Sleeve length on Schematic corrected to reflect final measurements.


    30 June 2015: Version 3.0

    Page 7, under FRONT, the following rows have been revised to read: 

    Setup Row (WS): Knit 7, place marker for Garter Pattern, purl to 2 stitches before next marker, p2tog, remove marker, purl to 4 stitches before next marker, purl 1-tbl, purl 1, p2tog, remove marker, p2tog, purl to last 7 stitches, place marker for Garter Pattern, knit to end. (3 stitches decreased) [257 (263, 269, 275, 281, 293, 304, 317) stitches remain] 

    Do not turn; slide stitches to other end of needle.

    Next Row (WS): With C2, begin Sleeve Stripe; work even for 2 rows. 


    9 February 2015: Version 2

    On Page 4, under STITCH PATTERN / Sleeve Stripe, Row 3 has been corrected as follows: 

    Row 3: With C1, knit to end.


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