Haru-Gasumi

CONSTRUCTION

• All garment pieces are worked flat. After sweater is seamed, rolled-edge hems are picked up and worked circularly around base of body and sleeves.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 34 (36¼, 38, 42, 46, 50)” blocked garment circumference at chest
• Sample shown is size 34″ with +2″ of ease on model

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

GAUGE

Working Gauge:

• 29 stitches & 40 rows = 4″ in stockinette stitch (knit on RS; purl on WS) with Size A needle; before blocking
• 29 stitches & 27 rows = 4″ wide and 2″ long over Trim Stitch pattern with Size A needle; before blocking

Finished Gauge:

• 28 stitches & 40 rows = 4″ in stockinette stitch with Size A needle; measurement taken from relaxed fabric after blocking
• 29 stitches & 27 rows = 4″ wide and 2″ long over Trim Stitch pattern with Size A needle; after blocking

NEEDLES

Size A needle:

• One pair of straight (or circular) needles, one set of double pointed needles (DPNs), and one 16″ circular needle in size needed to obtain gauges listed
• Suggested Size: 3½ mm (US 4)

Please note: the stitch patterns used for this garment include written as well as charted instructions.

YARDAGE

Fingering weight wool yarn in the following approximate amounts:

• Main Color (MC): 1090 (1175, 1265, 1415, 1585, 1755) yards
• Contrast Color 1 (CC1): 65 (70, 75, 80, 90, 100) yards
• Contrast Color 2 (CC2): 145 (155, 165, 180, 205, 225) yards

YARN

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

• 4 (5, 5, 6, 6, 7) skeins of MC; 1 skein of each of CC1 and CC2
• Photographed in Fossil (MC), Postcard (CC1), and Blanket Fort (CC2)

21 October 2016: Version 1.1

On page 5, under Neck Shaping, the following has been changed:

Next Row (RS): Knit 40 (42, 44, 48, 51, 55), bind off center 19 stitches, knit to the end of row. You now have 40 (42, 44, 48, 51, 55) stitches on each side.