Tensile

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Tensile

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Tones Light 2-ply Woolen-Spun Fingering Weight

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• Product description

  Featuring eyelet linework that easily belongs near the sea, conjuring images of coastal footbridges, the wake of a ship, or sea urchin shells, Tensile is an ethereal spring layer. Worked in airy, woolen-spun Loft or Tones Light, this piece is one that wears next to the skin like sea foam — clouds on the sand — seemingly floating and barely there, but held together by the tensility of a thousand humble stitches.

  This garment is worked flat in pieces from the bottom up, then sewn together. The turtleneck collar is picked up and worked circularly. The eyelet motif is worked from charts only.

  Designer: Emily Greene

  Collections: Wool People, Volume 12; BT Essentials

  
  

• Pattern materials

  YARN

  Brooklyn Tweed Tones Light (100% American Columbia wool; 225 yards/50 grams)

  • 7 (8, 9, 10, 10, 11^, 12) skeins
  • Photographed in color Granita Overtone

  —OR—

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

  • 6 (6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10) skeins
  • Photographed in color Snowbound

  The marked skein count "^" is near to the listed yardage; consider adding an extra skein.
  

  
  

  YARDAGE

  • 1520 (1650, 1925, 2155, 2200, 2470, 2645) total yards of fingering weight wool yarn

  
  

• Pattern specs

  CONSTRUCTION

  • The front, back, and sleeves are worked flat from the bottom up and sewn together. The collar is picked up and worked circularly.
  • A circular needle is used to accommodate the large number of stitches.

  
  

  FINISHED DIMENSIONS

  • 47 (51, 55, 59, 62½, 66½, 70½)” [119.5 (129.5, 139.5, 150, 159, 169, 179) cm] circumference at chest
  • Tones Light Granita Overtone sample is size 55" [139.5 cm] with 19½" [49.5 cm] ease on model with short hair
  • Loft Snowbound sample is size 51″ [129.5 cm] with 19″ [48.5 cm] ease on model with long hair

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

  
  

  GAUGE

  • 24½ stitches & 31½ rows = 4″ in chart pattern with Size A needle(s), after blocking

  Note: Gauge for this project changes considerably after blocking; please block your swatch prior to measuring to ensure correct sizing.

  
  

  NEEDLES

  Size A (for Main Fabric and Collar)

  • One each 16″ and 32″ circular needles* in size needed to obtain gauge listed
  • Suggested Size: 3¼mm (US 3)

  
  

  Size B (for Hem and Collar Ribbing)

  • One each 16″ and 32″ circular needles, one size smaller than Size A
  • Suggested Size: 2¾ mm (US 2)

  
  

  Size C (for Sleeve Ribbing)

  • One pair of straight needles or a 24″ circular needle**, two sizes smaller than Size A
  • Suggested Size: 2¼ mm (US 1)

  
  

  *Shorter circular needle to be used for working collar in the round; DPNs or longer circular needle and Magic Loop technique may be used if preferred


  **Knitter’s preferred style of needle may be used

  
  

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

  
  

• Techniques

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

  • Sloped Bind Off

  
  

  
  

• Pattern Updates

  18 February 2019: Version 1.1

  Schematic revision: There was an incorrect cm conversion on the schematic; the 3″ listed was changed to 7.5cm from 8.5cm.

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