Etna

CONSTRUCTION

• The garment pieces are worked flat from the bottom up and are sewn together.
• The yarn is held double for the ribbing and single for the lace patterns throughout.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 31 (34½, 38, 41½, 45, 48½, 52)” [78.5 (87.5, 96.5, 105.5, 114.5, 123, 132) cm] circumference at high hip
• Sized to fit approximately 30–32 (34–36, 38–40, 40–42, 44–46, 48–50, 52–54)” [76–81.5 (86.5–91.5, 96.5–101.5, 101.5–106.5, 112–117, 122–127, 132–137) cm] chest circumference
• Sample shown is size 34½” (87.5 cm) on model with 35″ (90 cm) hip measurement

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

GAUGE

• 27 stitches & 38½ rows = 4″ in chart patterns with Size A needle(s) and a single strand of yarn, after blocking

NEEDLES

Size A (for Ribbing and Main Fabric)

• One pair of straight needles or a 32″ circular needle* in size needed to obtain gauge listed
• Suggested Size: 3 mm (US 2½)

Size B (for Tubular Cast On only)

• One pair of straight needles or a 32″ circular needle, one size smaller than size A
• Suggested size: 2¾ mm (US 2)

Note: If you have adjusted the needle size to obtain the correct gauge, it may or may not be necessary to make a matching adjustment to the needle size used for Tubular Cast On due to variance in individual work. Please test your chosen cast-on method on your swatch.

*Knitter’s preferred style of needle may be used

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

YARN

• 3 (4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6) skeins Brooklyn Tweed Vale (100% American Rambouillet wool; 450 yards/50 grams)
• Photographed in color Sashiko

YARDAGE

1280 (1455, 1640, 1840, 2035, 2230, 2460) total yards of laceweight wool yarn

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

• 1×1 Tubular Cast On (Flat Knitting; Odd Number of Stitches)

9 August 2023: FRENCH VERSION

Sur la page 9, Rang suivant (envers) devrait lire « {1 m. envers}, tricoter le Rang 2 du Diagramme du Devant droit jusqu’à l’anneau marqueur, glisser l’anneau marqueur, [1 m. endroit, 1 m. envers] 3 fois, 1 m. endroit, glisser l’anneau marqueur, tricoter le Rang 2 du Diagramme du Devant gauche jusqu’à la dernière maille, {1 m. envers}. »

26 January 2018: Version 1.1

On page 9, left column, Lower Sleeve Increase Row: (2 stitches decreased) has been corrected to (2 stitches increased)