Arabella

CONSTRUCTION

• Garment is worked flat in pieces and sewn together. The neckband is picked up and worked after seaming.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 31¼ (34¾, 38¾, 42¾, 46, 49¼)” circumference at chest
• Sample shown is size 34¾” with +1¾” ease on model

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

GAUGE

• 24 stitches & 38 rows = 4″ in stockinette stitch, after blocking
• 6-stitch 3/3 Right or Left Cable panel measures 1″ wide, after blocking

NEEDLES

• One pair of straight needles or a 32″ circular needle* and one 16″ circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge listed
• Suggested Size: 3½ mm (US 4)

*Knitter’s preferred style of needle may be used 

YARN

• 5 (6, 7, 7, 8, 9) skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50 grams)
• Photographed in color Soot

YARDAGE

• 1375 (1535, 1725, 1895, 2060, 2255) yards of fingering weight wool yarn

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

• Cabled Cast On
• Wet-Blocking

Current Pattern: v2.0 

30 April 2014: 

(Version 2.0): On Page 5, the second paragraph under Begin Main Patterns has been corrected as follows: “Next Row (WS): {Knit 1}, purl 2, knit 1, purl 26 (26, 26, 27, 27, 28), knit 2, work Row 2 of 3/3 Right Cable over next 6 stitches, knit 2, work Row 2 of Quaker Ridging over next 72 (82, 94, 106, 116, 126) stitches, knit 2, work Row 2 of 3/3 Left Cable over next 6 stitches, knit 2, purl 26 (26, 26, 27, 27, 28), knit 1, purl 2, {knit 1}.”