Tilda

CONSTRUCTION

• Pieces are worked flat from the bottom up.
• After assembly, the collar is picked up and worked, followed by the button and buttonhole bands.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 35½ (39½, 43½, 47½, 51½, 55½)” finished dimension at chest, buttoned
• Sample shown is 39½” with +7½” of ease on model

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

GAUGE

Working and Finished Gauge:

• 20 stitches & 29 rows = 4″ in stockinette stitch (knit on RS; purl on WS); before and after blocking

NEEDLES

Size A needle:

• One pair of straight needles and/or one 32″ long circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge listed
• Suggested Size: 4½ mm (US 7)

YARDAGE

Worsted weight wool yarn in the following approximate amounts:

• 1010 (1110, 1230, 1340, 1480, 1615) yards of Main Color (MC);
• 35 (35, 35, 40, 40, 45) yards of Contrasting Color (CC)

YARN

Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 140 yards / 50 g):

• 8 (8, 9, 10, 11, 12) skeins MC and 1 skein CC
• Photographed in Fossil (MC) and Sweatshirt (CC)

20 March 2013: Version 3.1

Page 7, the instructions for the 4th and 6th row under “Right Sleeve Only” were clarified to read: 

(4th) “Bind off 1 stitch, SSK, pass second stitch on R needle over first stitch (1 further stitch bound off), knit 3 – 4 stitches remain.”

(6th) “Bind off 2 stitches, knit 1 – 2 stitches remain.”

Also, the instructions for the 5th row under “Left Sleeve Only” were clarified to read: 

Bind off 2 stitches, purl 1 – 2 stitches remain.

8 February 2013: Version 3.0

Pages 5 and 6, for LEFT FRONT and RIGHT FRONT under “Raglan Shaping”, there needs to be one WS row worked before Front Neck shaping begins. On both pages, the pattern has been corrected to read: 

– 35 (37, 38, 39, 39, 41) stitches remain. Work 1 row even (WS).

16 January 2013: Version 2.0

Page 5, 2nd column, the final “Shape Raglans” instructions under LEFT FRONT have been corrected to read: 

Bind off (at beginning of next 8 WS rows) 2 stitches twice, then 1 stitch 6 times, AND repeat the Raglan Decrease Row 5 more times (on RS rows) – 5 stitches remain.

Also, Page 6, 1st column, the final “Shape Raglans” instructions under RIGHT FRONT have been corrected to read: 

Bind off (at beginning of next 8 RS rows) 2 stitches twice, then 1 stitch 6 times, AND repeat the Raglan Decrease Row 6 more times (at end of RS rows) – 5 stitches remain.

19 December 2012: Version 1.1

The suggested needle size was incorrect throughout the pattern. It now reads:

(sugg. 4½ mm / US 7)