Bedford

CONSTRUCTION

• The body and sleeves are worked circularly from the bottom up and joined at the underarms, then the yoke is worked in a single piece to the beginning of the neck shaping. The yoke is worked back and forth while the neck is shaped. The collar is picked up from the bound-off stitches and worked circularly.
• The body is worked in a simple twisted stitch pattern, which is continued for the front and back sections of the yoke. The sleeves are worked in reverse stockinette stitch.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 34½ (36¾, 39, 41) (43¼, 45½, 47¾) (49¾, 52, 54¼)” [87.5 (93.5, 99, 104) (110, 115.5, 121.5) (126.5, 132, 138) cm] circumference at chest
• Sample shown in size 36¾” [93.5 cm] with +3¼” [8.5 cm] ease on model

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

GAUGE

• 22 stitches & 32 rounds = 4″ in Twisted Stitch pattern with Size A Needle
• 19 stitches & 28 rounds = 4″ in Stockinette Stitch with Size A Needle

NEEDLES

Size A (for Main Fabric)

• One each 24″ and 32″ circular needles and one set of double-pointed needles (DPNs) in size needed to obtain gauges listed above
• Suggested Needle Size: 5 mm (US 8)  

Size B (for Neckband)

• One 16″ circular needle three sizes smaller than Gauge Needle
• Suggested Needle Size: 3.75 mm (US 5)

YARN

• 8 (8, 9, 10) (10, 11, 12) (12, 13, 13) skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 140 yards/50 grams)
• Photographed in color Foothills

YARDAGE

• 1025 (1085, 1190, 1245) (1325, 1445, 1540) (1600, 1680, 1785) yards of worsted weight wool yarn

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

• Sloped Bind Off
• Sewn Bind Off (Elizabeth Zimmerman’s method)

Current Pattern: v4.0 (English) & v.3.0 (Japanese)

21 November 2012:

(Version 2.1): On page 2 (Blueprint) the requirement for a 24″ needle was removed – this sweater can be made without one.

7 December 2012:

(Version 3.0): On page 5, second column under Shape Front Neck, the Next Round instruction has been revised to include instructions for breaking yarn and reattaching it.  The new text reads: “Next Round (this is a Raglan Decrease Round): Work as established to the first removable marker for the center stitches, bind off the next (17, 17, 17) (17, 17, 17) (17, 19,19, 19) stitches (removing markers as you encounter them) work as established until you reach BOR marker. Break yarn. With the WS facing you, reattach the yarn at the neck edge. You will now be working back and forth, not in the round.”