Corrina

CONSTRUCTION

• Garment is worked in 4 flat pieces: Front, Back and two Sleeves.
• The neck edging is picked up and knit onto the garment after it has been seamed.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 31¼ (35¼, 39¼, 43¼, 47¼, 51¼)” finished (seamed) garment at chest
• Sample shown is size 35¼” with +½” ease on model

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

GAUGE

Working Gauge:

• 28 stitches & 40 rows = 4″ in stockinette stitch with Size A needle; before blocking
• 28 stitches & 48 rows = 4″ in Lattice Pattern Stitch (which utilizes yarn overs that will open considerably when blocked); before blocking

Finished Gauge:

• 24 stitches & 37 rows = 4″ in all stitch patterns with Size A needle; measurement taken from relaxed fabric after light blocking (with slight stretch)

NEEDLES

• One pair of straight needles (or circulars, if preferred) and one 16″ circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge
• Suggested Size: 3½ mm (US 4)

Note: You may find a sharper-tipped needle or stiletto tip helpful for working the Lattice Pattern Stitch with its yarn overs and decreases.

Please note: the stitch patterns used for this garment include written as well as charted instructions.

YARDAGE

• Approximately 1060 (1160, 1325, 1500, 1670, 1855) yards of fingering weight wool yarn

YARN

• 4 (5, 5, 6, 7, 7) skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50g)
• Photographed in color Blanket Fort

Current Pattern: v2.2

26 March 2021: Version 2.2

On page 5 below "Front Neck and Shoulder Shaping," the directions have been updated to read, "You will now work both sides of neck at once from separate balls of yarn. On the next 2 rows..." Copy referencing neck and shoulder shaping being worked concurrently, as well as the Back, has been removed.

27 January 2015: Version 2.0

On page 7, under Shape Cap, the following repeat instructions have been corrected to read: “Repeat the Cap Decrease Row every other row 9 (10, 12, 14, 18, 20) more times.”