Echelon

CONSTRUCTION

• This garment is worked in pieces, flat from the bottom up. The pieces are then sewn together at the shoulders. The mock turtleneck collar is picked up and worked in the round, then folded toward the inside of the neck edge, and joined to the pick-up edge at the same time as it is bound off. The side seams are then sewn.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 39¼ (43, 46¾, 50½, 54, 57¾)” circumference at chest (seamed)
• Sample shown is size 43¼” with +9¼” ease on model

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

GAUGE

• 21¾ stitches & 33 rows = 4″ in Cartridge Rib with Size A needle(s), after blocking

NEEDLES

Size A (for Main Fabric):

• One pair of straight needles or a 32″ circular needle* in size needed to obtain gauge listed
• Suggested Size: 5 mm (US 8)

Size B (for Collar):

• One 16″ circular needle two sizes smaller than Size A
• Suggested Size: 4 mm (US 6)

*Knitter’s preferred style of needle may be used

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

YARDAGE

• Worsted weight wool yarn in the following approximate amounts: 1195 (1350, 1530, 1690, 1895, 2075) yards 

YARN

• 9 (10, 11, 13, 14, 15) skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 140 yards/50g)
• Photographed in color Sweatshirt

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

• Sloped Bind-Off

11 February 2014:

• Page 4, under STITCH PATTERN, Row 2 of the Cartridge Rib  has been corrected as follows: “Row 2 (WS): Purl 3, knit1, *purl 4, knit 1; repeat from * to last 3 stitches, purl 3.”