Exeter

CONSTRUCTION

• All pieces are knit flat from the bottom up, and then seamed together.
• Each Front is knit in one piece to the end of the hem ribbing, then is divided into two sections: the Front Panel Section, and the Placket/Collar Section. This is because the two sections are worked on different-sized needles.
• The shawl Collar is shaped with short rows, grafted together at the Back Neck, and the edge of the Collar is then sewn to the Back Neck edge.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 37½ (41½, 45½, 49¾, 53¾, 58¼)” garment circumference at chest
• Sample is shown in size 41½” with 6″ ease on model

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

GAUGE

• 20 stitches & 28 rows = 4″ in Reverse Stockinette Stitch with Gauge Needle, after blocking
• 27-stitch Cable Panel from Chart A measures approximately 4¼” wide, with Gauge Needle after blocking
• 27 stitches & 28 rows = 4″ in 2×2 Ribbing with Ribbing Gauge Needle

NEEDLES

• Gauge Needle: One pair of knitting needles OR a 24″or 32″ circular needle in size needed to obtain Reverse Stockinette and Cable gauges listed – Suggested Size: US 7 (4½ mm)
• Ribbing Gauge Needle: One pair of knitting needles OR a 24″ or 32″ circular needle in size necessary to obtain listed Ribbing Gauge – Suggested Size: US 5 (3¾ mm)

Please note: the stitch patterns in this garment are charted only.

YARDAGE

• Approximately 1665 (1815, 2000, 2210, 2415, 2650) yards of worsted-weight wool yarn

YARN

• 12 (13, 15, 16, 18, 19) skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50g)
• Photographed in Fossil

23 March 2012: The “M1L” and “M1R” instructions under Special Techniques were reversed. Pattern was corrected on this date.

3 April 2012: Second to last paragraph on Page 5, second column: the first sentence has been changed for clarity from “Once neck shaping is completed….” to “Once neck shaping AND raglan shaping are completed (as directed above)…”

4 September 2015: (Version 1.2): Missing measurements on schematic are now visible.

29 August 2018: Schematic dimensions for the front panel length changed from 3 (3¼, 3¼, 3½, 3½, 3¾,)” TO 3¾, (4¼, 4¼, 4½, 4½, 4¾)”

Page 5, right column, about halfway down the page now reads: “Continue working in established pattern until piece measures 27½ (28¼, 29¼, 30½, 31½, 32½)” from cast-on edge, ending with a RS row.”

Page 8, first lines now reads: “Continue working in established pattern until piece measures 27½ (28¼, 29¼, 30½, 31½, 32½)” from cast-on edge, ending with a WS row.”