Frostpeak

CONSTRUCTION

• The body and sleeves are worked circularly from the bottom up and joined at the underarms, then the yoke is worked in the round to the neckline. The body is shaped using Short Rows: Yarn Over Method.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 33¼ (37, 40½, 44¼, 48, 51¾, 55½)” [84.5 (94, 103, 112.5, 122, 131.5, 141) cm] circumference at chest
• Sample shown is size 37″ [94 cm] with 3″ [7.5 cm] ease on model

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GAUGE

• 26 stitches & 39 rounds = 4″ in stockinette stitch with Size A needle, after blocking
• 26 stitches & 26 rounds = 4″ in chart pattern with Size B needle, after blocking
• Note: Correct length of the one-piece yoke is dependent upon achieving the stated round gauge.

NEEDLES

Size A (for Single-Color Stockinette Stitch)

• One each 16″ and 24″ (or 32″ for larger sizes) circular needles and one set of double-pointed needles (DPNs)* in size needed to obtain gauge listed
• Suggested Size: 3¾ mm (US 5)

Size B (for Two-Color Rounds of Chart Pattern)

• One each 16″ and 24″ (or 32″) circular needles, one size larger than Size A
• Suggested Size: 4 mm (US 6)

Size C (for Ribbing)

• One each 16″ and 24″ (or 32″) circular needles and one set of DPNs, three sizes smaller than Size A
• Suggested Size: 2¾ mm (US 2)

Size D (optional; for Tubular Cast On and Bind Off only)

• One each 16″ and 24″ (or 32″) circular needles and one set of DPNs, one size smaller than Size C
• Suggested Size: 2¼ mm (US 1)

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

YARDAGE

Fingering weight wool yarn in the following approximate amounts:

• 1740 (1960, 2170, 2410, 2645, 2915, 3150) yards Color 1 (C1)
• 130 (140, 150, 160, 205, 215, 230) yards Color 2 (C2)

YARN

• Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia Wool 275 yards/50 grams)
• 7 (8, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) skeins of Color 1 (C1)
• 1 skein of Color 2 (C2)
• Photographed in colors Cast Iron (C1) & Snowbound (C2)

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

• Speed Swatching for Circular Knitting 
• Color Dominance 
• 1×1 Tubular Cast On (Circular Knitting; even number of stitches) 
• Short Rows: Yarn Over Method 
• 1×1 Tubular Bind Off 
• Kitchener Stitch (Grafting)