Guston

CONSTRUCTION

Designed for casual wearability, this henley features Garter Stitch edgings and a textured yoke. The body is worked in the round to the front neck split, then in a single piece in rows to the armhole. The fronts and back are then worked separately with buttonholes, neck, and shoulder shaping worked along the way. The set-in sleeves are worked in rows. To finish, stitches are picked up around the neck opening and worked in Garter Stitch. Wooden buttons add a rustic look. When decreasing at the armhole edges or on sleeve cap, work decreases as SSK or p2tog at beginning of rows, and k2tog or SSP at end of rows, to keep decreases in knit or purl according to pattern.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 28 (33½, 39¼, 44¾, 50½)” garment circumference at chest
• Sample shown in Version II size 39¼” with ½” ease on model

Note: Smallest size is for a Child (6-8 years), with Unisex Adult sizing in parentheses after. Additional length is given in the pattern where the Tall Version (Version II) Body and Sleeve lengths will differ from the Classic version lengths. 

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

GAUGE

• 20 stitches & 32 rows/rounds = 4″ in stockinette stitch with Size A needle; measurement taken from relaxed fabric after blocking

NEEDLES

• One 24″ or 32″ circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge listed
• Suggested Size: 4½ mm (US 7)

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

YARN

Version I (Child and Classic)

• 6 (7, 9, 10, 11) skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (100% US Targhee-Columbia Wool; 140 yards/50g) 

Version II (Tall)

• – (8, 9, 11, 12) skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (100% US Targhee-Columbia Wool; 140 yards/50g)
• Photographed in color Sweatshirt

YARDAGE

Version I (Child and Classic)

• Approximately 755 (970, 1155, 1325, 1500) yards of worsted weight wool yarn 

Version II (Tall)

•  – (1065, 1250, 1435, 1625) yards of worsted weight wool yarn

20 February 2024: Version 2.4

Under the Divide for Armholes section, the first paragraph has been updated to read as follows: "The following section includes remainder of Body for Version I/Child’s sizes. For Version II, proceed to page 5."

Additionally, the Set-Up Row on page 6 has been updated to read as follows:
Set-up Row (RS; Row 1 of Cable Rib Pattern): Knit 1 (0, 2, 0, 3), place marker, purl 1, *RT (LT for Version II), purl 1, knit 3, purl 1; repeat from * to last 4 (4, 4, 3, 4) stitches, place marker, RT (LT for Version II), purl 1, knit 1 (1, 1, 0, 1).

1 December 2022: Version 2.3

The pattern has been updated to remove gendered language.

22 January 2019: Version 2.2 

Set-up Row now reads: Note: When working the Guston Cable Rib Pattern all versions should use the Guston Cable Rib Pattern for Child/Women for the correct placement of cable columns, however the Men’s version should replace RT with LT in Rows 1 & 5. 

Set-up Row (RS; Row 1 of Cable Rib Pattern): Knit 1 (0, 2, 0, 3), place marker, purl 1, * RT (LT for Men’s), purl 1, knit 3, purl 1; repeat from * to last 4 (4, 4, 3, 4) stitches, place marker, RT (LT for Men’s), purl 1, knit 1 (1, 1, 0, 1).

21 August 2017: Version 2.1 

On page 6, the following change has been made: 

Set-up Row (RS; Row 1 of Cable Rib Pattern): Knit 1 (0, 2, 0, 3), place marker, purl 1, *RT (LT for Men’s)… 

3 October 2016: Version 2.0

The charts and written instructions have been changed to distinguish between the Child/Women’s version and the Men’s version as follows:

STITCH PATTERNS – WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS

GUSTON CABLE RIB PATTERN FOR CHILD/WOMEN

Multiple of 7 stitches + 1; 8 row repeat

Row 1 (RS): Purl 1, *RT (see Chart Legend), purl 1, knit 3, purl 1; repeat from * to end.

Rows 2 and 4 (WS): Knit 1, *purl 3, knit 1, purl 2, knit 1; repeat from * to end.

Row 3: Purl 1, *knit 2, purl 1, knit 3, purl 1; repeat from * to end.

Row 5: Purl 1, *RT, purl 5; repeat from * to end.

Row 6: *Knit 5, purl 2; repeat from * to last stitch, knit 1.

Row 7: Purl 1, *knit 2, purl 5; repeat from * to end.

Row 8: Repeat Row 6.

Repeat Rows 1–8 for pattern.

GUSTON CABLE RIB PATTERN FOR MEN

Multiple of 7 stitches + 1; 8 row repeat

Row 1 (RS): Purl 1, *Knit 3, purl 1, LT (see Chart Legend), purl 1; repeat from * to end.

Rows 2 and 4 (WS): Knit 1, *purl 2, knit 1, purl 3, knit 1; repeat from * to end.

Row 3: Purl 1, *knit 3, purl 1, knit 2, purl 1; repeat from * to end.

Row 5: *Purl 5, LT; repeat from * to last stitch, purl 1.

Row 6: Knit 1, *purl 2, knit 5; repeat from * end.

Row 7: *Purl 5, knit 2; repeat from * to last stitch, purl 1.

Row 8: Repeat Row 6. 

Repeat Rows 1–8 for pattern. 

(Also see Charts for illustrated changes) 

29 May 2013: (Version 1.2):

Page 5 under RIGHT FRONT (MEN), the second paragraph has been changed to read: “Now, decrease 1 stitch every RS row – (3, 5, 6, 9) times. – (33, 38, 44, 48) stitches remain.”

1 July 2012:

• On page 6, under the section marked “Left Front (Men)”, in the fourth paragraph of this section, the last sentence should read “…until armhole measures – (5½, 6, 6¼ , 6½)”, ending with a RS row.
• In the “Shape Neck” section that follows, all mentions of “RS” in the 1st, 2nd and 4th paragraph have been changed to WS.