Hellebore

CONSTRUCTION

• Front, Back and Sleeves are worked flat from the bottom up.
• Neckband stitches are picked up from seamed garment and worked circularly.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 35 (38½, 42½, 46, 49½, 53½)” circumference at chest, seamed
• Sample shown is size 38½” with + 4½” ease on model

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

GAUGE

Working Gauge:

• 26 stitches & 40 rows = 4″ in stockinette stitch with Size A needles, before blocking
• 41 stitches & 49 rows = 4″ in Cabled pattern from Chart with Size A needles, before blocking

Finished Gauge:

• 26 stitches & 40 rows = 4″ in stockinette stitch with Size A needles, after blocking
• 36 stitches & 40 rows = 4″ in Cabled pattern from Chart with Size A needles, after blocking

NEEDLES

Size A (Gauge Needle):

• One pair of straight needles or a 24″ or 32″ long circular needle in size needed to obtain gauges listed
• Suggested Size: 3¼ mm (US 3)

Size B (For Neckband Only): 

• One 16” long circular needle three sizes smaller than Size A needles
• Suggested Size: 2¼ mm (US 1)

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

YARDAGE

• Approximately 1365 (1475, 1640, 1790, 1990, 2130) yards of fingering weight wool yarn

YARN

• 5 (6, 6, 7, 8, 8) skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50g)
• Photographed in color Fossil

30 October 2013: (Version 2.0): 

On Page 5, second column under SLEEVES (after the first two rows), the instructions have been corrected to read: “Work 4 more rows as established, ending with a WS row.”