Ives

CONSTRUCTION

• Body is knit in two pieces, Back and Front, from cuff to cuff (sideways).
• After working Front and Back flat and seaming together, the collar, ribbed cuffs and hem are all picked up and worked in the round directly from the garment.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 48 (52, 56, 60, 64, 68)” finished chest circumference
• Sample shown is size 52″ with 18" of ease on model

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

GAUGE

• Finished Gauge: 22 stitches & 32 rows = 4″ in stockinette stitch with Size A needles, after blocking

Note that finished (blocked) Row Gauge is of critical importance in this pattern. If you are not matching row gauge, shaping rates will need to be re-calculated along the edges to match schematic measurements. Swatching beforehand is very much encouraged.

NEEDLES

Size A (Gauge Needle): 

• One pair of straight or one 32″ long circular needle(s), and one 16″ long circular, in size needed to obtain gauge listed
• Suggested Size: 3¾ mm (US 5)

Size B: 

• One 32″ circular needle and a set of double-pointed needles (DPNs) three sizes smaller than Size A
• Suggested Size: 2¾ mm (US 2)

If using the Magic Loop method for working Sleeves in the round, the 32″ circular needles can be used and the DPNs omitted.

YARDAGE

• Approximately 1635 (1755, 1910, 2040, 2215, 2335) yards of fingering weight wool yarn

YARN

• 6 (7, 7, 8, 9, 9) skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50g)
• Photographed in color Cast Iron