Longfellow

CONSTRUCTION

• The pieces are worked flat and sewn together. The pocket linings are worked separately and placed on stitch holders, then joined into the fronts on the appropriate row, while the stitches they replace are transferred to stitch holders for the pocket edgings. The neckband/front edging is worked from picked up stitches around the center front and back neck edges and is bound off using the Tubular Bind Off or simply bound off in pattern, if preferred.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 35½ (39¾, 44, 48¼, 52¼, 56½)” [90 (101, 112, 122.5, 133, 143.5) cm] circumference at chest (buttoned)
• Sample in Hayloft is size 39¾”, shown with ¾”/2 cm positive ease on model
• Sample in Amaranth is size 44", shown with 0”/0 cm positive ease on model

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

GAUGE

• 23 stitches & 34 rows = 4″ in stockinette stitch with Size A needle(s), after blocking

NEEDLES

Size A (for Main Fabric):

• One pair of straight needles or a 32″ circular needle* in size needed to obtain gauge listed
• Suggested Size: 3¾ mm (US 5)

Size B (for Ribbing):

• One pair of straight needles or a 32″ circular needle, one 47″ circular needle, and one spare circular needle 47″ or longer if using Tubular Bind Off for band/edging, two sizes smaller than Size A
• Suggested Size: 3¼ mm (US 3)

Size C (optional; for Tubular Cast On only):

• One pair of straight needles or a 32″ circular needle, one size smaller than Size B
• Suggested Size: 3 mm (US 2½)

YARDAGE

• 1645 (1790, 2065, 2260, 2480, 2670) yards of fingering weight wool yarn

YARN

Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50g)

• 6 (7, 8, 9, 10, 10) skeins
• Photographed in color Hayloft
• Photographed in color Amaranth

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

• 1×1 Tubular Cast On
• Wrapped Chain Stitch Selvedge
• Garter Stitch Selvedge
• Sloped Bind Off
• One-Row Buttonhole
• 1×1 Tubular Bind Off
• Kitchener Stitch (Grafting)

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Cap Decrease Row (RS): {GSS}, knit 2, k2tog, knit to last 5 stitches, SSK, knit 2, {GSS}. (2 stitches decreased)