Sauvie

CONSTRUCTION

• The front and back are worked flat from the bottom up. The top edgings are picked up and worked flat. The shoulders are bound off together using the Joinery Bind Off, the side seams are sewn, and then the armhole edgings are picked up and worked circularly.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 34¾ (39, 43¼, 47¼, 51½, 55¾)” circumference at chest
• Sample shown is size 39″ with + 4½” ease on model

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

GAUGE

• 23 stitches & 36 rows = 4″ in Moss 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: 4 mm (US 6)

Size B (for Edging)

• One pair of straight needles or a 32″ circular needle and one 16″ circular needle, two sizes smaller than Size A
• Suggested Size: 3½ mm (US 4)

YARDAGE

• 825 (955, 1100, 1225, 1375, 1525) yards of fingering weight wool yarn

YARN

• 3 (4, 4, 5, 5, 6) skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50g)
• Photographed in color Fossil

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

• Sloped Bind Off
• Sewn Bind Off (Elizabeth Zimmermann’s method)
• Joinery Bind Off (Three Needle Bind Off)