Stonecutter

CONSTRUCTION

• Garment pieces are worked flat, from the bottom up, then sewn together. The neckband is picked up after assembly and worked circularly.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 36¼ (38½, 41½, 43¾, 47, 49, 52¼)” circumference at chest, seamed
• Sample shown is size 38½” with + 5½” ease on model

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

GAUGE

• 30 stitches & 32 rows = 4″ in cabled pattern from Chart with Size A needle, after blocking
• 8-stitch panel from Chart B measures 1″ wide; 18-stitch panel from Chart C measures 2½” wide; 58-stitch panel from Chart D measures 7¾” wide 20 stitches & 32 rows = 4″ in reverse stockinette stitch with Size A needle, after blocking

NEEDLES

Size A (for Main Fabric):

• One 24″ (or longer) circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge listed
• Suggested Size: 5 mm (US 8)

Size B (for Ribbing and Neckband):

• One 16″ and one 24″ (or longer) circular needles, two sizes smaller than Size A
• Suggested Size: 4 mm (US 6)

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

• One 32″ circular needle, one size smaller than Size B
• Suggested Size: 3¾ mm (US 5)

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

YARDAGE

Worsted weight wool yarn in the following approximate amounts:

• Approximately 1395 (1530, 1670, 1785, 1945, 2085, 2240) yards 

YARN

• 10 (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16) skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 140 yards/50g)
• Photographed in color Snowbound

17 October 2013: Version 3.0

On Page 6, first column, under Shape Sleeves, an extra stitch has been removed from the Sizes 38, 41″ only; instructions as follows:

Next row (WS): {WCS}, knit to marker, slip marker, purl 18, slip marker, knit to last stitch, knit 1, {WCS}.

ALSO, the abbreviation instructions for the [Inc + K2tog] (Used during Tubular Cast On) was missed on the previous version and has been added to page 12.

30 September 2013: Version 2.0

Page 6, there was a typo in the third size grouping, which now reads:

Sizes 38½, 41½” only: 

Next row (WS): {WCS}, knit to marker, slip marker, purl 18, slip marker, knit to last stitch, knit 1, {WCS}.

ALSO, there is a small correction (making 2 stitches knit stitches, instead of purls) on the Setup Row, on the Left Side of Chart A.