Themis

CONSTRUCTION

• Garment is composed of 5 separate pieces – Right Front, Left Front, Back & two Sleeves – all pieces are worked flat.
• After garment is seamed, the wide buttonband panels are picked up and worked directly from Right and Left Fronts.
• Small buttons are sewn on to finished cardigan to correspond with button loops.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 31¼ (35, 38, 41¼, 44½, 47¾, 51)” circumference at chest, buttoned
• Sample shown is size 35″ with 0″ ease on model

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

GAUGE

• 25 stitches & 34 rows = 4″ in stockinette stitch with Size A needle, before and after blocking
• 27 stitches & 40 rows = 4″ in Eyelet Ribbing pattern with Size B needle, relaxed after blocking

NEEDLES

Size A (for Main Fabric):

• One pair of needles in size needed to obtain stockinette stitch gauge listed
• Suggested Size: 3½ mm (US 4)

Size B:

• One pair of needles and one 24″ or 32″ circular two sizes smaller than Gauge Needle for Eyelet Ribbing
• Suggested Size: 3 mm (US 2½)

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

YARDAGE

• Approximately 995 (1060, 1160, 1295, 1415, 1530, 1660) yards of fingering weight wool yarn

YARN

• 4 (4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7) skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50g)
• Photographed in color Meteorite

7 March 2013: Versions 2.0

Page 6, under Right Armhole Shaping, the decrease row has been corrected to read: 

Armhole Decrease Row (RS): Work to last 3 stitches, k2tog, knit 1.