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Loft 2-ply Woolen-Spun Fingering Weight

Select a color Homemade Jam Camper Long Johns Wool Socks Embers Bale Hayloft Yellowstone Sap Foothills Artifact Birdbook Button Jar Iceberg Tartan Faded Quilt Flannel Almanac Old World Postcard Blanket Fort Plume Fossil Woodsmoke Nest Stormcloud Meteorite Truffle Hunt Snowbound Pumice Sweatshirt Soot Cast Iron

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$18.75 / 275 yards ($0.07/yd)

Loft 2-ply Woolen-Spun Fingering Weight

Select a color Homemade Jam Camper Long Johns Wool Socks Embers Bale Hayloft Yellowstone Sap Foothills Artifact Birdbook Button Jar Iceberg Tartan Faded Quilt Flannel Almanac Old World Postcard Blanket Fort Plume Fossil Woodsmoke Nest Stormcloud Meteorite Truffle Hunt Snowbound Pumice Sweatshirt Soot Cast Iron

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$18.75 / 275 yards ($0.07/yd)

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• Product description

  “With a deep V-neckline, wide drop shoulders, split hemline and fun bold stripes, I can see it being worn year-round for almost any occasion. It’s seriously comfortable, too. Have fun choosing your favorite color stripe combinations!” – Julie Hoover

  Designer: Julie Hoover

  Collection: Winter 2014

   

• Pattern materials

  YARDAGE

  Fingering weight wool yarn in the following approximate amounts:

  • 645 (750, 840, 900, 975, 1135) yards of Color 1 (C1)
  • 870 (895, 1030, 1170, 1315, 1350) yards of Color 2 (C2)

  
  

  YARN

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

  • 3 (3, 4, 4, 4, 5) skeins C1; 4 (4, 4, 5, 5, 5) skeins C2
  • Sample A photographed in colors Fossil (C1) and Old World (C2)
  • Sample B photographed in colors Woodsmoke (C1) and Embers (C2)
  • Sample C photographed in colors Fossil (C1) and Caribou (C2)

  
  

• Pattern specs

  CONSTRUCTION

  • Front and Back pieces are worked flat from the bottom up. Sleeves are worked circularly from the cuff to the armhole.

  
  

  FINISHED DIMENSIONS

  • 45¼ (49¼, 53¼, 57¼, 61¼, 65¼)” [115 (125, 135.25, 145, 155.5, 166 cm)] circumference at chest (seamed)
  • Samples A & B are size 49¼” modeled with 15¼”/39 cm positive ease
  • Sample C is size 57¼" modeled with 14"/35.5 cm positive ease

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

  
  

  GAUGE

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

  
  

  NEEDLES

  Size A (for Main Fabric):

  • One 32″ circular needle and one set of double-pointed needles (DPN) in size needed to obtain gauge
  • Suggested Size: 4 mm (US 6)

  Size B (for Ribbing):

  • One each 24″ and 32″ circular needles, and one set of DPNs, one size smaller than Size A
  • Suggested Size: 3¾ mm (US 5)

  Size C (for Tubular Cast On and Neckband):

  • One 32″circular needle and one set of DPNs, one size smaller than Size B
  • Suggested Size: 3½ mm (US 4)

• Techniques

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

  • Tubular Cast On for flat and circular knitting (2×2 ribbed fabric)
  • Backwards Loop Cast On

  
  

• Pattern Updates

  12 October 2022: Version 1.1
  
  The pattern in English has been updated to remove gendered language.

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