Redford

CONSTRUCTION

• Garment is worked in pieces from the bottom up, with expressed seams at the sides, neckline and sleeve cuffs.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 38 (42, 46¼, 50½, 54½, 58¾)” circumference at chest (seamed)
• Sample shown is size 42″ with +2″ 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 stockinette stitch with Size A needles, after blocking

NEEDLES

Size A (for Main Fabric): 

• One pair of straight needles and/or a 24″ circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge listed above
• Suggested Size: 3½ mm (US 4)

Size B (for Ribbed Cuffs and Neckband): 

• One set of DPNs (or 32″ circular needle if using Magic Loop Method) and one 16″ circular needle one size smaller than Size A needle(s)
• Suggested Size: 3¼ mm (US 3)

YARDAGE

• Approximately 1390 (1555, 1720, 1885, 2065, 2240) yards of fingering weight wool yarn

YARN

• 6 (6, 7, 7, 8, 9) skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50g)
• Photographed in color Long Johns

12 July 2013: Version 2.0

Under STITCH PATTERNS, the {TCSS} Twisted Chain Stitch Selvedge contains an error on the WS instructions. It has been corrected to read: 

WS: With yarn in back, slip 1 stitch as if to knit, work as instructed by pattern to last stitch, knit last stitch.