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A comely sweatshirt to reach for over and over again, Bedford remains effortlessly sophisticated when lounging at home and wears comfortably cozy on an adventurous day out. Columns of mock cables grow out of the ribbed hem for allover texture that reads well in any hue, while reverse stockinette sleeves serve as a subtler visual and tactile counterpoint. Worked circularly from the bottom up with raglan shoulder shaping, Bedford is a breeze to knit as it is to wear.

Construction

• The body and sleeves are worked circularly from the bottom up and joined at the underarms, then the yoke is worked in a single piece to the beginning of the neck shaping. The yoke is worked back and forth while the neck is shaped. The collar is picked up from the bound-off stitches and worked circularly.
• The body is worked in a simple twisted stitch pattern, which is continued for the front and back sections of the yoke. The sleeves are worked in reverse stockinette stitch.

Yarn

• 8 (8, 9, 10) (10, 11, 12) (12, 13, 13) skeins Brooklyn Tweed Shelter — 100% American Targhee-Columbia Wool (140 yards/50 grams)
• Samples shown in Foothills and Sweatshirt

Yardage

• 1025 (1085, 1190, 1245) (1325, 1445, 1540) (1600, 1680, 1785) yards of worsted weight wool yarn

Gauge

• 22 stitches & 32 rounds = 4” in Twisted Stitch pattern with Size A Needle
• 19 stitches & 28 rounds = 4” in Stockinette Stitch with Size A Needle

Needles
Size A (for Main Fabric)

• One each 24” and 32” circular needles and one set of double-pointed needles (DPNs) in size needed to obtain gauges listed above
• Suggested Needle Size: 5 mm (US 8)

Size B (for Neckband)

• One 16” circular needle three sizes smaller than Gauge Needle
• Suggested Needle Size: 3.75 mm (US 5)

Finished Dimensions

• 34½ (36¾, 39, 41) (43¼, 45½, 47¾) (49¾, 52, 54¼)” [87.5 (93.5, 99, 104) (110, 115.5, 121.5) (126.5, 132, 138) cm] circumference at chest

• Sample shown in size 36¾” [93.5 cm] with +3¼” [8.5 cm] ease on model

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

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

• Sloped Bind Off
• Sewn Bind Off (Elizabeth Zimmerman’s method)

Skill Level
2 of 5

TRANSLATIONS AVAILABLE
A Japanese Translation (version 3.0) is available: click on the pattern download button on the top right of this page and you will have the option of downloading an alternative Japanese Version
Translated by Meri Tanaka