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Boreal
“All forests have their own personality…. A voice speaks up when you enter their acres that can’t be mistaken for one you’d hear anyplace else, a voice true to those particular tress, individual rather than of their species.”
― Charles de Lint, The Onion Girl
This is a pattern for a top down knit, with a circular yoke, and using the Fair-Isle colourwork technique. This sweater has a generous fit and may be worn with 4 - 12 in/10 - 30.5 cm positive ease.
This pattern may, also, be worked using the alternate sizing instruction for a more standard fit on a more traditional and general man shape. Please see schematic (included in the images to the left) for all approximate finished sizes (sizes 1-3 have different chest and upper arm circumferences).
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yarn:
2 Ply Jumper Weight by Jamieson & Smith
Fingering; 100% Shetland; 125yds (115m)/ 25g
approximate yarn amounts:
MC (9113) - 6 (6, 7, 7) 8, 8, 9 (9, 10, 10) balls
alternate size - 9 (9, 10, 10) 12, 12, 13 (14, 15, 15) balls
CC1 (202) - 2 (2, 2, 2) 3, 3, 3 (4, 4, 4) balls
CC2 (82 Mix) - 3 (3, 3, 4) 4, 4, 5 (5, 5, 6) balls
CC3 (65) - 1 (1, 1, 1) 1, 2, 2 (2, 2, 2) balls
CC4 (141) - 1 (1, 1, 1) 1, 2, 2 (2, 2, 2) balls
CC5 (FC 62) - 1 (1, 1, 1) 1, 2, 2 (2, 2, 2) balls
CC6 (28) - 1 ball all sizes
needles:
2.75mm (us no 2) circular 24in/60cm; DPNs for sleeves
3.25mm (us no 3) circular 40in/101cm; DPNs for sleeve motif
gauge:
28 sts x 32 rnds = 4in/10cm over stranded stockinette on 3.25mm needles
28 sts x 34 rnds = 4in/10cm over stockinette in one-colour on 2.75mm needles
Change needle sizes as need to keep gauge throughout.
approximate finished sizes:
1 (2, 3, 4) 5, 6, 7 (8, 9, 10)
Yoke shaping is the same for both knits, but sizes 1 - 3 have different chest circumference options.
chest circumference - 35/33.5 (38.5/36.5, 41.5/38, 45.5) 49.5, 54, 57.5 (60.75, 64.25, 67.75) in/89/85 (98/92.5, 105.5/96.5, 115.5) 125.5, 137, 146 (154, 163, 172) cm
additional tools:
needle to weave in ends, st markers, st holders/waste yarn
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