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Boyfriend Sweater
A comfortable, relaxed fit sweater perfect for weekends and the great outdoors. The turtleneck makes this an extra cosy knit.
The sweater is knitted in pieces and then seamed together. Mattress stitch is recommended for a neat finish.
The sweater is designed to fit with 15cm to 20cm/ 6in to 8in positive ease. All colourwork patterns are given as charts.
Needles & accessories:
1 pair of 3.25mm (US 3) straight knitting needles
1 pair of 4mm (US 6) straight knitting needles
Stitch holder
Finished measurements:
Back width: 50.5 (56, 60.5, 65.5) cm/ 20 (22, 23.75, 25.25) in
Length: 61.5 (63.5, 65.5, 67.5) cm/ 24.25 (50, 51.75, 53) in
Sleeve length to armhole: 55 (55, 56, 56) cm/ 21.75 (22.75, 22, 22) in
Yarn used:
Rowan Alpaca Soft DK
A. Marine Blue (212) 8 (9, 10, 10) balls
B. Rainy Day (210) 2 balls for each size
C. Toffee (203) 3 balls for each size
ERRATA: Yarn quantities are listed correctly here but are incorrect for B and C in the book. Correct yarn quantities as above are also given on linked errata page.
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- First published: March 2018
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- Last updated: May 27, 2018 …
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