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Easy like Sunday morning and effortlessly elegant. A minimalist’s delight, Bresson’s clean lines and seamless, top-down raglan construction, subtly imprinted with angular panels of garter stitch, allow the simple beauty of its materials to stand out in lofty woolen-spun Shelter or Tones. Make your mark with the choice of a trim crew or cozy cowl neck and straight or A-line shaping, then breeze through your day, taking with you only that which brings you joy.

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Construction

• Neckline and body shape versions include a crew neck, a cowl neck, an A-line body, and a straight body.
• This pullover is worked circularly from the top down, beginning with your choice of a crew neck or a cowl neck. Raglan shaping is worked to the underarm, where the back is shaped using short rows before the body and sleeves are divided. Body is worked circularly to the hem, with straight or optional A-line body shaping. The sleeves are then worked circularly to the cuff.

Finished Dimensions

SIZES 1 (2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7) (8, 9, 10, 11)

• 38¼ (40, 43½, 48) (50¾, 54¼, 57¾) (61¼, 65¾, 71, 73¾)“ [97 (101.5, 110.5, 122) (129, 138, 146.5) (155.5, 167, 180.5, 187.5) cm] circumference at chest
• Chloe is 5’10”/178 cm tall and is wearing Size 3, crew neck and A-line body, with 9½“/24 cm positive ease
• Tam is 5’8”/172.5 cm tall and is wearing Size 4, cowl neck and straight body, with 4”/10 cm positive ease

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

Yarn

Brooklyn Tweed Tones — 100% Columbia Wool (140 yards/128 meters per 50 grams)

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Brooklyn Tweed Shelter — 100% American Targhee-Columbia Wool (140 yards/128 meters per 50 grams)

For Crew Neck, Straight Body (Version I)

• 7 (7, 8, 9) (9^, 10, 11) (11^, 12^, 13, 14) skeins

For Crew Neck, A-line Body (Version II)

• 7 (7^, 8, 9) (10, 10^, 11) (12, 13, 14, 14) skeins
• Photographed in Tones, color Baseline Overtone

For Cowl Neck, Straight Body (Version III)

• 8 (9, 9, 10) (11, 11^, 12) (13, 14, 15, 15) skeins
• Photographed in Shelter, color Forest Floor

For Cowl Neck, A-line Body (Version IV)

• 8^ (9, 9^, 10) (11, 12, 13) (13, 14, 15, 15^) skeins

The marked skein counts “^” are near or exact to the listed yardage; consider adding an extra skein.

Yardage

For Crew Neck, Straight Body Version

• 910 (955, 1065, 1135) (1250, 1340, 1460) (1535, 1675, 1780, 1830) total yards [833 (874, 974, 1038) (1143, 1226, 1336) (1404, 1532, 1628, 1674) total meters] of worsted weight wool yarn

For Crew Neck, A-line Body Version

• 935 (980, 1090, 1155) (1305, 1390, 1515) (1585, 1725, 1835, 1880) total yards [855 (897, 997, 1057) (1194, 1272, 1386) (1450, 1578, 1678, 1720) total meters] of worsted weight wool yarn

For Cowl Neck, Straight Body Version

• 1070 (1125, 1235, 1315) (1435, 1530, 1655) (1730, 1870, 1985, 2040) total yards [979 (1029, 1130, 1203) (1313, 1400, 1514) (1582, 1710, 1816, 1866) total meters] of worsted weight wool yarn

For Cowl Neck, Straight Body Version

• 1100 (1150, 1260, 1335) (1490, 1580, 1705) (1780, 1920, 2035, 2090) total yards [1006 (1052, 1153, 1221) (1363, 1445, 1560) (1628, 1756, 1861, 1912) total meters] of worsted weight wool yarn

Gauge

• 18 stitches & 28 rounds = 4”/10 cm in stockinette stitch, after blocking
• 18 stitches & 38 rounds (19 garter ridges) = 4”/10 cm in garter stitch, after blocking

Needles

One each 16”/40 cm (sizes 1 and 2, crew neck only) or 24”/60 cm (all sizes) and 32”/80 cm long circular needles, and one set of double-pointed needles (DPNs) in size needed to obtain gauge listed

• Suggested Size: 4.5 mm (US 7)

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

Video — Short Rows: German Method
Blocking 101
Knitwear Care

Skill Level
3 out of 5: Intermediate