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Chandler Reach

Named after the marine channel that borders the Terra Nova national park in Newfoundland, Chandler Reach is a play on Terra Nova but with a tweaked construction in the underarms. Plus it was also inspired by being professionally colour analysed as a “Cool Winter” last year… I had a sweater quantity of this so-NOT-cool orange (Nutmeg) Spindrift from years past, and needed to pair it with a Cool Winter colour -- this lovely purple blue called Aubretia! I had a lot of fun putting this one together and hope you do too.

The lace panels are knit first, then stitches are picked up along the lace panel selvedges and the stranded colourwork is worked in the round with steeks at the cuffs. After the cuff steeks are cut, the underarms are shaped, and the sleeves are closed with a 3-needle BO. The lower body stranded colorwork is continued in the round with steeks at the body sides. Lace panels are worked flat and sewn in, then the lower body stranded colourwork is continued down to desired sweater length and finished with a garter edging. Cuffs and the neckband are picked up and worked in the round to finish Chandler Reach.

Sizes

1(2,3,4)(5,6,7) with finished garment bust circumferences:

88.5(92.5,111,118)(138,146,170.5)cm / 34.75(36.5,43.75,46.5)(54.25,57.5,67)”.

Intended to be worn with 10 to 20cm / 4 to 8” positive ease at bust. Sample shown is the size 3 on an 87cm / 34.25” bust, corresponding to 24cm / 9.5” ease at bust. A list of measurements is provided on page 3.

Yarn

Jamieson’s of Shetland, Shetland Spindrift (100% Shetland wool; 105 metres / 115 yards per 25 grams) in 2 colours listed below. If using the sample yarn, the number of 25 gram balls of Shetland Spindrift is given in brackets.

MC Aubretia; 7(7,8,9)(10,11,13) balls:
655(725,840,930)(1050,1155,1365) metres /
715(795,920,1020)(1150,1265,1495) yards

CC Nutmeg; 7(7,8,9)(10,11,13) balls:
670(735,835,905)(1000,1120,1300) metres /
735(805,915,990)(1095,1225,1420) yards

Gauges

To find your needle sizes you need to swatch for the stranded colourwork and the lace.

Stranded Colourwork: 30 sts / 33 rnds to 10cm / 4” using size B needles.

Lace: 24 sts / 33 rows/rnds to 10cm / 4” using size B needles.

Single‐colour stockinette: 30 sts / 40 rows to 10cm / 4” using size A needles.

Needles & Notions

The gauges were achieved with the following needles. To work the pattern as written, you must swatch and use a needle size that will result in the correct gauge after blocking. The underarm of the sleeves is worked in plain stockinette. If you do not know whether your stockinette gauge tends to be different than your colourwork gauge, I suggest making a single‐colour swatch in addition to your colourwork swatch to compare gauges. If it is different, then you need to go down one to two needle sizes for the single‐colour rows under the arm and the pattern is written as such.

Size A: 2.5mm needles (US 1.5) of varying lengths
Size B: 3mm (US 2.5) needles of varying lengths; you will need two needles at least 100cm / 40” in length to work across the wingspan

You will also need: spare needles or interchangeable cables for holding sts, stitch markers; removable markers; crochet hook, tapestry/darning needle with sturdy sock yarn, sewing machine, or felting tools for reinforcing steeks; optional: grosgrain ribbon for finishing the steeks.

Tech edited by Sue Hislop (Ravelry: Sue-Cat)