Choucas is the French name for Jackdaw, a passerine bird in the crow family. Intelligent, faithful and very sociable it usually nests in towers or stone crevices located in height. Choucas is the name I gave to this oversized, simple and comfortable sweater that will occupy a privileged place in your wardrobe. Knitted with a wool and hemp yarn it has a nice drape. You can wear it all year long. It is an unisex sweater, elegant and pleasant for women and man as well.
Choucas is worked in the round and bottom up to the armholes, where work is split and worked flat. Shoulders are rejoined using a three needles bind off. The sleeves are picked up at the armholes and then worked top down. The cable pattern is charted and fully written. There are fancy false seams at each side and at the sleeves.

Sizes and final measurements
Choucas is given in 6 sizes (XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL). It is an oversized sweater intended to be worn with 12-18 cm ease. The sample is modelled in size M with 8 in/20 cm ease for the woman and 12 cm ease for the man.
Final measurements: XS: 37 in/94 cm; S: 40 in/102 cm; M: 44 in/112 cm; l: 47¼ in/120 cm; XL: 51½ in/131 cm; XXL: 56 in/142 cm.

Material
Yarn
Rowan, Hemp tweed chunky, (75% wool, 25% true hemp; 3½ oz/100g, 120 y/110 m), colour SH001, cement: 7 (8, 8, 9, 10, 11) balls.
Needles
1 circular needle in size US 10/6 mm or gauge-size needle for working body.
2 auxiliary needles in size US 10/6 mm or gauge-size needle for closing the shoulders.
1 circular needle in size US 8/5 mm for working the rib and the neckline.
Notions
5 stitch markers.
1 large stitches holder or scrap yarn.
4 small stitches holders or scrap yarn.
One tapestry needle.
Gauge
15 sts and 19 rows over 4” x 4” 10 cm x 10 cm worked in stockinette on US 10/6 mm needle after blocking.
23 sts and 20 rows over 4” x 4” 10 cm x 10 cm worked in cable pattern on US 10/6 mm needle after blocking.
44 sts over 6¼ in/19 cm for a full repeat of the pattern worked in cable pattern on US 10/6 mm needle after blocking.

Choucas is free for two months, as a New Year gift. No coupon is needed. In march the price will be 4 euros. However it has not been tested yet. If you find any error, please contact me.
If you take advantage of this free pattern I will be so pleased to have a little heart, and delighted to see your own Choucas!

Addenda: some errors detected by clever knitters!
1. p.4, Body, Sizes L, XL, XXL only
Rnd 17: knit to last st before Ma, p1, SMa, p1, knit to Mc1, SMc1, p4, (22rc, p4) x 5 times, SMc2, knit to last st before Mb, p1, SMb, p1, knit to last st, p1.
And not SMc1, (22rc, p4) x 5 times, p4, SMc2….
2. Title of table 3 is totally wrong. The good title is Table 3: Number of sts to pick up around the neckline