Cross-Cultural Pullover by Norah Gaughan

Cross-Cultural Pullover

Knitting
July 2000
Bulky (7 wpi) ?
15 stitches and 19 rows = 4 inches
in color pattern on larger needles
US 9 - 5.5 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
984 - 1148 yards (900 - 1050 m)
44" (112 cm)
English
This pattern is available from interweave.com for $7.99.

Finished Sizes: 40 (44, 48, 52)“ (101.5 112, 122, 132 cm) bust/chest circumference. Sweater shown measures 44” (112 cm).

Yardage: #20 black (MC), 10 (10, 11, 12) skeins
’#57 Tuscan red (CC), 2 (2, 3, 3) skeins.

Gauge: 15 sts and 19 rows = 4” (10 cm) in color pattern on larger needles; 14 sts and 19 rows = 4” (10 cm) in St st on larger needles.

This cropped sweater is designed by piecing together motifs from an assortment of Nordic reference books. By modifying and changing the scale of the motifs, and by matching them with the burnt red and black yarn, gave the motifs a bit of a Middle Eastern mystique.