Hand Knitting Pattern: Pullover sweater

Yarn weight: Bulky (7 wpi)
Suggested yarn: HPKY Hand Painted Knitting Yarns Venice

Worked sideways from sleeve cuff to sleeve cuff, with a slit forming the boat neck, this couldn’t be simpler. But how striking! This BIG bold cable from wrist to wrist really highlights your shoulders, collarbones, neck and face! The skills required are very basic! This is suitable for a near beginner. Maybe your first go at cables? Or maybe your first sweater.
The only sewing is under the arms and sides - and it’s against the purl stitches, so even if you are not skilled at sewing, it won’t show. The waistband has picked up stitches and is worked in the round downward, so if you need it a bit longer, no problem, as long as you have a little more yarn.
The only thing to note: the sleeves cannot be lengthened or shortened easily, unless you want to re-calculate the pattern. Why? to keep everything symmetrical (start with a cable twist, end with a cable twist, and a cable twist at center neck).

Rated: easy / experienced beginner
Skills required: knit/purl, inc/dec, cable, count rows, pick up sts
Sizes available: S (M, L, XL, 2X, 3X)
This is a close fitting boat neck sweater. Choose a size which gives you 5-10 cm/ 2-4 in of ease.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Small (Medium, Large, X-Large, 2X-Large, 3X-Large)
Bust (approx) 86 (96.5, 107, 117, 127, 137) cm / 34 (38, 42, 46, 50, 54) in
Length to shoulder 53 (54.5, 58.5, 62, 66.5, 70.5) cm / 21 (21½, 23, 24½, 26¼, 27¾) in
Armhole depth (approx) 21.5 (23, 24, 25.5, 27, 28.5) cm / 8½ (9, 9½, 10, 10¾, 11¼) in
Sleeve length (to underarm) 48 (45.5, 43, 40.5, 38, 35.5) cm / 19 (18, 17, 16, 15, 14) in

MATERIALS
Yarn
Approx 610 (660, 740, 810, 910, 1000) m / 668 (722, 810, 886, 996, 1094) yd of soft bulky yarn

Needles and notions
A Long pair of needles or circular needle worked back and forth 6.5 mm / US 10.5, circular needle 6 mm / US 10, 60 cm / 24 in long, cable needle, yarn needle.

TENSION GAUGE
13.5 stitches and 20 rows = 10 cm / 4”, over reverse stockinette stitch

PDF 4 pages, colour front cover. Metric and imperial measurements, schematic, written stitch pattern, NO charts