Fearless Pullover by Paul Haesemeyer

Fearless Pullover

Knitting
October 2022
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
21 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette st
US 7 - 4.5 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
1509 - 2515 yards (1380 - 2300 m)
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
English
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Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)

Finished chest circumference:

  • 109 (117, 129.5, 137, 150, 157.5, 170, 178) cm
  • 43 (46, 51, 54, 59, 62, 67, 70)”

Yarn: La Bien Aimée Corrie Worsted (75% Falkland Corriedale, 25% Gotland Wool; 230 m 252 yds / 100 g); 6 (7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10) skeins.
Sample (size 4) uses 8 skeins of colourway Hegelia.

Alternative: approx. 1380 (1485, 1630, 1745, 1870, 2015, 2160, 2300) m / 1510 (1625, 1780, 1910, 2045, 2205, 2360, 2515) yds of worsted weight yarn.

Gauge: 21 sts and 28 rows = 10 cm / 4” in Stockinette st worked flat on needles A after blocking.

  • 1 repeat of Cable: 19 sts and 20 rows = 8 x 7cm / 3¼ x 2¾“ on needles A after blocking
  • Ribbing: 24 sts and 21 rows = 10 cm / 4” in 2x2 Rib on needles B after blocking

Suggested needles

  • Needles A: 4.5 mm (US 7) straight or circulars 80 cm / 32” long
  • Needles B: 3.75 mm (US 5) straight or circulars 40 cm / 16” long
  • Needles C: 3.25 mm (US 3) circulars and/or double pointed needles (DPNs) for small circumference knitting.

Notions: Stitch markers, locking markers, cable needle, stitch holders, tapestry needle, waste yarn, crochet hook.

Techniques used: Cables, provisional cast-on, sloped bind-off, tubular bind-off.

Notes: The drop sleeve pullover is worked back and forth in pieces from the bottom up. The sleeves are worked back and forth from the cuff up. Body and sleeves are seamed together. Collar is picked up and knit in the round. Cable motif starts centred on the body, then moves outward to the sleeves. The cable motif charts will overlap each other. Sleeves have shaping increases at the same time as the cable motifs.