Rowan’s Brushed Fleece is one of my favourite yarns. The yarn makes a lovely fabric with good stability and very warm. A quick knit with thoughtful patterning in a very wearable fibre. I have knit more than 20 pieces in this yarn in the past year. It is a pleasure to work with.

MATERIALS
You will need approximately 900 - 1000 metres of this bulky yarn and another 20 metres for your sample swatch.

This piece was photographed in colour Den (SH261)

GAUGE
Finished Gauge:
13 stitches and19 rows to 10 cm (4”) in diamond pattern using 6mm needles.
The fabric relaxes on the first blocking. The 4th or 5th washing will tighten up a bit.

NEEDLES
5 mm needles
6 mm needles

The long tail cast on was used for this piece.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS
122 cm (48”) circumference at widest point
97 cm (38”) circumference through the bust

76 cm (30”) length at centre back
The patterns dimensions are determined by the diamond pattern being symetrical vertically as well as horizontally

SKILL LEVEL
2 of 5

Please note: this pattern has complete charts for the body and the sleeves.