A fun blend of retro and modern, this crop-top sweater features slightly wonky--but symmetrical--cables that twist up the sweater like a whimsical trail to a gingerbread cottage. The sweater is knit flat from the bottom up and seamed. It features set-in sleeves and a fisherman’s rib mock cowl or turtleneck that is picked up after seaming and knit in the round.

Sizes (Bust) and Yardage

• XS (28-30”): 800 yards
• S (32-34”): 900 yards
• M (36-38”): 1,000 yards
• L (40-42”): 1,100 yards
• XL (44-46”): 1,200 yards
• 2XL (48-50”): 1,320 yards
• 3XL (52-54”): 1,425 yards
• 4XL (56-58”): 1,525 yards
• 5XL (60-62”): 1,630 yards

Recommended Ease: Negative 1 to 2 inches. (Pictured version is knit in medium size for a bust just shy of 38”.)

Yarn
Tosh DK by Madelinetosh
Colorway: Glazed Pecan

Note: If you decide to use a non-superwash wool, you may wish to go up a size as the finished garment will not stretch as much during blocking. Be sure to use a blocked gauge swatch to help you decide.

Gauge
Using US 6 (4.0 mm): 20 sts and 28 rows = 4” in stockinette after blocking.

Suggested Needles and Notions:

• US 4 (3.5 mm) circular needles
• US 6 (4.0 mm) circular (or straight) needles
• 1 cable needle
• 2 stitch holders or pieces of scrap yarn
• scissors, tapestry/yarn needle, stitch marker(s)

Skills:

• Knitting and purling flat and in the round
• Picking up stitches
• Slipped stitches
• Directional decreases
• Cabling and reading cable charts
• Twisted rib
• Fisherman’s rib in the round
• Seaming (mattress stitch)