Note - This pattern is also available as part of the Powder Day e-book.

If you’ve ever seen a Warren Miller movie or been to the ski hill on an epic powder day you have probably seen those hourglass tracks made by those lucky skiers that got out there when it was still fresh. I’ve created a cable that mimics those tracks, along with those of a lone skier “shreddin’ the gnar” and one who couldn’t be bothered to turn at all. I’ve gathered these cables together and smattered them all over some wintery patterns I’m calling the Powder Day Collection. Each pattern is named after one of my favourite powder day ski hills.

The Heavenly Pullover is a top-down, seamless sweater with set-in sleeves. It doesn’t get much easier than that! It features the figure-8 cable down the center front, with side-by-side traveling slipped stitches meandering down from the shoulders. The figure-8 cable also runs down both sleeves. The background for these cables is reverse stockinette stitch. The cuffs and wide round neckline are finished with simple 1x1 ribbing in a contrast colour.

There are large portions of this sweater that are reverse stockinette stitch worked in the round so beware that there is a lot of purling involved.

Materials
Suggested Yarn
Malabrigo Rios (100% Merino; 210 yds 192 m/3.53 oz 100 g)
MC: 730 (820, 880, 990, 1090, 1210, 1310) yds 660 (750, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1190) m of Natural (63).
CC: 70 (80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130) yds 70 (70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120) m of Sand Bank (131)

Needles
US# 8 5 mm or size needed to get gauge 24” 60 cm circular and preferred needles for small circumference knitting.
US# 6 4 mm or two sizes smaller than size needed to get gauge 24” 60 cm circular and and preferred needles for small circumference knitting.

Notions
Stitch markers, cable needle, tapestry needle

Gauge
18.5 sts and 27 rows/4” 10 cm, blocked, in stockinette stitch.

Sizes
Women’s XS (S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL) - Finished bust measurement of 32.75 (36.25, 39.75, 44, 48.5, 52, 56.25)” / 82 (91, 99.5, 110.5, 121, 129.5, 140.5) cm. The sweater is designed to be worn with approximately 4” 10 cm of positive ease. See schematic for more measurements.

Skill Level: Intermediate - Requires ability to knit in the round, increases and decreases, cable work, slipped sts, provisional CO, picking up and knitting sts, and short rows.

Thank you once again to Eleanor Dixon for technical editing and to all of my wonderful testers!