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The dog wakes you up on a cold, damp, gray winter morning. He needs to go out. You make your cup of coffee and reach for something woolly and oversized. Your guy’s pullover is the nearest thing, but the arms are too long, and the hem hits you at just the wrong spot. Then you see Ledbetter, and you know – this is just the thing.

Using a heavy worsted or aran weight yarn, the pullover is worked from bottom up, beginning with separate front and back split hems worked back and forth in rows. The body is then joined and worked in the round to the armholes. Upper front and back are worked separately, in rows, to the shoulders, which are shaped using short rows. Sleeves are knitted in the round from the cuff up. Stitches are picked up around the neck and worked for the turtleneck.

The pattern stitch is both written and charted.

Finished Measurements
• Bust: 41¼ (45, 50½, 54¼, 58) (62, 65¾, 69½, 73¼)” / 103 (112.5, 126.5, 136, 145.5)(154.5, 164, 173.5, 183)cm

Pullover is shown in Size 2 and is modeled with 9” / 23cm of positive ease.

Yarn
• 850 (925, 1000, 1085, 1175) (1275, 1390, 1490, 1600) yds / 777 (846, 915, 992, 1075) (1166, 1271, 1363, 1463)m heavy worsted weight yarn

Needles
• US 8 / 5mm circular needle for body and sleeves *
• spare US 8 / 5mm needle
• US 5 / 3.75mm circular needle for Vikkel braid *

* No needle lengths are listed. It is recommended to have various lengths of circular needles on hand to accommodate different numbers of stitches. For the sleeves, any method of working small circumferences in the round (short circular, double-pointed, two circulars or a long circular for magic loop) may be used, as preferred.

Gauge
• 16 sts and 27 rnds = 4” 10cm in Stockinette stitch with larger needles, blocked
• 17 sts and 25 rnds = 4” 10cm in pattern stitch with larger needles, blocked

Notions
• stitch markers (5)
• waste yarn
• tapestry needle

Skills Used
• knitting in the round
• German short rows
• increasing
• reading charts (optional)
• tubular bind off (optional)

The pattern has been professionally tech-edited.