My husband has been asking me to make him a Norweigan style fisherman’s sweater. I tried to tempt his with other Norweigan sweaters, but he was very specific in what he would like. Fairly simple pattern over the whole garment, stripes on the rib sections, and reserved colours. I can see this style of sweater for sale, but could not find quite the right pattern.

So I decided to go for it, and write my own pattern. Having written it up for his size, I have graded it for other sizes. The pattern has eight sizes from 32-46 inch chest, so could be for men or women. I probably should have thought of this before I named it.

It is knitted in DK, and I think would also look nice with navy, if you were going for a different traditional look. You will need 3.75 and 4.0 mm needles.

Knitted in two colours you will need this weight of yarn, depending of size you are knitting.

DK wool: Shade One 180g, 195g, 235g, 250g, 275g, 300g, 320g, 350g

Shade Two 300g, 325g, 390g, 415g, 460g, 500g, 530g, 580g approximately, depending on length of body knitted and arms.

He is very happy with the finished garment, and I persuaded him that we should go all out for the photos. He really is the best, as I am sure a lot of husbands would have refused to do this. It was quite a blustery day, so hopefully he looks like a swarthy Cornish (or even Norweigan) fisherman. Thankyou to whoever owns the fishing equipment that was on the beach at Bude!