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Construction: This pullover is worked from the top down and in the round with the contiguous sleeve construction method. It is worked entirely in 2x2 rib and designed to be worn with some negative ease. You have a choice of making a sweater or dress version. While the sweater version has no shaping in the body, the dress version has a slight A-line shape. The neck and yoke have German Short Rows to raise the back.

Knitting level: Intermediate

Skills required: tubular cast-on, German Short Rows, backward loop Increases, and maintaining rib pattern while increasing/decreasing

Sizes: 2 (4, 6, 8, 10, 12) years old, the sample is Size 6yo, worn with 2”/5 cm of positive ease in chest

Finished chest measurement:
22 (23½, 26, 27½, 29, 30½)“ / 56 (59.5, 66, 70, 73.5, 77.5) cm of chest circumference, to be worn with 0-2”/0-5 cm of positive ease

Yarn options:
Purl Soho Wigeon, sport weight, 100% fine Falkland merino, approximately 360 yards per 100 grams, Yellow Curry colorway

Handspun Finnsheep Yarn, sport weight, worsted spun, approx 17 wraps per inch
Suggested alternatives: sport/light DK weight alpaca and wool yarns

Yardage:
sweater version: 595 (735, 880, 1010, 1110, 1290) yards
545 (670, 805, 925, 1015, 1180) meters

dress version: additional 80 (85, 125, 150, 160, 180) yards
75 (80, 115, 135, 145, 165) meters

version with three stripes in the chest:
additional 35 (35, 40, 45, 45, 50) yards of contrast color yarn
30 (30, 35, 40, 40, 45) meters of contrast color yarn

Gauge:
48 sts and 38 rounds in 2 x 2 rib = 4”/10 cm before blocking, unstretched
42 and 34 rounds in 2 x 2 rib = 4” / 10 cm after blocking, unstretched

Needles:
16” and 32” circulars in size necessary to obtain gauge (recommended size is US 3/ 3.25mm)

Notions: 5 stitch markers, cable needle, tapestry needle, scrap yarn

Low Vision Accessibility: This pattern is written in 22-point sans serif font (Arial) in all-black text. It has no italics. All of the directions are fully written out. There is no chart in this pattern.