May Replay by Deb Hoss

May Replay

Knitting
May 2014
Sport (12 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette stitch
US 5 - 3.75 mm
1075 - 2110 yards (983 - 1929 m)
30¾, 34½, 38½, 43, 46¾, 51, 55" / 78.1, 87.6, 97.8, 109.2, 118.7, 129.5, 139.7 cm
English
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Delicate pink cables feel like spring to me. Introducing May Replay – a shaped, V-neck, hip-length pullover. It’s a re-imagining of May, an earlier design, and this time with 2 sleeve options – 3/4 length and long.

May Replay is worked bottom up, in the round, until the start of the V-neckline where it splits and is worked flat, back and forth. Sleeves are worked bottom up, in the round as well, with short row cap shaping, and set in. Stitches are picked up around the neckline for rib trimming. Enjoy!

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Bust: 30¾, 34½, 38½, 43, 46¾, 51, 55” / 78.1, 87.6, 97.8, 109.2, 118.7, 129.5, 139.7 cm
Waist: 27, 30¾, 34½, 39, 43, 47¼, 51” / 68.6, 78.1, 87.6, 99.1, 109.2, 120, 129.5 cm
Hips: 30¾, 34½, 38½, 43, 46¾, 51, 55” / 78.1, 87.6, 97.8, 109.2, 118.7, 129.5, 139.7 cm
Length: 24¼, 24¾, 25, 25¼, 25½, 25¾, 26” / 61.6, 62.9, 63.5, 64.1, 64.8, 65.4, 66 cm

MATERIALS
Yarn
Shown in Chickadee wool by Quince & Co. (100% wool; 181 yards /166 m per 50g skein); color – Dogwood #135;
• 3/4 sleeve version: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 skeins, or for comparable yarn, approximately 1075, 1230, 1400, 1555, 1735, 1935, 2110 yards / 985, 1125, 1280, 1420, 1585, 1770, 1930 m.
• Long sleeve version: add 1 skein to above, or for comparable yarn total approximately 1250, 1420, 1600, 1775, 1970, 2180, 2370 yards / 1145, 1300, 1465, 1625, 1800, 1995, 2165 m
I always have additional yarn on-hand for swatching.

Needles
US5 / 3.75mm or size to obtain gauge
• 1 24” / 60 cm to 32” / 80 cm circular (use length shorter than waist measurement)
• 1 24” / 60 cm circular (for upper bodice, sleeve caps, and neckline trim)
• 1 cable needle
• 1 set double-pointed (or preferred needle style for working small circumferences of the sleeves in the round)

Notions
• Stitch markers
• Stitch holders
• Tapestry needle
• T-pins for blocking, blocking wires optional

GAUGE (after blocking)
24 sts and 32 rows = 4” / 10.2 cm in Stockinette Stitch
25.2 sts and 33.6 rows (35.2 rnds) = 4” / 10.2 cm in Cable Rib

SKILLS REQUIRED
Long-tail CO, circular knitting, decreases (ssk, k2tog, p2tog, p2tog tbl), increases (RLI, LLI), cables, stitch pick up for neckline trim, short row shaping, 3-needle BO (at shoulders), setting in sleeves, and blocking.

15 page pdf includes pattern instructions, photographs, schematics, tutorial links, definitions for relevant abbreviations, and a row tracker for managing at-the-same-time upper bodice instructions.