Bundle Alert! When you bundle Night Heron with an SQ of Weld on the Hudson + West Co. site, you’ll get a discount off the pattern.

Night Heron is a play on the timeless striped sweater – a simple stranded colorwork motif creates a textured look to the horizontal bands and creates compelling visual interest in the combination of horizontal and vertical stripes. This sweater has a classic crew neck and comfortable relaxed fit. The circular yoke construction, worked from the top down, allows you to check fit as you work. Designer Andrea Gaughan, a new Friend of the Flock, named this sweater after the yellow-crowned night heron, a stunning and mysterious bird she has had the pleasure of meeting on late evening beach walks along the Atlantic Ocean, just blocks away from her home.

Finished Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10); 34 (38, 42, 46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 70)” / 85 (95, 105, 115, 125, 135, 145, 155, 165, 175) cm finished bust circumference. Pullover shown measures 38” / 95 cm, with 6” / 15.25 cm of positive ease on Laura. Recommended ease is approximately +4” / 10 cm.

Yarn
Hudson + West Co. Weld (70% U.S. Merino / 30% U.S. Corriedale; 200 yds / 183 m; 1.8 oz / 50 g: fawn (natural oatmeal), 6 (6, 7, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10, 11) skeins.

Spincycle Yarns Nocturne (100% superwash American wool; 200 yds / 183 m; 1.8 oz / 50 g): night watch, 2 (2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4) skeins.

Needles
Size A (for body): US 3 / 3.25 mm: 32” / 80 cm circular needle and your preferred needle for small-circumference circular knitting.
Size B (for ribbing): US 2 / 2.75 mm: your preferred needle for small-circumference circular knitting.
Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Notions
Stitch marker; tapestry needle; waste yarn.

Gauge
26 sts and 30 rnds = 4 in / 10 cm in St st, worked in the round on Size A needles, after blocking.

Skills Required
German short rows; circular knitting; increasing; decreasing; stranded colorwork; picking up stitches; tubular bind off.

Available here.