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Off Grid was designed as my perfect gardening sweater for cooler months. I have a tendency to overheat in full length sleeves so I wanted something more suited to layering and this sweater fits the bill!

Oversized fitting, with pattern going up to 190cm/75” at the bust; longer length at the back (to eliminate cold drafts when digging the veggie plot!); textured stitching on the yoke and sleeves adds a little interest and two neck rib finishes are offered - basic wide neck and a super cosy loose roll neck for extra warmth.
Front and back are knitted flat and seamed at the shoulders using a 3-needle bind off. Sides are seamed to underarm then stitches are picked up for sleeves, which are knit in the round. Neck stitches are picked up and neck ribbing is worked in the round to desired finish.

Skill Level
Easy - just knits and purls, no shaping, some knitting in the round

Skills required

• knitting flat and in the round
• knits and purls
• picking up sts for sleeves and neckline
• 3 needle bind off and sewn seams

Sizes
sizes 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Bust: 100(114, 128, 146, 160, 175, 190) cm/ 39.5(45, 50.5, 57.5, 63, 69, 75)inches

A note on choosing the right size
Off Grid is designed to be worn with up to 37.5cm/15” positive ease at bust. Size 1 will fit a standard size XS (71-76cm/28-30” bust) with 25-30cm/9.5-11.5” positive ease at bust or standard size M (91.5-96.5cm/36-38” bust) with 9.5-3.5cm/1.5-3” positve ease so it really depends how loose or fitted you want your finished Off Grid sweater to be!

Yarn Requirements
Roll neck: Aran weight yarn approx 820 (920, 1040, 1200, 1325, 1465, 1585)m/900 (1000, 1140, 1315, 1450, 1600, 1725) yds.
Crew neck: Aran weight yarn; approx 730 (825, 945, 1100, 1225, 1365, 1475)m/ 800 (900, 1035, 1200, 1340, 1490, 1615)yds.

Sample 1 (green with roll neck) uses Blacker Yarns TOR (sadly no longer available), worsted spun, 100% wool, 200m/100g

Sample 2 (charcoal grey with wide crew neck) uses Stylecraft Special Aran with wool; 80% acrylic 20% wool; 816m/400g

Gauge
17sts x 23rows = 10cm stocking stitch, worked flat, on larger needles and blocked

Needles
4.5mm needles straight or circular for front and back.
5mm needles, straight or circular for front and back plus 1 extra for 3needle bind off at shoulders.
4.5mm DPNs or circular suitable for small circumference
5mm DPNs or circular suitable for small circumference
(or size needed to obtain gauge)

LOW VISION FORMAT

In an effort to make my patterns more accessible to all, a large print version of the pattern is included as a seperate download.

Print size: 22point. Font: Candara. Font colour: Black

Fully written pattern. No charts.