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Construction
This is a classic round yoke pullover that is worked from the top down. You start by casting on stitches provisionally and work the pullover in a broken rib stitch pattern. You can choose between a cropped or full-body length and two different neck options: a wide neck with an I-cord edge and a ribbed crewneck. The ribbed crewneck has German Short Row shaping to raise the back, whereas the wide neck has no short-row shaping.

Knitting level: Intermediate

Skills required: Applied I-Cord Edge, German Short Rows, Provisional Cast On

Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5)(6, 7, 8, 9) sample is Size 2, worn with 2.25”/6 cm of ease in chest

Finished chest measurement:
36 (38¼, 43, 47½, 49¾)(54, 58½, 63¼, 67)“ / 91.5 (97, 109, 120.5, 126.5)(137, 148.5, 160.5, 170)cm of chest circumference, with recommended positive ease of 2-6”/5-15cm

Yarn: Knit Picks Simply Cotton, 100% organic cotton, sport weight; 164 yards per 50 grams; Marshmallow colorway
6 (6, 7, 8, 8)(10, 10, 11, 12) skeins for full-length version
5 (5, 6, 7, 7)(8, 9, 10, 10) skeins for cropped-length version

Suggested alternatives: sport/light DK weight cotton and cotton blend yarns that have good stitch definition

Yardage:
full-length version: 865 (930, 1085, 1205, 1280)(1485, 1590, 1780, 1890) yards /
790 (850, 990, 1100, 1170)(1355, 1455, 1625, 1725) meters

cropped-length version: 700 (755, 890, 990, 1050)(1240, 1325, 1490, 1580) yards /
640 (690, 815, 905, 960)(1135, 1210, 1360, 1445) meters

Gauge: 26 sts and 43 rounds in Rhythm and Rhyme Stitch Pattern = 4” / 10 cm after wet-blocking
(39 sts and five vertical repeats of Rhythm and Rhyme Stitch Pattern = 6”/15cm)

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

16” circulars one size smaller than gauge needle for the crewneck version (recommended size is US 2 / 2.75mm)

Notions: D /3.25mm crochet hook, three stitch markers, 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.