Sassafras Pullover by Kirsten Hipsky

Sassafras Pullover

Knitting
October 2018
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
4.5 stitches and 6 rows = 1 inch
in pattern stitch
US 7 - 4.5 mm
1500 - 3000 yards (1372 - 2743 m)
36 (42, 48, 54, 60, 66)” (shown in size 42”)
English
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Waving texture wraps up and over this over-size, one-piece pullover. You cast on at the bottom of the front, cast on gradually for the length of the sleeves, work from cuff to cuff up and over the shoulders, then down the back.

To Fit Sizes:
30-34” (36-40”, 42-46”, 48-52”, 54-58”, 60-64”)

Finished Chest Measurements:
36 (42, 48, 54, 60, 66)” (shown in size 42”)

Yarn:
About 1500 (1750, 2000, 2250, 2500, 3000) yds worsted weight wool
Shown in Green Mountain Spinnery Maine Organic (100% wool, 250 yds / 4 oz) color Dark

Needles:
US size 7 (4.50mm) 40” circular needles or size needed to get gauge

Gauge:
About 4.5 sts and 6 rows = 1” in stitch pattern.
One 14 st pattern repeat = 3” wide

Skills used:
Knitting and purling, single increases and decreases, working shaping in stitch pattern, casting on at the beginning of a row, seaming