September is an exciting month for knitters. The weather becomes cooler, and you begin to want to wear all your woolen knits again. It feels cozy to sit and knit under your WIP.

September Pullover switches beautifully between more or less casual situations depending on what you pair it with. The saddle shoulders are carefully calculated and shaped to curve right along with your body (great care was taken in working out the shoulder sizes - these shoulders should smoothly outline your own even in the very largest size! No floppy shoulders here). If you have a curvy shape, rejoice! This pattern has easy to adjust waist shaping, and lots of options for bust shaping - from A to DDD, pull out your tape measure to check how much shaping you need, and the math is all done for you in the pattern. If you have a stick straight figure, not to worry. The waist shaping is simple to reduce or ignore, and the bust shaping can be skipped with no bad consequences later. For the curious, the sweater shown is shortened slightly for the petite model, and the sweater used “D” shaping for the D model. (Keep in mind that there are instructions for two cup sizes up from what is shown)

Optional elbow patches are shown in a slightly darker shade of Elsawool.

You will need approx. 1,150 (1,300, 1,450, 1,600, 1,750, 1,900) yards of your main color, and under 100 of your contrast color if you choose to have elbow patches.

September is the fifth of my 2015 collection of fine-gauge sweaters. I asked myself; what if I made a whole collection of sweaters, exactly as I would like them to look, and feel, without worrying about how long they take to make, or how complicated the pattern might be…? Here is the result. In truth, they are not excessively complex, nor incredibly difficult, but, these patterns are not recommended for beginners. They are made for those who are comfortable knitting already, and want to use what they already know to get an unusually flattering and wearable garment.
That said, if you are adventuresome, and enjoy a long knit, some confident beginners might like them as a starting point to learn new skills. Just be aware that the pattern will not include detailed tutorials for the skills and stitches used, you will need to use google and YouTube for “how-tos”.
You will need to be comfortable (or willing to learn before you come to the point in the pattern where you need to use it) working in the round and flat, knit and purl, slipping stitches, increasing and decreasing, picking up stitches, working twisted stitches, and grafting.