Lenore Tawney’s sculptural weavings were a groundbreaking approach to the medium and would help reframe our understanding of fiber art. In the 1950s, her unconventional weaving methods were frowned upon by both the craft and art worlds, but her work came to be recognized as fundamental in elevating craft processes to the status of fine art. Through its unique construction and interplay of stripes and lines, our Lenore sweater is an ode to the artist who reimagined fiber’s creative power.

Materials

• Approximately 800 (875, 950, 1025, 1100, 1200) yards (750 (800, 900, 950, 1000, 1100) meters) of fingering-weight yarn in Color A
• Approximately 400 (450, 475, 525, 550, 600) yards (375, 400, 450, 475, 500, 550 meters) of fingering-weight yarn in Color B
• Rauma Finull PT2 (100% Norwegian wool, 191 yards (175 meters) per 50g)
• 4 (5, 5, 6, 6, 6) balls in Color A (shown in 414); 2 (3, 3, 3, 3, 3) balls in Color B (shown in 4287)

Needles

• One 32” (80 cm) circular needle in US 5 (3.75 mm), or size needed to obtain gauge
• One 47” (120 cm) circular needle in US 5 (3.75 mm), or size needed to obtain gauge
• One 32” (80 cm) circular needle in US 3 (3.25 mm), or 2 sizes smaller than needle used to obtain gauge

Gauge

21.5 stitches and 39 rows = 4” (10 cm) in Tawney Pattern Sequence on US 5 (3.75 mm) needles, after blocking

Finished Measurements

• Bust circumference: 37.75 (41.75, 45.75, 49.5, 53.5, 57.5)” / (96 (106, 116.25, 126, 136, 146) cm)
• Body length: 20.5” (52 cm)
• Sleeve length: 17.25 (17.25, 17.75, 17.75, 18, 18)” / (43.75 (44, 45, 45, 45.75, 45.75) cm

Errata

Page 8, Left Side Panel, Final Row –

Sizes XXS, S, M, L and XL only:

Next row: Sl1 knitwise wyib, k2tog tbl, work 170 stitches, k2tog. 172 stitches for all sizes.

Size XS only:

Next row: Sl1 knitwise wyib, k3tog tbl, work 170 stitches, k3tog. 172 stitches.