Winter Bluff Sweater by Ashley Lillis

Winter Bluff Sweater

Knitting
January 2022
Aran (8 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette
US 8 - 5.0 mm
775 - 1300 yards (709 - 1189 m)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
English
This pattern is available for free.

Video Tutorial is available HERE

The Winter Bluff Sweater is a classic, top-down raglan sweater with a simple construction knit with worsted weight yarn. Its top-down construction allows you to customize the armhole depth and arm and body length as you go. This raglan sweater has no neckline shaping and no body shaping, but has decreases for the sleeves. Feel free to change up the colors or use this as a foundational design to build something more unique off of.

Size Guide + Finished Measurements
Sizes written in 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) with a finished bust size of 36.5 (39, 42, 44.5, 47, 50, 52.5, 55) in/92.5 (99.5, 106, 113, 120, 126.5, 133, 140) cm. The sweater is intended to have about 6-10 in/15-25.5 cm of positive ease so pick a size that will provide the intended ease or adjust to your desired ease. Feel free to adjust body length and armhole depth as desired.

Yarn
Approximately 4 (4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6) skeins of Lion Brand Wool Ease (197 yds/180 m per 3oz/85g skein) or another worsted weight yarn that meets gauge. Color shown is Fisherman.

Needles
5mm (US 8) in the following lengths:
16 in/40 cm or DPNs (for sleeves)
24 in/60 cm (for neckband and yoke)
32 in/80 cm or 40 in/101 cm (for yoke and body)
Or knitting needles needed to obtain correct gauge.

Notions
4 stitch markers (1 different color to denote beginning of round
Waste yarn to hold sleeves
Tapestry needle to weave in ends
Scissors
Tape measure

Gauge
18 STS + 24 Rows = 4 in/10 cm on 5mm needles in stockinette stitch