This pattern was originally published as the Tash Sweater, and was re-named in March 2019. The Winter Verdure Sweater is a raglan pullover knit from the bottom up in one piece. It uses two colours of Great Ocean Road Woollen Mill’s Aran weight yarn La Bella, a buttery soft Alpaca and Merino blend that shines in the striped colourwork sections. This sweater is long and form-fitting with waist and bust shaping, and its amazing softness makes for the coziest of sweaters.

Difficulty: intermediate / advanced

Skills required: long tail cast on, increasing, decreasing, colour-
work, juggling simultaneous instructions, 3-needle bind off.

Yarn

C1: Great Ocean Road Woollen Mill La Bella, 50% Merino / 50% Alpaca, 160 yards / 145 meters per 100g / 3.5 oz skein, shown in “light grey”
3 (3, 4, 4, 4) 4, 5, 5, 5, 5 skeins

C2: Great Ocean Road Woollen Mill La Bella, 50% Merino / 50% Alpaca, 160 yards / 145 meters per 100g / 3.5 oz skein, shown in “Salt & Pepper”
4 (5, 5, 5, 6) 6, 6, 7, 7, 8 skeins

Or

Aran weight yarn
C1: 400 (450; 500; 525; 550) 600; 650; 675; 725; 750 yards / 365 (410; 460; 480; 500) 550; 590; 620; 660; 690 meters

C2: 625 (675; 725; 775; 850) 900; 950; 1,025; 1,100; 1,150 yards / 570 (620; 660; 710; 780) 820; 870; 940; 1,010; 1,050 meters

Needles

US 8 / 5 mm 24” / 60 cm circular needles
US 7 / 4.5 mm 24” / 60 cm circular needles
US 8 / 5 mm DPNs or circular needles (for knitting sleeves)
US 7 / 4.5 mm DPNs or circular needles (for knitting sleeves)

Size Information

Would you like to see a full schematic before deciding if this design will work for you? Please email me at lindsay@standardknits.com and I would be happy to send it to you!

Referred to in pattern as sizes 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Chest Circumference (finished measurements)
32 (35.5, 38.75, 40.5, 44) 47.5, 49.25, 52.75, 56, 59.5” / 80 (89, 97, 101.5, 110) 119, 123, 132, 140, 149 cm

Intended ease: approximately 0 to -2” / 0 to -5 cm (negative) ease in chest

Shown in size 1, 32” / 80 cm size with 0 ease

Gauge
Using US 8 / 5 mm needles, 18.5 stitches and 23 rows = 4” / 10 cm in Chart A, blocked