Contains:
- Knitting pattern with written instructions, charts, and schematics
- US Imperial Measurement
- Women's sizes XXS-6X (31.5" to 73.5" bust)
- Suitable for intermediate knitters
Materials you need at home:
- 1035 (1155, 1270, 1380) (1490, 1605, 1725) (1860, 1995, 2175, 2325) yards worsted weight wool/acrylic blend
- Size 6 (4 mm) circular needle, 29" long or longer
- Size 5 (3.75 mm) circular needle, 29" long or longer
- Size 5 (3.75 mm) set of double-pointed needles
- Stitch markers
- Waste yarn
- Crochet hook size G-6 (4 mm)
Greenwich is a comfortable tunic vest that is worked from the bottom to the underarms in one piece, including the center front Moss Stitch panels. Stitches are provisionally cast on for the narrow sleeves, then the back is worked to the shoulders, which are shaped using your choice of short rows or bind-offs. The front sleeves are picked up from the provisional stitches, then the fronts are worked in a similar manner to the end of the shoulders, leaving the collar stitches to be worked to the center back neck, joined using 3-Needle Bind-Off, then sewn in place. Finally, armhole edging finishes off the piece.
The main stitch pattern is presented in both written and charted formats.
Skills Used: Provisional cast-on, decreasing, picking up stitches, 3-Needle Bind-Off Optional Techniques: Short-Row Shaping, Sloped Bind-Off
Sizes: XX-Small (X-Small, Small, Medium) (Large, 1X, 2X) (3X, 4X, 5X, 6X)
Finished Measurements: 31.5 (36, 40, 44) (48.5, 52.5, 56.5) (61, 65, 69, 73.5)" bust, with fronts overlapped; intended to be worn with approximately 8" ease
Materials: Worsted weight acrylic/wool blend: 1035 (1155, 1270, 1380) (1490, 1605, 1725) (1860, 1995, 2175, 2325) yards.
Needles and Notions: Size 6 (4 mm) circular needle, 29" long or longer, OR SIZE NEEDED TO OBTAIN GAUGE; size 5 (3.75 mm) circular needle, 29" long or longer and one set of double-pointed needles for armhole edging; stitch markers; waste yarn; crochet hook size G-6 (4 mm)
Gauge: In Beads Pattern, 23 sts and 32 rows = 4"/10 cm, blocked, using larger needle.
Sue McCain
Like many knitters, I learned how to knit from my mother at an early age, then promptly forgot as life got in the way. I returned to it for a short time as a student in Paris when a friend convinced me to try it again. The third time was the charm—my mother retaught me while I was in grad school. I was tired of trying to find sweaters with long enough sleeves to fit my 6′ frame, so I decided I’d just make my own. I fell madly in love with knitting, and eventually slipped into designing for myself when I began reworking existing patterns with elements that I liked better. And, of course, adjusting the sleeve and body lengths.