Contains:
- Knitting pattern for simple sweater with garter stitch detail and innovative construction
- Schematics and in-progress photos included
- Suitable for intermediate knitters
Materials you need at home:
- Approximately 825, (900, 970, 1050), {1125, 1210} m of DK weight yarn. Sample was knit in Madelinetosh Merino DK (superwash, single-ply merino)
- 4.5 mm/US 7 circular needles, or size needed to obtain gauge. You will need approximately-sized circulars or DPNs for the sleeves, neck trim, and body
- A second circular needle or a stitch holder to hold stitches while working the front and back of the bodice separately
- Stitch markers
- Tapestry needle for weaving in ends
This relaxed pullover uses the same basic construction method used in my sweater Sun Tea, but with sleeves.
A single ply or lightly twisted yarn like Madelinetosh Tosh Merino DK or tosh DK gives this sweater a relaxed, drapey feel.
Shown modeled with about 5 cm of positive ease in the bust.
Skills: long-tail and backwards-loop cast-ons, short rows in garter stitch, increasing, decreasing, picking up stitches
Sizes available (actual garment measurement at bust, in cm): 87, (95, 103, 111), {119, 127}
Gauge: blocked garter (stretched): 20 stitches and 26 rows to 10 cm (for bodice); blocked stockinette: 20 stitches and 28 rows to 10 cm. You may need to use two different needle sizes to get gauge in stockinette and garter.
Note: Though conversions to the metric system have been made on this page for your convenience, the pattern itself uses American measurements.
Laura Aylor
If ‘knitting designer’ had been one of the job choices for those aptitude tests they give you in high school, I wouldn’t have spent so many years trying to decide what I wanted to be when I grew up. My best subject in high school was math; my best classes in college were logic, drawing, and a commercial art class. After careers in computer programming/analysis and child-rearing, knit design snuck up on me, but I think it’s the perfect use of my odd skill set! I love every step of the process, from figuring out how to actually make what I’ve envisioned to putting the finishing touches on a pattern, not to mention all the knitting that comes in between!
I also love reading and hiking and spending time on Brier Island in Nova Scotia every summer.