#11 Yoke Pullover by Charlotte Quiggle

#11 Yoke Pullover

Knitting
November 2005
Aran (8 wpi) ?
19 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch using #8 needle
US 7 - 4.5 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
US 9 - 5.5 mm
1540 - 1820 yards (1408 - 1664 m)
small
English

Sizes:

  • Small (Medium, Large, X-Large)
  • Bust: 32 (36, 40, 44)“
  • Length: 20 (21, 21-3/4, 22-1/2)“
  • Upper arm: 12-1/4 (13-1/2, 14-3/4, 16)“

Yarn color requirements:

  • 6 (7, 8, 9) balls olive (MC)
  • 1 ball each geranium (A), soft pink (B), sienna (C), seafoam (D), and celadon (E)

Gauge:
18 sts and 22 rnds = 4” over St st and Fair Isle chart using #9 needles

Notes:


The body is worked in the round to the underarm; the sleeves are worked flat to underarm, at which point body and sleeves are joined for yoke and worked in the round to neck. Pattern also includes instructions for matching hat.

From pattern description:


“Close-fitting, Fair Isle yoke sweater with wide neck and picot edging and matching hat.”

From Vogue Knitting, Holiday 2005:


“Charlotte Quiggle flirts with Fair Isle, giving her sweater a sweet, sexy shape and topping it with a matching cap.”