Astrid Pullover by Kathy Merrick

Astrid Pullover

Crochet
February 2007
Sport (12 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 15 rows = 4 inches
in V-st pattern
3.5 mm (E)
1760 - 2200 yards (1609 - 2012 m)
Small - 36" bust (M - 41", L - 46", XL - 52")
English
This pattern is available from interweave.com for $7.99.

PLEASE NOTE:
This pattern is not in the magazine Interweave Crochet, Spring 2007. It is web-only.

WHILE EXPLORING THE IDEA OF ARAN-STYLE GARMENTS THAT ARE CROCHETED rather than knitted, designer Kathy Merrick was struck by how often crocheted Aran-styles look lumpy, awkward, and rather uncomfortable. Figuring that the difficulties lie in using a heavyweight yarn and in trying to replicate knitted stitches that are not wildly attractive in crochet, she uses sportweight yarn, instead of worsted or Aran, and smaller-scale stitch patterns, not cables or heavy stitches.



-- description from Interweave Crochet