Bennett Creek by Kate Gagnon Osborn

Bennett Creek

Knitting
February 2017
Sport (12 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in Reverse St st
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
822 - 1096 yards (752 - 1002 m)
40 (44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 68)” [101.5 (111.75, 122, 132, 142.25, 152.5, 162.5, 172.75) cm] bust.
English
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Bennett Creek is worked in pieces from the bottom up and then seamed. The back and sleeves are worked in reverse stockinette stitch, and the front is worked in reverse stockinette stitch with a large cable pattern up the center front. The front is designed to be 2” shorter than the back.

SPECIFICATIONS
Yarn

Sport or worsted weight cotton blend yarn.
Recommended Yarns:
Kelbourne Woolens Mojave, Elsebeth Lavold Hampathy, Manos Del Uruguay Milo, or BC Garn Allino.
Shown in:
A sport weight wool/cotton/linen blend.
822 (822, 959, 959, 1,096, 1,233) yards.
Gauge
20 sts + 28 rows = 4” in Reverse St st, after blocking.
Cable Panel = 5” (12.75 cm) wide.
Needles
1 – 16” (40 cm) US 3 (3 mm) circular.
1 – 36” (90 cm) US 3 (3 mm) circular.
1 – 36” (90 cm) US 5 (3.75 mm) circular.
Notions
Stitch markers, tapestry needle, cable needle.
Size
40 (44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 68)” 101.5 (111.75, 122, 132, 142.25, 152.5, 162.5, 172.75) cm bust. Sweater is designed to be worn with 8” (20 cm) of positive ease. Please see schematic for more detailed finished measurements.
Skills
Cables from charts, seaming, picking up stitches.

Useful Tips
• For a tutorial on working from charts, visit our Charts Series here.
• For a tutorial on seaming perpendicular pieces of knitting, visit our tips and tricks here.
• For a tutorial on working mattress stitch, visit our tips and tricks here.

I created a tutorial specifically for those of you who are working the cable chart and having difficulty understanding how the increases are incorporated into the design. You can see that here.

Note: There was a issue with a few symbols on the chart key in the first pattern printing. (The PDF download was always correct.) If you have a hard copy and believe there may be an issue, please contact us at info@kelbournewoolens.com and we will make sure to get you the corrected chart. Thanks!