George by Kim Hargreaves

George

Knitting
Bulky (7 wpi) ?
16 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in Pattern
US 7 - 4.5 mm
1208 - 1510 yards (1105 - 1381 m)
English

SUMMARY: George is a loose fitting, below-hip length, pullover sweater with indented, drop-shoulder, sleeves. It is presented in both a woman’s and man’s version, with the woman’s being either a Polo turtle-neck or hooded finish and the man’s as just the Polo turtle-neck. The body, sleeves and hood are worked in a textured diagonal line pattern with the Polo collar done in Knit 4, Purl 4 ribbing. The Polo collar is picked-up from the body and knit on while the hood is knit separately and sewn to the body in the finishing stages.

SIZES: Woman’s Small (Medium, Large) and Men’s Medium (Large, Extra Large).

FINISHED BUST: 46 (48, 50)”/ 116 (121, 126) cm and 50 (52, 54)” / 126 (131, 136) cm

YARN REQUIREMENTS: Bulky-weight yarn, Polo-neck version: 1208 (1359, 1359) yds / 8 (9, 9) skeins and 1359 (1510, 1510) yds / 9 (10, 10) skeins or Hooded version: 1359 (1359, 1510) yds / 9 (9, 10) skeins.

SHOWN IN: Rowan Chunky Chenille, #385 Tide (woman’s - hooded) and #383 Parchment (man’s).

CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES: increasing and decreasing in knitting, back stitch or mattress stitch seaming and picking-up stitches to knit onwards.