This pattern is part of my 5 pattern collection Incense Route, a collaboration with Malabrigo Yarn for their Malabrigo Freelance Pattern Project.

Ha’il is inspired by the fortified city which is the last stop to the north before the open desert, it is styled in a similar fashion to the traditional textiles of the area, with a color work pattern that imitates the shape of the mud bricks of the fortress itself. This pullover is knit from the bottom up with a modified Dolman sleeve and is knit with positive ease. Both the bottom edging and the cuffs on the sleeves are knit in a highly contrasting corrugated ribbing, then continues in a geometric diamond chain design before the striping begins.

Materials: Materials: 2 (2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3) skeins each of Malabrigo Mora (100% Bombyx Silk) - (225 yards / 206 meters, 1.76 ounces / 50 grams per skein) in Color 1 (C1)

2 (2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3) skeins of Malabrigo Arroyo (100% Superwash Merino) - (334 yards / 305 meters, 3.53 ounces / 100 grams per skein) in each of two colors, Color 2 (C2) and Color 3 (C3)

approximately 290 (315, 335, 360, 380, 405, 425, 450, 470) yards / 270 (290, 310, 330, 350, 375, 390, 415, 430) meters fingering weight yarn (C1)

500 (545, 575, 620, 655, 700, 730, 775, 805) yards / 460 (500, 530, 570, 600, 645, 670, 710, 740) meters sport weight yarn (C2)

510 (560, 590, 635, 670, 715, 745, 795, 825) yards / 470 (515, 540, 585, 615, 655, 685, 730, 755) meters sport weight yarn (C3)

Gauge: 24 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches (10 cm) in sport weight yarn on larger needles over stockinette stitch in striping pattern, blocked

31 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches (10 cm) in fingering and sport weight yarn on smaller needles over Corrugated Box Rib, blocked lightly

Sizes: XS (S, M, L, XL, XXL, 3X, 4X, 5X) Women’s

Finished Measurements: approximately 43.25 (47.25, 50, 54, 56.75, 60.75, 63.25, 67.25, 70) inches / 108.5 (118.25, 125, 135, 141.5, 151.5, 158.5, 168.5, 175) cm circumference at full bust

length of approximately 22.75 (22.75, 22.75, 22.75, 22.75, 23.5, 25.75, 25.75, 22.8) inches / 56.5 (56.5, 56.5, 44.5, 56.5, 58.5, 64.5, 64.5, 64.5) cm from back neck

Sample size knit at 54 inches / 135 cm and shown on a 41 inch / 104 cm high bust.

Note on Sizing: The ease on this is quite large, deliberately. Suggested ease is roughly 12 - 14 inches / 30.5 - 35.5 cm greater than high bust measurement. If you are between sizes, choose the smaller size, unless you wish to have an even greater ease.

Skills Required: Increasing, chart reading, casting on in the middle of a row, stranded knitting, knitting in the round.