Messaline by Bristol Ivy

Messaline

Knitting
December 2013
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
27 stitches and 37 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch on larger needle, knit flat, after blocking
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
1250 - 2720 yards (1143 - 2487 m)
38 (41 3/4, 46, 50 1/4, 54, 57 3/4, 62 1/4, 65 3/4)” bust measurement, after seaming and blocking
English
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Sebastian. Do I stand there? I never had a brother;
Nor can there be that deity in my nature,
Of here and every where. I had a sister,
Whom the blind waves and surges have devour’d.
Of charity, what kin are you to me?
What countryman? what name? what parentage?

Viola. Of Messaline: Sebastian was my father;
Such a Sebastian was my brother too,
So went he suited to his watery tomb…

Sebastian. …Were you a woman, as the rest goes even,
I should my tears let fall upon your cheek,
And say ‘Thrice-welcome, drowned Viola!’
--Twelfth Night, Act V, Scene 1

A seamed, drapey, oversized sweater with asymmetrical cable panels on the front. Sample is 46” size, shown on a 38” bust for 8” of positive ease. Please also note that, since I’m tall and have a long torso, length was added on the sample so it would fall where it might on an average person. Length is easily customizable.

Finished Measurements
38 (41 3/4, 46, 50 1/4, 54, 57 3/4, 62 1/4, 65 3/4)” bust measurement, after seaming and blocking

Yarn
Lucia by Dirty Water Dyeworks (75% merino, 25% nylon; 464 yds 424 m/100 g); 3 (4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6) skeins, or 1250 (1395, 1615, 1790, 2030, 2275, 2555, 2720) yards in color Toffee

Needles
One 32” circular in size US 5 3.75 mm
One 32” circular or straight needles in size US 4 3.5 mm
or size needed to obtain gauge
Note: Pieces of sweater are worked flat; circular needle is used to accommodate large number of stitches and neckband knit in the round. Straight needles may be used for sweater pieces if preferred.

Gauge
27 1/2 sts and 37 rows = 4” in stockinette stitch
38 sts and 37 rows = 4” in cable panel

Please note: pattern stitches are charted only.