Northbound Brioche Sweater by Cassie Smith

Northbound Brioche Sweater

Knitting
December 2019
both are used in this pattern
yarn held together
DK
+ Lace
= Worsted (9 wpi) ?
17 stitches and 20 rows = 4 inches
in brioche rib stitch with larger needles
US 7 - 4.5 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
1040 - 1600 yards (951 - 1463 m)
XS (S, M, L, XL) (2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL) to fit bust measurement of 28-30 (32-34, 36-38, 40-42, 44-46) (48-50, 52-54, 56-58, 60-62) inches [71-76 (81.5-86.5, 91.5-96.5, 101.5-106.5, 112-117) (122-127, 132-137, 142-147.5, 152.5-157.5) cm]
English
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The body of the sweater is knit bottom up in the round, then the body is split to knit the front and back, after that the shoulders are connected using a three needle bind off. Then, the sleeves are picked up around the armhole and knit down. I used one strand of dk and one strand of mohair held together, so it is really cozy, or you could use one strand of worsted. This pattern has been tech edited and test knitted.

YARN
DK Weight - 1040 (1140, 1210, 1290, 1370) (1460, 1500, 1580, 1600) yards 950 (1042, 1106, 1180, 1253) (1335, 1372, 1445, 1463) meters
and
Lace Weight Mohair - 1040 (1140, 1210, 1290, 1370) (1460, 1500, 1580, 1600) yards 950 (1042, 1106, 1180, 1253) (1335, 1372, 1445, 1463) meters

or
Worsted Weight - 1040 (1140, 1210, 1290, 1370) (1460, 1500, 1580, 1600) yards 950 (1042, 1106, 1180, 1253) (1335, 1372, 1445, 1463) meters

SUGGESTED YARN
Valley Yarns Northfield (70% merino wool, 20% baby alpaca, 10% silk, 124yds 113m, 2oz 50g) in color 24 Stone Blue. 9 (10, 10, 11, 11) (12, 12, 13, 13) skeins
and
Austermann Kid Silk (75% mohair, 25% silk, 246yd 225m, 0.9oz 25g) in color 29 Rauchblau. 5 (5, 5, 6, 6) (6, 7, 7, 7) skeins

NEEDLES
Size US 7 4.5 mm and US 6 4 mm
32-40 inch 80-100 cm circular needle and needles for your preferred method of working small circumferences in the round

NOTIONS
Stitch markers, waste yarn, darning needle

GAUGE
measured over brioche, using larger needle
17 sts and 20 rows = 4 inches 10 cm

SIZES
XS (S, M, L, XL) (2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL) to fit bust measurement of 28-30 (32-34, 36-38, 40-42, 44-46) (48-50, 52-54, 56-58, 60-62) inches 71-76 (81.5-86.5, 91.5-96.5, 101.5-106.5, 112-117) (122-127, 132-137, 142-147.5, 152.5-157.5) cm

FINISHED GARMENT BODY CIRCUMFERENCE
36 (40, 44, 48, 52) (56, 60, 64, 68) inches 91.5 (101.5, 112, 122, 132) (142, 152.5, 162.5, 172.5) cm, the pattern is written with 6 inches 15 cm of positive ease

Thanks so much to my test knitters:
KnitanotherMeg
SomeRandomKnitter
bdragonfly
jabbowaki
Shaunaknits
Meg LN
Christina