Plum Island Pullover by Alison Green

Plum Island Pullover

Knitting
June 2014
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
16 stitches and 25 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 9 - 5.5 mm
880 - 1760 yards (805 - 1609 m)
33½ (37½, 41½, 45½, 49½, 53½, 57½)" bust circumerence; shown in size 37½"
English
This pattern is available from interweave.com for $7.99.

A traditional gansey stitch pattern gets a modern update with a softened silhouette and a woolly yarn. Seeded rib worked at the hem and cuffs is mirrored in the funnel neck.

Sizes 33½ (37½, 41½, 45½, 49½, 53½, 57½)“ bust circumerence; shown in size 37½”

Yarn Imperial Yarn Columbia (100% wool; 220 yd 200 m/113 g):
• #114 dusty rose, 4 (5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8) skeins

Gauge 16 sts and 25 rows = 4” in St st

Tools
• Size 9 (5.5. mm): 32” circular (cir) needle and set of double-pointed needles (dpn)
• Markers (m)
• Stitch holders
• Tapestry needle