Aperture Pullover by Jennifer Owens

Aperture Pullover

Knitting
October 2026
Sport (12 wpi) ?
16 stitches and 22 rows = 4 inches
in pattern stitch
US 9 - 5.5 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
543 - 1163 yards (497 - 1063 m)
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)
English
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Skills used:
Knitted and backward loop CO, increasing and decreasing, simple lace (yarn overs, and decreases), German short rows, picking up sts, tubular BO.

Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)
Finished measurements:
32 (36, 40, 44, 48) (52, 56, 60, 64)” / 81.5 (91.5, 101.5, 112, 122) (132, 142, 152.5, 162.5) cm bust circumference.
Recommended ease: 4 to 8” / 10 to 20 cm at bust. Choose a size that is 4” / 10 cm to 8” / 20 cm bigger than your actual bust size. Sample shown is Size 3 with 6” / 15 cm of positive ease.
Yarn:

Heavy Fingering, Sport or DK weight.
Sample shown was knit in Berroco Tillie (62% Pima Cotton, 38% Cupro, 375 yds / 343 meters per 100 g skein) – in Nantucket Blue: 2 (2, 2, 3, 3) (3, 3, 3, 4) skein(s).

Approximate yarn amounts:
543 (611, 686, 769, 821) (900, 971, 1043, 1163) yds
496 (558, 627, 703, 751) (823, 888, 954, 1063) meters
Note: Yarn amounts are estimates only and may be affected by type of fiber used and personal tension.

Gauge:
16 sts and 22 rows/rnds = 4” / 10 cm in lace stitch pattern, on main needle after blocking.

Needles:
You will need both a 16” / 40.5 cm and 24” / 61 cm or longer circular needle in the following sizes:
Main needle: US Size 9 (5.5 mm) or needle size needed to get gauge.
Edging needle: US Size 8 (5 mm) or needle one size smaller than main needle.
(In addition, depending on your size, you may need a needle that can be used for working a small circumference in the rnd for the sleeve edging).

Notions:
Stitch markers (m), stitch holder or scrap yarn