Barn Sweater by Carrie Bostick Hoge

Barn Sweater

Knitting
September 2014
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 7 - 4.5 mm
1080 - 2040 yards (988 - 1865 m)
31 (34¾, 38¼, 42¾, 46¼, 49¾, 53¼)"
English
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Finished Measurements
31 (34¾, 38¼, 42¾, 46¼, 49¾, 53¼)“ buttoned at bust, with 2¾” overlapping button band
Recommended ease: 0-2” positive ease

Yarn
Owl by Quince & Co. (50% American Wool, 50% American Alpaca, 50g / 120 yds; shown in Buru (cream), Papuan (brown) OR Terra by The Fibre Co. (40% baby alpaca, 40% merino wool + 20% silk), 50g / 98 yds; shown in Black Locust Bark

For ¾ Length Sleeves: 1080 (1200, 1320, 1440, 1560, 1680, 1800) yards
For Full Length Sleeves: 1200 (1320, 1440, 1560, 1680, 1800, 2040) yards


Barn Sweater was also published in Taproot Magazine, Issue 11

Taproot Magazine ERRATA:
Under raglan shaping, some numbers were missing:
Repeat the last 2 rows 18 (19, 21, 24, 26, 27, 29) more times; …..

Remove pocket markers and last increase row for
side shaping

Next row inc row: (RS) Work as est to pocket m,
remove m, purl to next pocket m, remove m, work to
3 sts before side m, p1-f/b, p2, sl m, p2, p1-f/b, rep
from
one time, work to pocket m, remove m, purl
to next pocket m, remove m, work to end as est (4 sts
inc’d)—164 (180, 196, 216, 232, 248, 264) body sts.