The Biches & Bûches no. 79 is an elevated staple piece with its high elegant collar and upper body stitch pattern, without being an oversize jumper so it can easily be worn under a coat.

Construction
Created with Biches & Bûches Le Lambswool with a knit/purl pattern on the yoke and two options for the collar. The sweater is worked in the round, bottom-up in stockinette stitch and it has a split hem in ribbing.

The original Wool
Biches & Bûches Le Lambswool

Quantity
Sizes: XS (S, M, L) (XL, 2XL, 3XL)
5 (6, 7, 8) (10, 11, 12) skeins
Original Colorway: Grey Brown or Rose Grey

Knitting Needles (suggested)

• Circular needles 4 mm / US 6 / UK 8
• Circular needles 4.5 mm / US 7 / UK 7

Gauge
18 stitches and 28 rows = 10 cm / 4” in stockinette stitch, after blocking.

Sizes & Measurements of the finished sweater
Sizes: XS (S, M, L) (XL, 2XL, 3XL)

Chest circumference of the finished sweater
89 (95.5, 104.5, 113.5) (120, 129, 135.5) cm
35 (37.6, 41.1, 44.7) (47.2, 50.8, 53.3) in

Back yoke depth
18 (19.5, 20, 21.5) (23, 24.5, 25.5) cm
7.1 (7.7, 7.9, 8.5) (9, 9.6, 10) in

Upper arm circumference
30 (33.5, 35.5, 39) (42, 45.5, 49) cm
11.8 (13.2, 14, 15.4) (16.5, 17.9, 19.3) in

Body length from underarm
32 (33, 34, 36) (38, 40, 40) cm
12.6 (13, 13.4, 14.2) (15, 15.7, 15.7) in

Sleeve length (including 8 cm ribbing)
43 cm for all sizes ≈ 16.9 in

Ease
Approx. 14 cm / 5.5 in of positive ease at the chest

We hope you will love it and wish you happy knitting!
Warmly from the Atelier