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About

The Blue Mountains of the North is a drop sleeve, knitted bottom up sweater that is all about texture! Unquestionably, this sweater was designed with fall in mind. I envision the sweater to be layered over linen dresses or to be worn with your favorite jeans. There’s no boredom in this pattern--keeping things interesting, making for a fairly fast knit!

Yarn

O Wool graciously provided the yarn support for the BMOTN sweater (as well as all patterns in the Hudson Valley Collection). Please check out and consider using this yarn… it is incredible! View the full range of O Wool Local colors here. Colors Used in Sample: River Oat, Ganoga, Cresheim, Bluebell, Wissahickon, Wood Fern

Overview

After the initial cast on (2 separate pieces), you quickly join in the round for a mountain explosion. There’s a little bit of everything: twisted stitches, mosaic knitting + slipped stitch color work for the mountains, short rows to create simple shoulder shaping and 1x1 twisted ribbing.
Please read over the notes + pattern before starting!

• Drop shoulder sleeve, worked from the bottom up.
• Worked in the round (lower body + sleeve) + worked flat (upper body).
• Written for worsted weight yarn.
• Includes measurements + schematics.
• Mosaic + slip stitch knitting and twisted stitches are used.
• 11 charts are used in the knitting of the pattern.
• Written + charted directions are included.
• Includes instructions for adapting the pattern to your body.
• Offers a choice to work a variety of sleeves.
• Notions: Stitch markers, Tapestry needle, Gauge ruler, Measuring tape, Calculator, Blocking supplies

Accessibility

This pattern (as well as each of the patterns in the Hudson Valley Collection) is completely accessible; meaning, it was created with clear + consistent formatting to be read electronically. Knitting patterns are, without question, educational documents and as such, they should be easy to navigate, comprehend and offer compatibility across devices making the document usable for ALL knitters, including those who rely on screen reading technology.

Sizing

Sizing: 1 (2,3,4,5){6,7,8,9}
1 XS cm 71-76 / in 28-30 (107 cm/42 in finished) 878 m/960 yds
2 S cm 81-86 / in 32-34 (117 cm/46 in finished) 992 m/1085 yds
3 M cm 91.5-96.5 / in 36-38 (127 cm/50 in finished) 1074 m/1174 yds
4 L cm 101.5 - 106.5 / in 40-42 (137 cm/54 in finished) 1127 m/1232 yds
5 XL cm 111.5-117 / in 44-46 (147 cm/58 in finished) 1266 m/1385 yds
6 2XL cm 122–127 / in 48-50 (157 cm/62 in finished) 1390 m/1520 yds
7 3XL cm 132-137 / in 52-54 (168 cm/66 in finished) 1500 m/1640 yds
8 4XL cm 142-147 / in 56-58 (178 cm/70 in finished) 1637 m/1790 yds
9 5XL cm 152-158 / in 60-62 (188 cm/74 in finished) 1747 m/1910 yds

Ease

Intended to be worn with approx. 10 in/25.5 cm – 14 in/35.6 cm positive ease. To pick your best size, measure your full bust and add your desired ease, then pick the finished bust circumference closest to that number.

Documents

You’ll receive several documents with the purchase of the BMOTN sweater pattern.

1. Full pattern + notes .pdf document.
2. Optional download: Adapting BMOTN to You worksheet for customizing fit .pdf document.
3. Optional download: BMOTN sweater enlarged text + chart document, a printable .pdf version of the basic version of the final pattern but does NOT contain the notes and other visual images included in the full pattern.
4. Enlarged charts + schematics .pdf for working digitally.

Gauge

Different sections of the twisted st + mosaic sections yield different gauges. We use different needles sizes to obtain gauge (listed above):
Hem (main color+cast on+hem): 25.6 rows/4 in (10 cm), 6.4 rows/1 in (cm)
Twisted Stitch Mountain: 20 rows/4 in (10.2 cm), 5 rows/1 in (cm)
Mosaic Mountains Section: 29.5 rows / (10.2 cm), 7.4 rows / 1 in (cm)
Woven Textured Section: 25 rows / 4 in (10.2 cm), 6.25 rows / 1 in (cm)

Test Knitters

The work… the knitting performed by the test knitters was invaluable! Our active dialogue helped me format this pattern to make it easy to follow and to spot possible errors in the pattern before publishing! Their suggestions, recommendations and critiques helped shape this pattern to what it is today! Here is the complete list of test knitters for this pattern. I could not publish this sweater without this lovely group of talented, committed and hard-working test knitters. Thank you to each and every one of you! I am so grateful… (listed in no particular order)
Mel Suna Liv Joyce Alyssa Sonia Kirstie Kathryn Claudia Nina