Branches & Buds Pullover by Carrie Bostick Hoge

Branches & Buds Pullover

Knitting
April 2016
Sport (12 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette stitch
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
1055 - 1990 yards (965 - 1820 m)
34 (36, 39¼, 42¾, 46¾, 50, 54, 57¼, 61¼)"
English
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Errata:
(In Begin branches chart A section, in bold below)
Work Rnds 1–9 of Branches Chart A page 5.
With MC, knit 2 rnds.
Next rnd inc rnd: With MC K2, m1, k3, m1 35
(37, 37, 37, 37, 37, 37, 37, 37) times, sizes - (36,
39¼, 42¾, 46¾, 50, 54, 57¼, 61¼)“ - (91.5, 99.5,
108.5, 118.5, 127, 137, 145.5, 155.5) cm
only: end
k1, m1, k4 69 (75, 75, 75, 75, 75, 75, 75, 75) sts
inc’d
—245 (265, 265, 265, 265, 265, 265, 265,
265) sts.

(In Begin branches chart B section, in bold below)
Work Rnds 1–9 of Branches Chart B page 95.
With MC, knit 2 rnds.
Next rnd inc rnd: With MC K3, m1, k4, m1 35
(37, 37, 37, 37, 37, 37, 37, 37) times, sizes - (36,
39¼, 42¾, 46¾, 50, 54, 57¼, 61¼)“ - (91.5, 99.5,
108.5, 118.5, 127, 137, 145.5, 155.5) cm
only: end
k1, m1, k5 69 (75, 75, 75, 75, 75, 75, 75, 75) sts
inc’d
—315 (340, 340, 340, 340, 340, 340, 340,
340) sts.

Finished measurements
34 (36, 39¼, 42¾, 46¾, 50, 54, 57¼, 61¼)“ (86.5 (91.5, 99.5, 108.5, 118.5, 127, 137, 145.5, 155.5) cm) bust circumference
Shown in size 36” (91.5 cm) with 1” (2.5 cm) positive ease on model with braided hair/holding bunny or zero ease on model with chin length hair.
Suggested ease: -½” (-1.5 cm) to 2” (5 cm) ease

Yarn
Chickadee by Quince & Co. (100% American Wool; 50 grams / 181 yards)
• 6 (7, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 11, 11) skeins in Kittywake (MC)
• 1 skein in Audouin (CC)
OR
1055 (1140, 1245, 1375, 1490, 1615, 1735, 1860, 1990) yards (965 (1042, 1138, 1257, 1362, 1477, 1586, 1701, 1820) meters) MC
160 (170, 170, 170, 170, 170, 170, 170, 170) yards (146 (155, 155, 155, 155, 155, 155, 155, 155) meters) CC

Notions
Sport weight scrap yarn in very small amounts of
assorted colors to make buds

Notes
Pullover is worked from the top down in one piece. Buds are sewn onto branches at the end.