Designed by Jo Cottle as Acorn Street Shop’s featured knit pattern for the 2025 Puget Sound LYS Tour.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL
Intermediate

SKILLS USED
Knit, purl, yo, ssk, k2tog, I-cord, German short rows

SIZES
1 (2, 3, 4) 5, 6, 7 (8, 9, 10) 11, 12, 13

Finished bust circumference:
33.25 (35, 37, 39.5) 41.25, 43, 45.5 (46.5, 48.5, 50.5) 54, 59.75, 63.5”/ 83 (87.5, 92.5, 98.5) 101.5, 103, 111 (116 121.5, 126) 135.5, 149, 158.5 cm

Choose a finished size with 1 - 6” (2.5 - 15 cm) of positive ease at the bust depending on your style.
Sample shown on cover is a size 3 with 1” / 2.5 cm of positive ease, knit in Serial Knitters DyeHouse Cherry Creek Sock in the color Murk’s Bog.

GAUGE
26 stitches and 36 rows = 4” x 4” / 10 x 10 cm
in stockinette stitch knit in the round with gauge needle after blocking

MATERIALS
Serial Knitters DyeHouse Cherry Creek Sock
(80% SW Merino / 20% Nylon, 100 gm / 450 yds /
411 m): 2 (2, 3, 3) 3, 3, 3 (4, 4, 4) 4, 5, 5 skeins
OR
827 (881, 949, 1037) 1156, 1225, 1361, (1388, 1491, 1690) 1816, 2023, 2181 yds / 755 (805, 866, 947) 1055, 1119, 1243 (1268, 1362, 1543) 1659, 1848, 1992 m / 184 (196, 211, 231) 257, 272, 302 (308, 331, 376) 404, 450, 485 g of comparable fingering weight yarn

US 3 / 3.25 mm circular needle (or one size smaller than gauge needle), 24, 32, 40, or 47” (60, 80, 100, or 120 cm) long for neck and sleeve edging

US 4 / 3.5 mm circular needle (or size needed to obtain gauge), 24, 32, 40, or 47” (60, 80, 100, or 120 cm) long for body and sleeves

Stitch markers (at least 9), waste yarn or stich holders for sleeves, tapestry needle for weaving in ends