The Bregne Sweater is inspired by the beautiful shape of fern found in the forest where I live. Bregne means fern in Danish.
The overall body shape is based on an old favourite sweater that I love to wear because of the easy boxy fit. I chose a rustic, plump, worsted weight yarn to really show off the beautiful herringbone stitch.

The body is worked from the upper back using a provisional CO towards the neck. Once both front and back are the same length the pieces are joined and worked in the round. The sleeves are worked bottom up and then seamed to the body but can easily be worked top down.

The sweater has been written based on women’s standard measurements but can easily be adjusted to fit both men and women following the instructions in the pattern.

Yarn & Yardage
Approx 4 (5) 5 (6) 7 (8) 8 (9) skeins of Raincloud and Sage Homestead 100 g / 140 m
If you want to add length remember to add extra yardage to your measurements.

Gauge
17 sts = 10 cm / 4” in st st in the rnd on 5 mm / US 8
20 sts x 18 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” herringbone stitch on 8 mm / US 11

Needle size
5 mm / US 8 for st st (smaller needles)
8 mm / US 11 for herringbone stitch (bigger needles)
4,5 mm / US 7 for neckband
Crochet hook: approx. 5-7 mm / H-8 - L-11 (the size is not important as it’s only used for the provisional cast on)

Swatching
It is important to swatch in herringbone stitch and stockinette as the two stitches should have the same measurements on the sweater but doesn’t have the same gauge

Finished measurements
Bust circ: 85 (95) 100 (115) 125 (135) 145 (155) cm / 33.5 (37.4) 39.4 (45.3) 49.2 (53.1) 57.1 (61)”
(Approx. 10 cm / 4” of positive ease)

Materials
Scrap yarn in a contrasting color, tapestry needle, stitch markers