Caroline's sweater - Biches & Bûches no. 5 by Astrid Troland

Caroline's sweater - Biches & Bûches no. 5

Knitting
April 2015
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
23 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
in slipped stitch pattern
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
2406 - 3718 yards (2200 - 3400 m)
small - medium - large - x-large - xx-large
Danish English French
This pattern is available from bichesetbuches.com for €7.00.

Construction of Caroline’s sweater
The sweater is worked back and forth in four parts and sewn together.

Yarn
Biches & Bûches Le Petit Lambswool
1-beige 200g/250g/300g/350g/400g
2-very dark grey 100g/100g/100g/150g/150g
3-dark grey 50g
4-medium grey 50g
5-turquoise 50g

Dimensions of the finished sweater
Small chest width 47cm/17.7” - length 56cm/19.7” - sleeve length 43cm/18.9” - armhole 18cm/7.5”
Medium chest width 52cm/19.7” - length 58cm/20.5” - sleeve length 44cm/18.9” - armhole 20cm/8.3”
Large chest width 57cm/21.7” - length 61cm/20.5” - sleeve length 45cm/18.1” - armhole 22cm/9”
X-Large chest width 62cm/24.4” - length 61cm/24” - sleeve length 43cm/16.9” - armhole 25cm/9.8”
XX-Large chest width 67cm/26.4” - length 61cm/24” - sleeve length 42cm/16.5” - armhole 27cm/10.6

Tension/Gauge
26 sts = 10 cm in pattern A (borders)
23 stitches and 40 rows = 10x10cm 4x4”in pattern B.

Suggested Needle Sizes
2.5 mm/UK 12/US 2/ and 3 mm/UK 11/US 2.5 and 3.5 mm/UK 9.5/US 4 for the 3-needle bind off at the shoulders.