Headed North by Rebecca Clow

Headed North

Knitting
October 2026
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette
US 7 - 4.5 mm
837 - 1821 yards (765 - 1665 m)
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
English
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Headed North in inspired by Noah Kahan’s song, Headed North, and reminds me of taking trips to the Cairngorm National Park and driving up through the mountains. It’s a top-down pattern with a boxy fit and dropped shoulders. The front and back yokes have decorative purl bumps. The yokes are full charted and not written.

There are two version - a sweater and a cardigan. If you purchase this pattern you get two files, one for the sweater pattern and one for the cardigan.

Sizing
Finished Chest Measurement
84.5 (93.5, 104.5, 113.5, 124.5, 133.5) (144.5, 153.5, 164.5, 173.5, 184.5) cm/33.25 (36.75, 41, 44.5, 49, 52.5) (56.75, 60.25, 64.75, 68.25, 72.5) inches

Bicep Circumference
31 (34.5, 36.5, 39, 41, 44.5) (48, 51, 55.5, 58, 59) cm/12.25 (13.5, 14.5, 15.25, 16.25, 17.5) (18.75, 20, 21.75, 22.75, 23.25) inches

Armhole depth
20.5 (20.5, 21, 22.5, 23.5, 24) (24.5, 25, 26, 27, 27) cm/8 (8, 8.25, 8.75, 9.25, 9.5) (9.5, 10, 10.25, 10.75, 10.75) inches

Body Length (customisable)
30 cm/12 inches

Sleeve Length (customisable)
44 cm/17.25 inches

Designed to have 8-18 cm/3.25-7 inches of positive ease, meaning you should pick a finished chest circumference 8-18 cm/3.25-7 inches larger than your chest measurement.

Yardage
765 (832, 918, 1003, 1109, 1185) (1287, 1388, 1501, 1599, 1665) meters/834 (906, 1001, 1093, 1208, 1291) (1402, 1512, 1636, 1743, 1815) yards

If making the cardigan you will also need seven 20mm buttons.

Yarn
The samples were knit in Junction Fiber Mill Roots (white) and Sandnes Garn Peer Gynt (Brown). The Green was knit in a limited edition Junction Fiber Mill Yarn from 2023. Any yarn that meets gauge can be used.

Testers also used Sandnes Garn Atlas, BC Garn Hamelton Tweed, and Kaos Yarn Chunky Andean Wool, Wooldreamers MOTA and De Rerum Natura Gilliat.