**FEB 2026 UPDATE: Lanark is now available in both Half Fishermans Rib AND stockinette options and includes Masc and Femme sizing. When you purchase this pattern you’ll get four files, Femme HFR, Femme Stockinette, Masc HFR, Masc Stockinette**

The Lanark Sweater is an oversized, drop-shoulder sweater, knit in Half Fisherman’s Rib or in Stockinette and finished with a sewn-in zipper. The sweater is worked top-down, first flat and then in the round.

Yarn
The samples were knit in Bare Naked Wools Kent DK (brown), West Yorkshire Spinners Jacobs Fleece DK (ecru), Tukuwool DK (blue), KFO Merino and mohair (orange) and Cascade 220 (Grey)

Testers also used Sandnesgarn Peer Gynt, Drops Lima, Kelbourne Woolens Scout, WYS BFL Fleece DK and Woolyknit 4ply held double (or held with mohair).

You can use any yarn for this pattern and the same yarn could be used for either version.

A firmer/denser yarn will give you a collar that stands up around the neck (like the white and grey versions). An airier/looser yarn will give you a collar that lies flat across the shoulders (like the orange one).

Sizing
Recommended Ease: 10-15cm/4-6 inches positive ease

*Stockinette*
Gauge: 20 stitches and 28 rows per 10 cm/4 inches in stockinette stitch

Femme Sizes:
1(2, 3, 4, 5)(6, 7, 8, 9, 10)

Finished Chest Circumference: 89 (101, 112, 118, 129) (141, 151, 158, 170, 181)cm / 35 (39.75, 44.25, 46.25, 50.75) (55.5, 59.5, 62, 67, 71.25) inches

Yardage Femme
852 (964, 1080, 1196, 1274, 1393) (1529, 1663, 1777, 1910, 2027) meters/928 (1051, 1178, 1304, 1389, 1518) (1666, 1813, 1936, 2082, 2209) yards

Masc Sizes:
1(2, 3, 4, 5)(6, 7, 8, 9, 10)

Finished Chest Circumference: (91, 100, 111, 120, 129) (140, 149, 162, 169, 180) cm/(35.75, 39.25, 43.75, 47.25, 50.75) (55, 58.75, 63.75, 66.5, 70.75) inches

Yardage Masc
(1117, 1228, 1351, 1476, 1607) (1729, 1856, 2029, 2145, 2308) meters
(1217, 1339, 1472, 1609, 1751) (1884, 2023, 2211, 2339, 2515) yards

*HFR*
Gauge: 18 stitches x 32 rounds (16 “Vs”) = 4 inches/10cm in Half Fisherman’s Rib

Femme Sizes:
1(2, 3, 4, 5)(6, 7, 8, 9, 10)

Finished Chest Circumference: 89 (101, 112, 118, 129) (141, 151, 158, 170, 181)cm / 35 (39.75, 44.25, 46.25, 50.75) (55.5, 59.5, 62, 67, 71.25) inches

Femme Yardage
1280 (1320, 1570, 1750, 1875)(1890, 1920, 1960, 2090, 2180)
meters
1395 (1440, 1710, 1908, 2043)(2060, 2095, 2135, 2275, 2374) yards

Masc Sizes:
1(2, 3, 4, 5)(6, 7, 8, 9, 10)

Finished Chest Circumference: (91, 100, 111, 120, 129) (140, 149, 162, 169, 180) cm/(35.75, 39.25, 43.75, 47.25, 50.75) (55, 58.5, 63.75, 66.5, 70.75) inches

Masc Yardage
Yardage
1664 (1716, 2041, 2275, 2438)(2457, 2496, 2548, 2717, 2834) meters
1814 (1872, 2223, 2480, 2656)(2678, 2724, 2776, 2958, 3086) yards

There are videos included to show the knitter how to work the collar fold, the back shaping, the front shaping and how to sew a zipper.

Other techniques that may helpful:
Short rows
Judy’s Magic Cast on
Picking up stitches