Orion Men’s Sweater is a classic men’s pullover with a straight silhouette, comfortable positive ease, and a distinctive textured slipped-stitch pattern.

The sweater is worked seamlessly from the top down with classic raglan construction. German Short Rows are used for back-neck shaping. The body and long sleeves are worked in the round, with the sleeves tapering toward ribbed cuffs.

The main design feature is the Shadow Pattern with an Elongated Knit Stitch, worked using slipped stitches.

The pattern includes:

detailed row-by-row and stitch-by-stitch written instructions
complete video tutorials from cast-on to bind-off
captioned video tutorials
stitch-pattern charts for both flat and in-the-round knitting

Sizes & yarn requirements

Size 1 — 96–100 cm — 1265 m / 1383 yd
Size 2 — 100–104 cm — 1400 m / 1531 yd
Size 3 — 104–108 cm — 1470 m / 1608 yd
Size 4 — 108–112 cm — 1600 m / 1750 yd
Size 5 — 112–116 cm — 1765 m / 1930 yd
Size 6 — 116–120 cm — 1900 m / 2078 yd

Measurements refer to to-fit chest circumference.

Yarn options

Option 1:
Lambe Lace — 100% lambswool, 580 m/100 g

Ilaria Aurora Super Kid Mohair — 1000 m/100 g
Held together, 1 strand of each.
Approx. combined meterage: 367 m/100 g.

Option 2:
Filatura di Pollone Superlamb — 100% extrafine merino, 1400 m/100 g, held in 3 strands

Ilaria Aurora Super Kid Mohair — 1000 m/100 g, held in 1 strand.
Approx. combined meterage: 333 m/100 g.

Alternatively, a hand-dyed 100% merino yarn with an approximate meterage of 500 m/100 g may be used together with Ilaria Aurora Super Kid Mohair — 1000 m/100 g.

Other yarn combinations with a similar final combined meterage of approximately 330–370 m/100 g may also be used, provided the required gauge is achieved.

Needles
4.0 mm / US 6 — main fabric
3.0 mm / US 2½ — ribbing

Gauge
21 sts × 28 rows = 10 × 10 cm / 4 × 4 in in the Shadow Pattern with an Elongated Knit Stitch on 4.0 mm / US 6 needles.