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Postcard
This contemporary gansey has an appearance of complexity, but is surprisingly straightforward and intuitive to knit. It is named for Postcard Records, Glasgow’s post-punk indie label, which released Orange Juice’s first singles in the early 1980s.

Yarn
Kildalloig Farm BFL (112yds / 102m per 50g skein)
Rowan: 11 (12, 13, 15) x 50 g skeins
(available here: https://fleecedscotland.com/product/rowan)
Check sizing table for garment dimensions. If you wish to add length to body or sleeves, you may need an extra skein of yarn.

Needles and Notions
Gauge-size and below gauge-size circular needles of appropriate lengths for working body, yoke, and neckline
Spare needle cord for holding body stitches
Spare needle cords or waste yarn for holding pocket stitches
Gauge-size and below gauge-size needle(s) of your preferred type for working small circumferences
Waste yarn for holding stitches
Tapestry needle

Gauge
24 sts and 32 rounds to 10cm / 4in over stockinette (in the round and back and forth) using gauge-size needle. Use 3.5mm needle as a starting point for swatching.
Note that if your gauge has a tendency to draw in over small circumferences, you may need to go up a needle size for sleeves.

Sizes
Finished chest circumference: 120.5 (136, 152, 167.5) cm / 47½ (53½, 59¾, 66) in
Select the size above your actual chest measurement with 30.5-50cm / 12-20in positive ease
Sizing takes account of the (approximate) 10% proportional draw-in of the front panels.
Shown in the first size with 38cm / 15in positive ease

Pattern notes
This contemporary gansey is knitted top-down. The back shoulders are cast on, shaped with short rows, and worked to the underarms. The right and left fronts are then picked up from the back piece and worked separately, following a twisted stitch panel from a chart. The neck is joined, a new panel is worked over the centre body, and the front is worked to the same length as the back. The gansey is then joined at the underarms for working in the round. From underarm to hem, the back is worked in stockinette and the front from a chart, before being finished in twisted rib. Sleeves are picked up and worked in the round from the top down and a twisted rib neckband completes the gansey.