Recalling the classically cozy comfort of some of the most iconic aran-style sweaters, you can channel the likes of Paul Newman and Marilyn Monroe with this terrific throwback. Traditional textures abound with a honeycomb cable panel flanked by simple twists and fishbone cables. Add some time-honored techniques, like saddle shoulders, and you’ve got an evocative garment that pushes all the right nostalgia buttons.

The Retro Pullover is a cabled sweater worked from the top down, with a crew neck and saddle shoulder. Saddle and yoke are worked flat, while body and sleeves are worked in the round. with 4” of positive ease.

This pattern is fully charted.

1/26/19: Correction to legend (abbreviation at the front of the pattern is correct)
2/2 RCkp: Sl2 to CN, hold in back. K2. K1, P1 from CN.