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Ruska is a boxy sweater featuring intricate cables and a unique construction. With I-cord edges and three-quarter-length sleeves, it can also be styled as a blouse. The name “Ruska” is inspired by the Saami word for autumn, a season when Finland’s forests burst into a vibrant display of reds, yellows and oranges, resembling an artist’s palette. Upon seeing photographs of Finland during this breathtaking transformation, I was instantly captivated and added a trip to experience Ruska to my bucket list. Later, while holding several balls of ONA yarn by Mokoša in the Rust colourway, I felt as though I was already in Finland, surrounded by the beauty of the Ruska season.

SIZES

1–9

EASE

8–10 cm / 3.25–4” of positive ease around bust

The vest shown is a size 2 on a 157 cm / 5.2 ft tall model
with 87 cm / 34.25” bust circumference and 36 cm / 14.25” shoulder width.

MEASUREMENTS (See the dimension schematic in the image gallery.)

Neck width

18.5 (20.5, 22, 24, 24), 25.5, 27, 27, 29 cm / 7.5 (8, 8.75, 9.5, 9.5), 10, 10.75, 10.75, 11.5“

Shoulder length

11 (11.5, 13, 14.5, 16), 18, 19.5, 22, 23.5 cm / 4.25 (4.5, 5, 5.75, 6.25), 7, 7.75, 8.75, 9.25“

Sleeve length

38 (38, 38, 40.5, 40.5), 41.5, 41.5, 44, 44 cm / 15 (15, 15, 16, 16), 16.5, 16.5, 17.5, 17.5“

(3/4 length, adjustable)

Upper arm circumference

36.5 (39, 41, 43, 46), 51, 56, 61, 65 cm / 14.5 (15.5, 16.25, 17, 18.25), 20.25, 22.25, 24, 25.75“

Wrist circumference

24 (24, 24, 26.5, 27.5), 30, 31.5, 31.5, 34 cm / 9.5 (9.5, 9.5, 10.25, 10.75), 11.75, 12.5, 12.5, 13.25“

Armhole/yoke depth

16.5 (17.5, 19, 21, 21.5), 26, 27.5, 28.5, 31 cm / 6.5 (7, 7.5, 8.5, 8.75), 10.25, 11, 11.5, 12.25“

Sweater length

48 (49, 49, 50, 50), 50, 51, 51, 52 cm / 19 (19.25, 19.25, 19.75, 19.75), 19.75, 20.25, 20.25, 20.5“

(for the back, adjustable)

Bust circumference

84 (94, 104, 114, 124), 134, 144, 155, 165 cm / 33.25 (37.25, 41, 45, 49), 53, 57, 61.25, 65.25“

YARN

You need 4 (4, 4, 5, 5), 6, 6, 7, 7 skeins of Ona from Mokoša 

(180 m / 100 g, Suffolk 95%, Wallachian 5%); 

or approx. 580 (650, 700, 790, 850), 950, 1020, 1120, 1200) m / 630 (710, 760, 860, 930), 1040, 1120, 1210, 1320 yds of a similar yarn. 

The sample is knitted with Ona from Mokoša in the colourway Rust.

Please be aware that adjusting the length of the garment or the needle size you need to achieve the stated gauge will also affect the amount of yarn needed to finish the project.

NEEDLES

5 mm / US 8 circular needles with a cable of at least 80 cm / 32” and/or DPNs for the sleeves.

GAUGE

16 sts & 26 rows = 10 cm / 4” in stockinette stitch worked both flat and in the round, after washing and blocking

NOTIONS

Markers
Cable needle if using
Waste yarn/st holders
Tapestry needle
Blocking tools

ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION

Please note that each size has its own set of charts. Each chart has the same name (eg. left sleeve, right shoulder) but is in separate files.
Always print the pattern file and then the chart file which corresponds to your chosen size.

You start the sweater in the middle of the yoke and first knit the front part and then the back part of the yoke. Next, you join these two parts and work the shoulder piece. After the shoulder is finished, you cast on sts for underarms, join to knit in the round and work the right sleeve. Then, you pick up sts in the middle of the yoke and work the left part of the yoke, left shoulder and sleeve. Both sleeves are finished with an I-cord edge. Next, you pick up sts along the yoke and knit the body with cabled side panels. The front and back are then split and worked separately. The body is also finished with an I-cord edge. Finally, sts are picked up along the neck opening and bound off to create a neat edge.