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Strathcona Sweater
The Strathcona Sweater is the quintessential raglan hand knit item that remains modern, minimalist & timeless. A perfect first knit sweater project or a comfort knitting project to slow down in, this pattern is knit in the easy top-down raglan shaping, with seamless design.
SKILLS
Knit, purl, knitting in the round, increasing sts, decreasing sts, picking up sts, casting on, backwards loop cast on method and binding off. Optional skills include German short row shaping at neck & Italian bind-off.
MATERIALS
Super bulky wool / 5-6 wpi
(shown, Malabrigo Rasta in colour Whole Grain, used Approx 6 skeins) Approx (320 m / 350 yd), (370 m /405 yd), (445 m / 487 yd), (520 m / 569 yd)
13 US /9 mm circulars, 16” / 41 cm around 15 US/10 mm circulars, 24” / 61 cm around 19 US/15 mm circulars 24” / 61 cm around (or longer for body as sts increase, optional) Stitch markers, tapestry needle, waste yarn, measuring tape, scissors & optional row counter.
GAUGE
3.5 sts is 2” / 5 cm & 5 rows is 2” / 5 over stockinette on 19 US / 15 mm, knit in the round,
MEASUREMENTS
(laying flat, measured unblocked)
(Size 1,XXS/XS) Size 2, XS/S (Size 3, S/M) (Size 4, M/L) (Size 5, L/XL) (Size, 6,XL/XXL)
Across chest approx. (19.5” / 49.5 cm)
21” / 53.5 cm (22.5” / 57 cm) (24” / 61
cm) (25.5” / 65 cm) (27” / 68.5 cm).
Approx ( 19” /48.5 cm) 19” /48.5 cm (20” / 51 cm) (20” / 51 cm) (21” / 53.5 cm) (21’ / 53.5 cm) in body length, or as desired.
Model is wearing Size 2, XS/S.
Positive Ease is as desired, using finished measurements for your own desired fit.
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- First published: October 2017
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