Sun Dogs by Laura Aylor

Sun Dogs

Knitting
November 2020
DK (11 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in blocked stockinette
US 6 - 4.0 mm
820 - 1580 yards (750 - 1445 m)
XXS - 32.8, (XS - 36, S - 40, M1 - 43.2, M2 - 46.4), {M3 - 49.6, L - 52.8, XL - 56, XXL - 59.2, XXXL - 62.4} actual garment measurement at bust
English
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A simple, body-skimming pullover knit seamlessly from the top down with yoke and then raglan increases. Knitted-on garter borders give texture and interest. Wear with 2-5” of ease. (Sample knit in gold-speckled yarn is an M2 worn with 5 inches of ease. Sample knit in blue-green yarn is an XS worn with 2 inches of ease.)

Skills required
Long-tail cast-on
German short rows
Increasing
Backwards-loop cast-on
Decreasing
Slipping stitches
Picking up stitches

Materials
Approximately 820, (900, 1000, 1075, 1160), {1235, 1315, 1420, 1500, 1580} yards of DK-weight yarn
US 6/4 mm circular needles or size needed to obtain gauge in appropriate lengths for working neckline, body, and sleeves
Needles one size smaller than gauge needles for working garter trim and neckline
Waste yarn to hold sleeve stitches while body is completed
Stitch markers
Tape measure
Tapestry needle

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Samples knit in Savvy Skeins Optimum DK in Gold Dust and Rohrspatz & Wollmeise Merino DK in Mont Blanc