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Sunshine On My Shoulder
Introducing Sunshine On My Shoulder, a cozy cabled pullover keeping you warm when winter winds blow. Worked in worsted wool, its wide cable stripes are trimmed with simple ribbing on its edges – hem, cuffs and stand-up collar. This design is worked bottom-up and in-the-round, with sleeves in-the-round too. It’s mostly seamless, except for the sleeve caps that are briefly shaped with short rows at their ends and set in. It’s perfect for both knitting and wearing, I say – enjoy!
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Bust/Hip: 32(35, 39¾, 42¾, 47½, 50½, 55)“/ 81.3(88.9, 101, 108.6, 120.7, 128.3, 139.7) cm
Length: 23(23½, 23¾, 24, 24¼, 24½, 24¾)”/ 58.4(59.7, 60.3, 61, 61.6, 62.2, 62.9) cm
MATERIALS
Yarn
Shown in Woolstok Worsted yarn by Blue Sky Fibers (100% Fine Highland wool; 123 yards /112 m per 50 g skein); color: Grey Harbor #1304; 10(10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 15) skeins, or for comparable yarn, approximately 1150(1185, 1385, 1500, 1615, 1735, 1845) yards / 1050(1085, 1265, 1370, 1475, 1585, 1690) m.
I always have additional yarn on-hand for swatching.
Needles
US7/ 4.5mm or size to obtain gauge
• 1 24 to 36”/ 60 to 90 cm circular (for lower bodice)
• 1 cable needle
• 1 24”/ 60 cm circular or 1 pair straight (for upper bodice and sleeve caps)
• 1 set double-pointed, or preferred needle style for working small circumferences of the sleeves in the round
US6/ 4.0 mm, one size smaller than above
• 1 16”/ 40 cm circular (for collar)
Notions
• Stitch markers
• Stitch holders
• Tapestry needle
GAUGE (after blocking)
• 20 sts and 32 rows = 4”/ 10.2 cm in Stockinette stitch
• 23.6 sts and 32 rows = 4”/ 10.2 cm in Cable Rib
SKILLS REQUIRED
Long-tail CO, circular knitting, cable knitting, decreasing (ssk, k2tog), increasing (m1L, m1R), short row shaping, 3-needle BO, setting in sleeve caps, stitch pick-up for collar, and blocking.
12 page pdf includes pattern instructions, photographs, schematics, tutorial links, a full sheet of charted Cable Rib repeats for plotting sts during shaping, and definitions for relevant abbreviations.
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