Underwood by Elizabeth Doherty

Underwood

Knitting
July 2015
Sport (12 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch, after blocking
US 6 - 4.0 mm
1267 - 2172 yards (1159 - 1986 m)
30¼ (32½, 36¼, 38½, 42, 45¼, 48, 51, 53½, 57)" [76.5 (82.5, 92, 97.5, 106.5, 115, 122, 129.5, 136, 145) cm] bust circumference
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finished measurements
shoulder width
12¼ (13, 13¼, 13¾, 14¼, 15, 16¼, 17, 17¼, 18)“ / 31 (33, 33.5, 34.5, 36.5, 38.5, 41, 43, 44, 45.5) cm
bust circumference
30¼ (32½, 36¼, 38½, 42, 45¼, 48, 51, 53½, 57)” / 76.5 (82.5, 92, 97.5, 106.5, 115, 122, 129.5, 136, 145) cm
sample shown in size 13¾“ / 34.5 cm shoulder, 38½” / 97.5 cm
suggested ease at bust: 1” / 5 cm negative-1” / 5 cm positive

yarn
chickadee
nasturtium 136 / 7 (8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12) skeins

needles
16” circular in size US 6 / 4 mm
24” or longer circular is size US 6 / 4 mm
needles of preferred style for working small circumferences in the round in size US 6 / 4 mm

notes
Pullover is worked from the top down with set-in sleeves. Once front and back are completed to underarm shaping, body is joined and worked in the round to hem. Sleeve sts are picked up and knitted around armhole. Sleeve caps shaped with short rows.

skills required
Long-tail and cable cast ons, increasing, decreasing, short rows, working in the round, picking up stitches. Tutorials and illustrations provided for most techniques. Charts and line-by-line instructions included.



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