Up Helly Aa Gansey by Rachel Hunter

Up Helly Aa Gansey

Knitting
DK (11 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in Stocking Stitch
US 4 - 3.5 mm
1066 - 1886 yards (975 - 1725 m)
Finished chest circumference: 85 (90, 95, 100, 105)(110, 115, 120, 125, 130)(135, 140, 145, 150, 155)cm / 33.5 (35.5, 37.5, 39.5, 41.5)(43.5, 45.25, 47.25, 49.25, 51.25)(53.25, 55, 57, 59, 61) inches
English
Errata available: /patterns/show

Errata: The chart for the colourwork is wrong. The first stitch should be stitch 8. If you follow the pattern and use start the chart at stitch one, the chevron is distorted.
There were 2 mistakes with the decreases for the 10th size. Please check both the number of stitches you are supposed to be decreasing and the distribution of the decreases over your number of stiches.

SIZES
1 (2, 3, 4, 5)(6, 7, 8, 9, 10)(11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
Finished chest circumference: 85 (90, 95, 100, 105)(110, 115, 120, 125, 130)(135, 140, 145, 150, 155)cm / 33.5 (35.5, 37.5, 39.5, 41.5)(43.5, 45.25, 47.25, 49.25, 51.25)(53.25, 55, 57, 59, 61) inches
Length to underarm: 44cm / 17.25 inches all sizes Upper sleeve circumference: 30 (31, 32, 33, 34)(35, 36, 38, 39, 40)(41, 43, 44, 45, 46)cm / 11.75 (12.25, 12.5, 13, 13.5)(13.75, 14.25, 15, 15.5, 15.75)(16.25, 17, 17.5, 17.75, 18) inches
Cuff circumference: 20 (20, 20, 25, 25)(25, 25, 25, 30, 30)(30, 30, 35, 35, 35)cm / 8 (8, 8, 10, 10)(10, 10, 10, 11.75, 11.75)(11.75, 11.75, 13.75, 13.75, 13.75) inches Sleeve length: 44cm / 17.25 inches all sizes
Yoke depth (centre front): 23 (23, 23, 23, 26)(26, 26, 26, 26, 29)(29, 29, 29, 31, 31)cm / 9 (9, 9, 9, 9, 10)(10, 10, 10, 10, 11.5)(11.5, 11.5, 11.5, 12, 12) inches
Neck circumference: 38 (40.5, 43, 44.5, 44.5)(44.5, 44.5, 44.5, 45.5, 47)(47, 48, 48, 49.5, 49.5)cm / 15 (16, 17, 17.5, 17.5)(17.5, 17.5, 17.5, 18, 18.5)(18.5, 19, 19, 19.5, 19.5) inches
Designed to be worn with about 2.5-5cm (1-2 inches) positive ease.
Sample shown is a size 3, worn with 10cm / 4 inches of positive ease.

MATERIALS
Jamieson’s of Shetland Double Knitting
(100% Shetland wool; 75m / 82yds per 25g ball) Yarn amounts
13(14, 14, 16, 16)(17, 18, 18, 19, 20)(21, 21, 22, 23, 23) x 25g balls of Yarn A: Grouse 235
1(1, 1, 1, 1)(2, 2, 2, 2, 2)(2, 2, 2, 2, 2) x 25g balls of Yarn B: Ginger 462
1 x 25g ball each in:
Yarn C: Sholmit 103
Yarn D: Amber 478
Yarn E: Mustard 425
Yarn F: Yellow Ochre 230

3.5mm / US#4 needles in your preferred methods for working small and large circumferences
Stitch holders or waste yarn
Stitch markers
Tapestry needle

TENSION
20 sts and 30 rounds to 10cm over stocking stitch or Welt Pattern, after blocking.
Please check your tension carefully and adjust your needle size accordingly.

PATTERN NOTES
This gansey is worked in pieces, beginning with the sleeves. The body is worked in the round from the bottom up, with sleeves joined before the yoke. There is colourwork after the hem and later before the yoke decreases. You can work optional short rows to raise the back neck before the garter-stitch edge. Stitches are grafted to close the underarms. It is easy to alter the length of the sleeves or the body.