Wild Grass by Jessica McDonald

Wild Grass

Knitting
October 2025
DK (11 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
1052 - 2213 yards (962 - 2024 m)
(32.75, 36.5, 38.75, 42.5) (44.75, 48.5, 50.75, 54.5) (56.75, 60.5, 62.75, 66.5)
English
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Wild Grass was born from late-summer evenings in the sheep pasture with the tall grasses swaying and seedheads glowing in the golden light. The seedheads’ graceful shapes inspired the yoke design, a warm memory of sunlit fields to carry into the cooler months ahead. Wild Grass is knit from the top down in the round. Short rows are worked under the colorwork for a good fit in the neckline.

SIZES
(32.75, 36.5, 38.75, 42.5) (44.75, 48.5, 50.75, 54.5) (56.75, 60.5, 62.75, 66.5)

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FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Chest circumference: (32.75, 36.5, 38.75, 42.5) (44.75, 48.5, 50.75, 54.5) (56.75, 60.5, 62.75, 66.5) inches / (82, 91.5, 97, 106.5) (112, 121.5, 127, 136.5) (142, 151.5, 157, 166.5) cm

To be worn with 2 – 6 inches / 5 – 15 cm positive ease.

YARN
(13, 15, 16, 17) (18, 90, 21, 22) (23, 25, 26, 27) skeins Jamieson’s Double Knitting in MC (Burnt Umber), and (2, 3, 3, 3) (3, 3, 4, 4) (4, 4, 4, 4) skeins Jamieson’s Double Knitting in CC (Pebble).

Or (1052, 1171, 1248, 1369) (1448, 1572, 1653, 1780) (1864, 1994, 2080, 2213) yards / (962, 1071, 1142, 1252) (1325, 1438, 1512, 1628) (1705, 1824, 1902, 2024) meters MC,

And (158, 176, 188, 206) (218, 237, 249, 267) (279, 297, 309, 327) yards / (145, 161, 172, 189) (200, 217, 228, 245) (256, 272, 283, 300) meters CC DK weight yarn.

NEEDLES
One 32-inch (80 cm) US size 6 (4.0 mm) (or size needed to obtain gauge), and one 32-inch (80 cm) US size 4 (3.5 mm) (or two whole sizes smaller than gauge needle) circular knitting needles

NOTIONS
One stitch marker, waste yarn, and a tapestry needle.

GAUGE
20 stitches and 32 RNDs = 4 inches / 10 cm in stockinette on US size 6 (4.0 mm) needles.

SKILL LEVEL & SKILLS REQ’D
Easy +

Work stranded colorwork, knit in the round, increase (m1L), decrease (ssk & k2tog).