Zealand Falls by Cecily Glowik MacDonald

Zealand Falls

Knitting
June 2014
DK (11 wpi) ?
19 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 7 - 4.5 mm
910 - 1570 yards (832 - 1436 m)
32 (35 ½, 38 ¾, 42 ¼, 45 ½, 48 ¾, 52 ¼, 55 ½, 59)”
English
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Zealand is knit from the bottom up, split for the armholes, the collar is continued after the shoulders and is sewn along the back neck. A quick decrease row forms a pretty gather at the back of the collar. The sleeves are worked by picking up stitches, knitting short row sleeve caps and then working down in the round.

Finished measurements at bust: 32 (35 ½, 38 ¾, 42 ¼, 45 ½, 48 ¾, 52 ¼, 55 ½, 59)”

Materials:
Cozy by The Plucky Knitter (90% merino, 10% baby camel; 110g skein = approx 260 yards)
• 4 (4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7) skeins Lonesome Highway
• Approx yards: 910 (995, 1085, 1160, 1255, 1315, 1390, 1475, 1570) yards
Needles
• One 29” circular (circ) needle size US 7 (4.5 mm). (pc is worked flat circ needle is used to accommodate large number of sts)
• One set of double pointed needles (dpns) size US 7 (4.5 mm). (for sleeves)
Or size to obtain gauge.
Notions
• Stitch markers (m)
• Large stitch holders or waste yarn

Gauge: 19 sts and 26 rows = 4” in Stockinette Stitch (St st). Take time to save time, check your gauge.