Striped Saglan (sample)

jbeanmade
Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:17:11 GMT

using Baa Ram Ewe’s Pure British Breeds wool yarn. it is so nice.
Romney Marsh, the lightest color, is the constant stripe throughout and I needed an extra skein of it.
The changing colors go in order from darkest to lightest:
1. Hebridean, 2. Black Welsh Mountain, 3. Jacob, 4. Derbyshire Gritstone

this sweater was free to me

I’m following the pattern for a size 5 to get about a 44” bust.

for jogless stripes, on this one i’m doing:
knit the first stitch of the second row with the stitch below.

my stripes are 8 rows of the changing colors, and 4 rows of the constant color (the lightest color, Romney Marsh).

needles:
2.75mm (US2) for collar
3.5mm (US4) for sleeve and body ribbings
4mm (US6) for everything else

pre-block measurements:
18.5” wide
23.5” long
16.5” sleeve (measured from the first sleeve row)
8” yoke

blocked quite aggressively width-wise

post-block measurements
20.25” wide
23.5” long
16.5” sleeve
8.5” yoke

mods:
TO AVOID A WHITE STRIPE RIGHT BELOW THE JOINING OF THE NECKLINE
-instead of working 6 rows in the section where you shape the neckline, i worked 4 and added increases on the second purl row by working the first and last stitches as pfb (now the sleeves are each 4 stitches short which we fix shortly)
-i knit the “next row” and the “transitional round” as written
-i knit the “transitional round” twice more (3 times total) to get back the sleeve stitches i skipped
TO AVOID JOGS ON THE FRONT OF THE SWEATER
-after those 3 “transitional round”s, i had finished a stripe and i cut my yarn.
-i then slipped stitches (as if to purl so they don’t twist) until i got to the middle of my back panel.
-i placed a new BOR marker and joined my yarn for my next stripe
TO HAVE THE YOKE END AT THE END OF A STRIPE
-size 5 has 61 rows in the yoke, not counting the cast on or the set up row. i need to get rid of one row
-i combined the last row of the “Then, for Sizes 4-10 Only” and the first row of the “Then, Continue for All Sizes”; in other words, i knit one row increasing on both the shoulders and the body
AT THE END OF THE YOKE
-since i moved my BOR, i had to do a different sleeve seperation row
-at end of yoke i cut my yarn then slipped over to my first raglan marker, put the sleeve stitches on hold and attached my new stripe color at the underarm cast on
RIBBING
-i swapped all the K2P2 ribbing for K1P1
-the collar is:
-- 12 rows ribbing
-- 3 rows knitting the knits and slipping the purls wyif
-- 10 rows ribbing
-- cast off and sew down in the same row
SLEEVES
-for sleeves, i’m doing a decrease row on the 4th row of every 8 row stripe except the first one

if you have any questions, feel free to message me on Instagram (@jbeanmade)

01-18-2026

finished the yoke

01-19-2026

halfway through the stripes and its measuring 13” long so it may be a little longer than i estimated

01-21-2026

knit the collar

01-22-2026

finished the body and it isn’t longer than I estimated yay math

01-25-2026

FINITO. one week, one sweater