I’m delighted to be doing another test for the Queen of tailored, classic knitwear - Jutta von Hinterm Stein. It’s always a huge privilege to test Jutta’s beautiful, innovative designs. Her patterns are always thoroughly tested and easy to understand.

For this test project, I used “Version 2” of Jutta’s test pattern. Since then, she has made some changes to the pattern - namely to decrease the armhole depth and increase the number of sleeve stitches. So the final pattern will probably fit women a little better than the earlier version of the test pattern.

I LOVE this yarn which has a chain construction and gorgeous, heathered colors! Just discovered it during 2022 and plan to use it a lot - especially for gifting because I know the recipients will be doing machine washing and drying. It comes out of a warm dryer wrinkle free and looking gorgeous. You must allow for some shrinkage during the first laundering, however.

Needles used:

Size 7 US - Body and sleeves

Size 6 US - Neck ribbing

Size 5 US - Bottom ribbing and sleeve ribbing

What I did differently:
Note that most of my changes were to allow for shrinkage of the sweater due to machine washing and drying. Also, I wanted this pullover to fit a young man.

• Section 5 (Work Raglan Increases): All of Jutta’s patterns have instructions for what to do if you fall in between sizes as was the case here. I followed the instructions for the Large size, but did one extra repeat of Rnds 1 and 2 which increased my stitch counts to:

98 sts - Front and Back
62 sts - Each Sleeve
Prior to separating body and sleeves

• Section 6 (Separate Body and Sleeves): I cast on 8 sts under each arm = 212 total body stitches.

• Section 7 (Bottom Band): On the last round before starting the ribbing, I increased 36 sts evenly all around for a total of 248 ribbing stitches. (I do this so that the garment will hang straighter rather than pull in at the bottom.) I then switched to a size 5 US needle for the ribbing. I only made the ribbing 4” high.

• Section 8 (Sleeves): I had 62 sts on hold for each sleeve. Picked up 12 sts under each arm for a total of 74 sleeve sts to start. On the next round, I decreased 2 sts under the arm = 72 sts. On the next round, I decreased 2 sts on top of the shoulder per pattern = 70 sts. This was the last top-of-shoulder decrease. All remaining decreases were under the arm as follows:

Decrease 2 sts on every 11th round (11 times) = 48 sts

Knit 10 rounds straight

Switch to size 5 US needle and do 2 x 2 ribbing for 26 rounds. Bind off using JSSBO with same size needle. Sleeve ribbing = 4” high. (48 sts around for ribbing)

Weight of finished garment = 22 oz. (623.7 grams)

Finished Measurements (after shrinking in a warm dryer):

Chest circumference - 43.5” (shrank 2”)

Back length - 26.5” (shrank 2”)

Length from underarm to bottom - 16.5” (shrank 1.5”)

Sleeve length from underarm - 21.5” (shrank 2”)

Upper arm circumference - 13.5” (shrank .5”)

Lower arm circumference (above cuff) - 9.5” (shrank .5”)

Armhole depth - 9” (shrank .5”)

Ribbing height - 3.75” (shrank .25”)

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