Sizes
(XXS) XS (S/M) L (XL/2XL) 3XL/4XL (5XL)
Measurements of the sweater
Width: (114) 122 (130) 137 (145) 152 (160) cm (44.75) 48.0 (51.25) 53.75 (57.0) 59.75 (63.0) inches
Length: (69) 70 (71) 72 (73) 74 (74) cm (27.25) 27.5 (28.0) 28.25 (28.75) 29.0 (29.0) inches
Yarn – brown sweater
Isager Tweed (70% wool, 30% mohair, 50 g = 200 m)
held together with
Isager Silk Mohair (75% mohair, 25% silk, 25 g = 212 m)
Tweed
Dark brown, col chocolate: (250-300) 300 (300-350) 350 (350) 400 (400)
Cream, col sand: (50) 50 (50-100) 100 (100) 100 (100) g
Light brown, col oak: 50 g (all sizes)
Silk Mohair
Dark brown, 34: (125-150) 150 (150-175) 175 (175) 200 (200) g
Cream, 06: (25) 25 (25-50) 50 (50) 50 (50) g
Light brown, 7s: 25 g (all sizes)
Yarn – olive green sweater
Sandnes Garn Tynn Peer Gynt (100% wool, 50 g = 205 m)
held together with
Sandnes Garn Tynn Silk Mohair (57% mohair, 28% silk, 15% wool), 25 g = 212 m
Tynn Peer Gynt
Dark Olive 9873: (250-300) 300 (300-350) 350 (350) 400 (400) g
Naturmelert 2641: (50) 50 (50-100) 100 (100) 100 (100) g
Arctic Ice 5811: 50 g (all sizes)
Tynn Silk Mohair
Dark Olive 9873: (125-150) 150 (150-175) 175 (175) 200 (200) g
Cream 1012: (25) 25 (25-50) 50 (50) 50 (50) g
Arctic Ice 5811: 25 g (all sizes)
Recommended needles
Circular needles 3 and 4 mm, 40 and 80 cm [US 3 and US 6, 16 and 32”]
Circular needle 4,5 mm, 40 and 80 cm [US 7, 16 and 32”] for the colorwork.
Circular needle 3,5 mm, 40 cm [US 4, 16”].
Gauge
21 sts x approx. 26 rows in stockinette stitch = 10 x 10 cm on 4 mm needles [4 x 4” on US 6].
21 sts x approx. 25 rows in colorwork = 10 x 10 cm on 4-4,5 mm needles [4 x 4” on US 6-7].
Note: The entire sweater is worked with two strands of yarn, 1 of each quality.
Wash and block the swatch before measuring the gauge. Make sure the gauge is the same in width (21 sts in 10 cm /4“), whether you knit in single colored stockinette stitch or colorwork pattern. Use a larger needle for the colorwork if the colorwork is tighter than the stockinette stitch, especially in the Tweed and silk mohair combination.
Size guide
Harriet Sweater is designed to have approx. 25-40 cm [9.75-16”] of positive ease. The sweater is designed with a large amount of positive ease in the smallest sizes and gradually less positive ease in the larger sizes. Harriet Sweater is shown with approx. 35 cm [13.75”] of positive ease, meaning the sweater is shown on a model with a bust circumference that is 35 cm [13.75“] smaller than the sweater's bust circumference. The green Harriet Sweater is shown with a positive ease of approx. 25 cm [9.75”].
Find your personal bust circumference by measuring around your chest (or the largest part of your upper body). Then look at the measurements at the beginning of the pattern (these are the finished measurements of the sweater). Positive ease is the difference between your personal measurement and the sweater's measurement.
For example, if your bust circumference is 94 cm [37”], a size S/M will give you a positive ease of 36 cm [14.25”]
(130 cm – 94 cm = 36 cm) [51.25”- 37” = 14.25”]
Construction
The sweater is worked top down. First, work the upper part of the back piece from the slanted shoulders and 9 cm down on the back. Then, pick up stitches for the upper part of the front piece along the slanted shoulders on the back piece. Once the upper part of both the back and front pieces is completed, stitches are picked up for the sleeve tops in each side and the yoke is worked in the round with raglan increases. Body and sleeves are then worked separately. Finally, stitches are picked up along the neckline, and the neckband is worked in rib.
The pattern will be sent as a pdf-file to your e-mail.
When knitting Harriet sweater, you may find the following videos helpful:
Jacquard
Jacquard - reading a chart
Short row shoulder shaping
Pick up stitches with the yarn tail
Long tail cast on
M1T
M1R
M1L
Tubular bind off
