Carp-beth

A wide, cropped pullover with simple lines, a deep roll neck, and a carp scale pattern worked over sleeves and yoke

Yarn
Kate Davies Designs Ooskit (100% British Wool; 240yds / 220m per 100g skein)
Horkel: 5 (5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8) x 100g skeins
Note: Yarn held double throughout. If adding length to the body, sleeves or neck, then more yarn will be required.

Check sizing table for garment dimensions. If using chunky weight yarn as a substitute, you will require the following approximate quantities:
470 (525, 570, 640, 700, 740, 790, 850)m / 515 (575, 625, 700, 765, 800, 865, 930)yds

Needles and notions
Gauge-size and below gauge-size needle(s) of appropriate lengths for working body
Gauge-size and below gauge-size needle(s) of your preferred type for working small circumferences for sleeves and neck
Longer gauge-size needle for working yoke
4 stitch markers
Waste yarn for holding stitches
Tapestry needle

Gauge
14 sts and 20 rounds to 10cm / 4in over stockinette in the round, with yarn held double, on gauge-size needle
The carp pattern draws in a little (though not significantly) and with careful blocking should match the gauge over stockinette. If your gauge tends to tighten when knitting sleeves, check your small-circumference gauge over the carp pattern, and go up a needle size as necessary. Use 6.5mm needle as a starting point for swatching.

Sizes
Finished bust circumference: 92.5 (101.5, 110.5, 122, 133.5, 142, 151, 162.5)cm / 36½ (40, 43½, 48, 52½, 56, 59½, 64)in

Pick the size at least 10cm / 4in above your actual bust measurement, and if in doubt, select the next size up. Length can easily be added to the sweater to make it less cropped. Shown in the first size with 12.5cm / 5in positive ease.

Pattern notes
This pullover is knitted from the bottom up, and begins with a few rounds of rib, after which it is worked straight to the underarms (length can be added here to make the pullover less cropped, if desired). Two sleeves are worked following the carp pattern, then body and sleeves are joined together to be worked in the round. The yoke is shaped by decreasing stitches at an even rate from the body only, while the carp pattern continues over the shoulders. When the correct depth is reached, the stitch count is reduced further. A deep ribbed roll neck is then worked to complete the sweater.

This pattern is part of a series featuring motifs adapted from Norah Gaughan’s brilliant Twisted Stitch sourcebook