Franconia Top-Down Pullover #B119 by Sue McCain

Franconia Top-Down Pullover #B119

Knitting
December 2017
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 29 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette stitch
US 6 - 4.0 mm
1070 - 2320 yards (978 - 2121 m)
XX-Small to 6X; 29.5" - 69.5" bust
English
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This pullover is worked from the top down, beginning at the back shoulders. The back is worked to the armholes, then placed on hold while the front is picked up from the back shoulders and worked to the armholes. Then the back and front are joined and the body is worked to the bottom edge, with a garter stitch side detail and a hi-low split hem. The sleeves are picked up from the armholes and worked to the cuffs, with short-row shaping to shape the sleeve caps.

Skill Level: Intermediate

Skills Used: Knitting in the round, increasing and decreasing, picking up stitches, German Short-Rows (explained in the pattern)

Sizes: XX-Small (X-Small, Small, Medium) (Large, 1X, 2X) (3X, 4X, 5X, 6X)

Finished Measurements: 29.5 (33.5, 37.5, 41.5) (45.5, 49.5, 53.5) (57.5, 61.5, 65.5, 69.5)“ bust; intended to be worn with approximately 6” ease.

Materials: Worsted weight wool yarn: 1070 (1175, 1290, 1440) (1540, 1670, 1775) (1925, 2030, 2190, 2320) yards. NOTE: If you plan to increase the length of the Body or Sleeves, be sure to purchase extra yarn.

Model knit in Malabrigo Yarn Rios (100% merino superwash; 100 grams / 210 yards): color #416 Indiecita.

Needles and Notions: Size 6 (4 mm) circular needle, 24” long or longer, OR SIZE NEEDED TO OBTAIN GAUGE; size 6 (4 mm) circular needle, 12” long or longer, and set of five double-pointed needles, for Sleeves; Stitch markers in 2 colors; waste yarn

Gauge: In Stockinette stitch, 20 stitches and 29 rows = 4”/10 cm using CC and smaller double-pointed needles, blocked.

If you are unfamiliar with working a set-in-sleeve sweater from the top-down, my 2-part tutorial gives you everything you’ll need to know to do it successfully.

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