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“Who doesn’t love a traditional Fisherman style sweater for the favorite guy in their life? I decided to simplify it a bit by repeating a simple, small cabled motif. I thought this looked more modern for today’s man.” – Michele Wang

CONSTRUCTION
Garment pieces are worked flat from the bottom up and sewn together. The collar is picked up from the Front and Back neck edges and worked in the round.

MATERIALS
Approximately 1575 (1735, 1865, 2110, 2255, 2435) yards of worsted weight wool yarn
12 (13, 14, 16, 17, 18) skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 140 yards / 50 g)
Photographed in color Fossil

GAUGE
25 stitches & 33 rows = 4” in Small Cabled Motif with Size A needle(s), after blocking

NEEDLES
Size A (for Main Fabric):
One pair of straight needles or a 24” (or longer) circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge listed
Suggested Size: 5 mm (US 8)

Size B (for Tubular Cast On and Ribbing):
One pair of straight needles or a 24” (or longer) circular needle, and a 16” circular needle, two sizes smaller than Size A needles
Suggested Size: 4 mm (US 6)

FINISHED DIMENSIONS
38 (41½, 45, 48¾, 52¼, 55¾)“ circumference at chest (seamed)
Sample shown is size 45” with +4” ease on model

Need help picking a size? See our resource page on Selecting a Sweater Size

SKILL LEVEL
3 of 5

Please note: the stitch patterns used for this garment include written as well as charted instructions.