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Storybook is your perfect lounge wear: it’s comfy, it’s loose fitting and it comes with pockets. It is worked seamlessly from the top down. The pockets are worked at the same time as the tunic; there is very little finishing to be done. It’s mostly stockinette stitch worked in the round, making it the perfect mindless knitting project. I made mine while reading storybooks to my toddler.

It has a unique placement of shortrows that shape the neck without disrupting the neckline pattern.

Storybook is graded with inclusive sizing in mind, from a finished chest of 88 cm / 34.75 inches to 175 cm / 69 inches, designed to be worn with 10-20.5 cm / 4-8 inches positive ease. Measurements are given in both inches and cm.

Materials

Yarn

Worsted weight

Shown here:

Main color (MC): Knit Picks Swish Worsted (100% Merino; 101 m / 110 yds, 50 g / 1.75 oz skein; Color Marine Heather: 10 (11, 12, 13, 13) {14, 15, 16, 17} balls)

Contrasting color (CC): Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Superwash (100% Superwash Wool; 101 m / 110 yds, 50 g / 1.75 oz skein; Color Dove Heather: 1 (2, 2, 2, 2) {2, 2, 2, 2} ball(s))

Yardage:

• MC (blue): 960 (1045, 1140, 1215, 1305) {1385, 1460, 1540, 1640} m / 1050 (1145, 1245, 1330, 1425) {1515, 1595, 1685, 1795} yds, including 10% allowance

• CC (grey): 95 (105, 110, 110, 125) {130, 140, 145, 150} m / 105 (115, 120, 120, 135) {140, 155, 160, 165} yds, including 10% allowance

Notions

Stitch marker; waste yarn; yarn needle

Needles

• 5.5 mm / US 9 circular needle, 80 cm / 32 inches or longer; adjust needle size if necessary to obtain gauge.

• spare circular needle, same size as main needles, 60 cm / 24 inches or longer (for the pockets)

• 5.5 mm / US 9 needles in your preferred style for small circumference knitting in the round (for the sleeves)

• 5 mm / US 8 needles in your preferred style for small circumference knitting in the round (for the cuffs)

• 4.5 mm / US 7 circular needle in your preferred style for small circumference knitting in the round (for the neckband)

Gauge

16 sts and 24 rows = 10 cm / 4 inches in stockinette stitch on larger needle, blocked.

Sizes
#sizeinclusive

Size 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) {6, 7, 8, 9}

This garment is intended to be worn with about 10-20.5 cm / 4-8 inches positive ease.

Shown in size 1, modeled with 12.5 cm / 5 inches of positive ease.

Finished Measurements

Bust circumference: 88 (103, 113, 122.5, 134) {143, 150.5, 160.5, 175} cm / 34.75 (40.5, 44.5, 48.25, 52.75) {56.25, 59.25, 63.25, 69} inches

Required Skills

Decreases, increases, knitting in the round