Sugar Cookies! seemed the perfect name for this design – sweet and sparkly. Worked bottom-up and in-the-round, wide garter panels on front and back are bordered by stockinette throughout, finishing finally with a tall garter collar picked up from stitches along the neckline. Hems are garter trimmed too, following a few brief rounds of ribbing at their edges. This design is mostly seamless except for sleeves that are set-in. Enjoy!

MATERIALS
Yarn
Shown in Woolstok Worsted yarn by Blue Sky Fibers. (100% Fine Highland wool; 123 yards /112 m per 50g skein); color – Grey Harbor #1304; 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 skeins, or for comparable yarn, approximately 1045, 1175, 1300, 1420, 1555, 1690, 1810 yards / 955, 1075, 1190, 1300, 1420, 1545, 1655 m.
I always have extra yarn on-hand for swatching.

Needles
US7/ 4.5mm or size to obtain gauge
• 1 24”/ 60 cm to 32”/ 80 cm circular (choose length shorter than waist measurement)
• 1 24”/ 60 cm circular or 1 pair straight (for upper bodice and sleeve caps)
• 1 16”/ 40 cm circular (for collar)
• 1 set double-pointed, or preferred needle style for working small circumferences of the sleeves in-the-round

Notions
• Stitch markers
• Stitch holders
• Tapestry needle

GAUGE (after blocking)
• 20 sts and 32 rows = 4”/ 10.2 cm in Stockinette stitch
• 20 sts and 40 rows = 4”/ 10.2 cm in Garter stitch

SKILLS REQUIRED
Stockinette and garter st worked flat and in-the-round, long-tail CO, circular knitting, decreasing (ssk, k2tog), increasing (m1L, m1R), 3-needle BO, short row shaping, setting in sleeve caps, stitch pick-up for collar, and blocking.

11 page pdf includes pattern instructions, photographs, schematics, tutorial links, a ROW TRACKER for managing AT THE SAME TIME short row and bodice shaping instructions, and definitions for relevant abbreviations.

A brief background of its name – every design has a story.