Surprise Sweater

Made for my daughter as a surprise for the upcoming winter months in her new city. Sweater is a boxy | oversized style, slightly cropped with loose cowl | turtleneck and detailed edgings.

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• AD-FREE pdf, formatted for printing and optimized for tablet | digital use
• WRITTEN PATTERN – Fully written, line by line instruction (English, US terminology with imperial and metric measurements)
• STITCH DIAGRAMS – Complete illustration(s) of stitches │ placement
• SCHEMATIC – illustration(s) of shape │ measurements │ construction graphics“
• ILLUSTRATIONS – drawn graphics of special stitches“
• SIZING │ EASE CHARTS – tables to quickly determine sizing options“
• TUTORIALS – picture │ written │ video instruction for specialty stitches“
• INTERACTIVE – document internally linked throughout as well as to additional external resource information

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Project Level
Easy+; basic stitches with seaming

Techniques Used
chain – stacked double │ standing double – double – blo –front post – sl st – seaming

✨ Video tutorials │ written instructions │ illustrations for all special stitches
Stacked Double Crochet Video Tutorial

Construction
Top is worked flat, turning after every row, in pieces, then seamed.

Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)

Finished Measurements
Sweater is designed with an intentional 7” {18 cm} + ease
CHEST CIRCUMFERENCE 37 (41 44½, 49, 53, 56½, 61, 65, 68½) ’’ {94 (104, 113, 124.5, 134.5, 143.5, 155, 165, 174)} cm, after light blocking
SHOULDER TO HEM 21½ (21½, 22¾, 22¾, 22¾, 22¾, 24¼, 24¼, 24¼)“ {52 (52, 55.5, 55.5, 55.5, 55.5, 59, 59, 59)} cm

Materials
AMOUNT TOTALS 929 (1035, 1151, 1229, 1339, 1457, 1593, 1709, 1848) yds {849 (946, 1052, 1123, 1224, 1332, 1456, 1562, 1689) m}
SHOWN Universal, Deluxe Worsted, (100% wool); 220 yd {200 m} | 3.53 oz {100 g}, 4 (5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8) skeins; Neutral Grey

HOOK I {5.50 mm}; or size needed to obtain gauge
NOTIONS Yarn needle, removable stitch markers (5)
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Gauge
13 sts and 6 rows = 4” {10 cm} in stitch pattern, with light steam blocking

Sharing
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Support
Pattern support is only offered through the Revel in Yarn community facebook group. Connect with Rebecca and other makers of Revel Crochet patterns for help with techniques and pattern related questions.

Website
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