#17 Cabled Pullover by Martin Storey

#17 Cabled Pullover

Knitting
December 2007
Aran (8 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
in moss stitch using larger needles
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
1520 - 2375 yards (1390 - 2172 m)
Bust 37 (42, 46, 50, 54)"/94 (106.5, 117, 127, 137)cm
English

Pattern description from Vogue Knitting, Holiday 2007:
“Martin Storey credits Mrs. Cross, the primary-school teacher who taught boys and girls alike in his East Yorkshire coast hometown to sew and knit, with instilling in him a love of fiber that has remained strong throughout his accomplished career. This blue-blooded mock turtleneck shows his penchant for twisting the traditional: The tunic-length sweater is knit in panels of unconventional cables with ‘Cashsoft Aran’ by RYC/Westminster Fibers.”

“Loose-fitting, cabled pullover with cable/rib edges, mock turtleneck and set in sleeves. Sized for Small, Medium, Large, X-Large, XX-Large and shown in size Small on page 79.”

Knitted Measurements:

  • Small, Medium, Large, X-Large, XX-Large
  • Bust 37 (42, 46, 50, 54)“/94 (106.5, 117, 127, 137)cm
  • Length 26 (26½, 27, 28, 28½)“/66 (67, 68.5, 71, 72.5)cm
  • Upper arm 13 (14, 15, 16, 17)“/33 (35.5, 38, 40.5, 43)cm

Materials:

  • 16 (18, 20, 23, 25) 1¾oz/50g balls (each approx 95yd/87m) of RYC/Westminster Fibers, Inc. Cashsoft Aran (extra fine merino/microfiber/cashmere) in #8 tornado
  • One pair each sizes 6 and 7 (4 and 4.5mm) needles or size to obtain gauge
  • Size 6 94mm) circular needle, 16”/40cm long
  • Cable needle (cn)

Additional Gauge: 32 sts = 4.5” / 11.5cm over chart #2 using larger needles