Bear River by Laura Aylor

Bear River

Knitting
July 2014
DK (11 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in blocked stockinette
US 5 - 3.75 mm
835 - 1565 yards (764 - 1431 m)
33.2, (36, 39.2, 42), {45.2, 48, 51.2} - actual bust measurement of garment
English
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A simple, seamless, 3/4-sleeved pullover knit from the top down. The construction method is adapted from Barbara Walker’s top-down simultaneous set-in sleeves in Knitting from the Top. The back shoulders are knit separately and shaped with short rows. They are joined by casting on the center back stitches. Each front shoulder is picked up from the back shoulder cast-on and shaped with short rows. The tops of the sleeves are picked up along the sides and then the sleeve caps are knit along with the body. Garter edges and tops of shoulders are knit in a contrasting color. Split hems keep the fit relaxed.

Sample shown is worn with about an inch of positive ease.

Note: madelinetosh 80/10/10 Sport knits up easily at a DK weight.

Skills required:
• Long-tail cast-on
• Backwards-loop cast-on
• Short rows
• Picking up stitches
• Increasing
• Decreasing

Yardage details - body color/trim color (total):
• 33.2” - 660/175 (835 total)
• 36” - 745/190 (935 total)
• 39.2” - 825/210 (1035 total)
• 42” - 910/225 (1135 total)
• 45.2” - 1035/245 (1280 total)
• 48” - 1175/260 (1435 total)
• 51.2” - 1285/280 (1565 total)

Sample knit in madelinetosh 80/10/10 Sport in Celadon and Dust Bowl.