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The Chubasco Sweater is inspired by unusual symmetry, in this case by the unexpectedness of the weather, how the sky is clear one moment, and the next, the skies are falling and everything is chaos. By combining the intricate Crossed Loops stitch and the mindlessness of the Reverse Stockinette stitch, the Chubasco sweater is and unexpected delight to knit, just like that unexpected rain on a clear Spring day.

The Chubasco sweater features a hi low, standard-fitting, drop shoulder silhouette, with straight sleeves and a mock turtle neck. It’s worked flat in 4 pieces (front, back and sleeves) bottom-up, and is then seamed together. After the back and front are joined, stitches are picked to create the turtle neck.

This pattern includes instructions for waist, hip and tunic lengths for both the front and back pieces, so you can combine them as you prefer. There are six options to combine the different lengths:

• Option 1: cropped front and hip length back.
• Option 2: cropped front and back. - Option 3: hip-length front and back.
• Option 4: tunic-length front and back.
• Option 5: cropped front and tunic-length back.
• Option 6: hip-length front and tunic-length back.

Keep the number of the option you prefer, as well as the chosen size, in mind when checking out the yardage needed on the Materials section of the pattern.

Difficulty Level
Intermediate.

Techniques Required
• Knit & purl, slip stitches, crossing stitches, cast-on and bind-off • Decreasing stitches
• Specialty bind-off: sloped bind-off for back and front neck • Working from written instructions
• Picking up stitches
• Blocking
• Seaming: Mattress stitch, Horizontal seams (join shoulders), Vertical to Horizontal seams (join sleeves).

Materials
Yarn
Recommended Yarn
Julie Asselin Leizu Worsted worsted weight yarn (4 oz/115 g; 200 yd/185 m; 90% superwash merino/10% silk). Color Echo.

Or
Worsted weight yarn; 90% superwash merino/10% silk.

Needles
US size 6/4 mm needles or size to obtain correct gauge.
Notions
● Tapestry needle.
● 2 Stitch markers or scrap yarn.

Gauge
20 sts and 28 rows = 4”/10 cm in Reverse Stockinette stitch with US size 6/4 mm needles after blocking .
26 sts and 31 rows = 4”/10 cm in Crossed Loops stitch with US size 6/4 mm needles after blocking .

Note: Gauge is very important for this pattern. The row instructions are given in numbered rows, so both the stitch and row gauge of the Crossed Loops st are very important to match. When blocking the swatch, be sure to give it a good stretch both width and length-wise and then pin in to measurements. Make a swatch of at least 8”/20 cm width/length for more accuracy.

Sizes
1(2, 3, 4, 5)(6, 7, 8, 9)
To fit with + 0-2” / 0-5 cm of ease at the bust.

Note: Sample was knit in Size 3, to fit the model with a 40” / 98 cm bust.

Finished Measurements

Bust at underarm: 34 (38, 44, 48, 52) (56, 60, 64)”/86.5 (95.5, 111.5, 122, 132) (142, 152.5, 162.5) cm
Finished Cropped Length: 16 ¼ (17 ¼, 18 ¼, 18 ¼, 19 ⅜) (19 ⅜, 19 ⅜, 19 ⅜)”/41.5 (44, 46.5, 46.5, 49)(49, 49, 49) cm
Finished Length to Hip: 19 ¼ (20 ½, 21 ⅜, 22 ½, 22 ½) (23 ½, 23 ½, 23 ½)”/49 (52, 54.5, 57, 57) (59.5, 59.5, 59.5) cm
Tunic Finished Length : 23 ½ (24 ½, 25 ½, 26 ½, 26 ½)(26 ½, 27 ½, 27 ½)”/ 59.5 (62.5, 65, 67.5, 67.5)(67.5, 70, 70) cm
Ease intended: 2 to 4”/5 to 10 cm

Note: The finished length measurements are taken while laying. If you use the same yarn or one with similar composition, the garment may lengthen 1 or 2”/2.5 or 5 cm.