Circle Line Pullover by Jennifer Owens

Circle Line Pullover

Knitting
January 2026
Aran (8 wpi) ?
16 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in St St
US 9 - 5.5 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
750 - 1337 yards (686 - 1223 m)
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)
English
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This textured pullover features a geometric stitch pattern on the front and slip stitch ribbing on the sides. The construction is top-down beginning with a cast on of the stitches for the back. From there the shoulders are shaped with short rows and the back is worked flat to the underarm. Similarly, the front is shaped with short rows, one shoulder at a time, the neck is shaped and joined and then the front is worked down to the underarm as well. Once there, stitches are cast on for the underarm and the back and front are joined in the round and worked down to the lower edge. Sleeve stitches are picked up from the armhole edge and worked in the round. The narrow neckband is picked up in the finishing and worked in the round.

Skills required:
Working in the round including a small circumference, increasing and decreasing, simple cables, German short rows (or comparable method), picking up sts, backward loop CO.

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

Finished measurements:
Bust: 34 ½ (36, 38, 40, 44 ½) (48, 52 ½, 56, 60)” / 87.5 (91.5, 96.5, 101.5, 113) (122, 133.5, 143.5, 152.5) cm
Recommended ease:
4” -10”/ 10 cm -25.5 cm at bust.

Choose a size that is 4” to 10” / 10 cm to 25.5 cm larger than your actual bust size.
Sample 1 (grey) is size 3 with 4”/ 7.5 cm of positive ease.
Sample 2 (green) is size 5 with 10 ½ / 29 cm of positive ease.

Yarn:
Heavy DK, Worsted or Aran weight yarn.
Sample 1 (grey) was worked in: Cascade Yarns Cantata (70% Cotton/30% Superwash Merino Wool – 218 yds per 100 g skein) in color 02 - 3 (3, 4, 4, 5) (5, 6, 6, 6) skeins.
Sample 2 (green)was worked in 7th Floor Yarn Twisted Aran (50% Fine Merino, 50% Alpaca- 191 yds per 100g skein) in color Avacado Twist:

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Approximate yarn amts:
750 (800, 850, 900, 955) (1055, 1146, 1246, 1337) yds / 686 (732, 777, 823, 873) (965, 1048, 1139, 1223) m
Note: Amts shown are just estimates and could vary depending on the fiber used and personal tension.

Needles:
You will need a 24” or larger circular, ad 16” circular and needles preferred for working a small circumference in the round in the following sizes:
Main needle: US size 9 (5.5mm) -- or size needle needed to obtain the correct gauge.
Edging needle: US Size 8 (5.00 mm)-- or needle one size smaller than the main needle.

Gauge:
16 sts and 24 rows = 4”/ 10 cm in st st and 18 sts and 24 rows = 4”/10 cm in textured stitch pattern, after blocking on main needle.

Notions:
Cable needle, removable st markers, st holder or scrap yarn