DOUGLAS Sweater is a warm and cozy sweater with raglan construction made from the top down. It features an eye-catching cable pattern in the center of front and back and a simple pattern of knit and purl stitches on the sleeves and the sides of the body. I recommend a generous positive ease for this garment, but of course it is completely up to you to decide.

The range of ease across sizes is 21-28.5 cm/8.5-11.5”. The picture shows size 3 with 26 cm/10.5” of positive ease.

YARN:
THE MERIWOOL by WE ARE KNITTERS, aran/chunky weight (100% superwash merino wool), 136 m/150 yds in 100 Gr
Grams: 735 (825, 910, 960, 1015) (1090, 1140, 1225, 1245)
Metres: 1000 (1120, 1240, 1305, 1380) (1480, 1550, 1665, 1695)
Yards: 1105 (1240, 1365, 1440, 1525) (1635, 1710, 1840, 1870)
I used color Spotted Bourdeaux

NEEDLES:
• 3 mm/U.S. size 2.5 80 cm/32” circular needles
• 3 mm/U.S. size 2.5 60 cm/24” circular needles or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the round (neck)
• 4 mm/U.S. size 6 80 cm/32” circular needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
• 4 mm/U.S. size 6 circular needles or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the round (sleeves)

NOTIONS:
• stitch holders or waste yarn
• markers
• cable needle
• tapestry needle or crochet hook to weave in ends and for bind off

GAUGE:
16 sts/24 RNDs = 10 cm/4” square in sleeves pattern on 4 mm/U.S. size 6 needles after blocking
one chart repeat 61 sts x 28 rnds is ~28 cm/11.25” x 12.5 cm/5”

SIZES:
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)
to fit chest circumference: 70 (80, 90, 100, 110) (120, 130, 140, 150) cm/28 (32, 36, 40, 44) (48, 52, 56, 60)“

FINISHED CHEST MEASUREMENT:
91 (103.5, 116, 128.5, 135) (141, 153.5, 166, 172.5) cm/36.5 (41.5, 46.5, 51.5, 54) (56.5, 61.5, 66.5, 69)“

PATTERN NOTES:
• The sweater is worked in one piece from the top down.
• You start with the turtleneck, work neck shaping and after that start the raglan increases.
• After the raglan increases, you separate the sleeves from the body and work them separately.

SKILLS REQUIRED:
• basics (knit/purl, increase/decrease)
• short rows
• working in the round
• working from a chart (written instructions are also provided)