Knit a Sweater with Ysolda: Glenmore Edition Join Ysolda for our first ever sweater course in our learning community, the Knitwork. In this Glenmore edition of our learn to knit courses, you will be guided through knitting our popular Glenmore sweater pattern. You’ll learn all the foundational skills for sweater knitting and knit a sweater in just a few weeks!

The course begins on February 1st, and will include 7 weekly chapters. Sign up now for instant access to the patterns and get ready to cast on together. Find out more here.

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Glenmore Mini is an easy top-down sweater with an oversized fit. It uses all of the same techniques as the adult sweater, just scaled down, so it’s a great way to practice on a small project. 6 sizes are included, from toddler to tween, and the oversized style is perfect for maximising wear. We know how important that is when your knitting time is limited and they just will not stop growing! The textured stitch pattern looks fancy, but it’s deceptively simple and uses only knit and purl stitches – if you can knit ribbing you can knit this. By the time you bind off you’ll have mastered the skills you need to knit a whole wardrobe of handmade garments.

Construction notes:
The shoulders are worked in one piece and then divided for front and back. The upper front and back are each worked flat and then joined in the round at the underarm. The body is worked in the round, and is easy to customise to your desired length. Stitches for the sleeves are picked up around the armhole and the sleeves are worked top down in the round. They’re completed with ribbed cuffs which can be turned up at first. The drop shoulder construction is comfy to wear and means that there is no sleeve cap shaping to worry about. The sweater is completed with a ribbed neckband worked by picking up stitches around the neckline.

Chunky version
Yarn
Cyrano is listed as an Aran weight yarn by the manufacturer but is closer to many chunky weights. Consider both heavy aran and chunky yarns when substituting and compare the metres per gram.
Shown in De Rerum Natura Cyrano (100% Merino, 164 yds / 150m, 100g) in Poivre et Sel
360[445, 515, 590] (700, 800)yds / 330[405, 470, 540] (640, 730)m
Balls of Cyrano
3[3, 4, 4] (5, 5)

Gauge
13 sts & 20 rnds = 4” /10 cm in dot stitch on larger needle

Dot Stitch
Worked over an even number of stitches, flat or in the round.
Row 1: (k1, p1) to end.
Row 3: (p1, k1) to end.
Rnds 2 & 4 (RS): knit.
Rows 2 & 4 (WS): purl.

Notions
Stitch markers, scrap yarn

Needles
US 9 / 5.5mm 24” / 60cm or longer circular needle.
US 101/2 / 6.5mm 24” / 60cm or longer circular needle.
US 9 / 5.5mm dpns or circular(s) for your preferred method of knitting small circumferences in the rnd.
US 101/2 / 6.5mm dpns or circular(s) for your preferred method of knitting small circumferences in the rnd.
US 9 / 5.5mm 16” / 40cm circular needle.

Sizing
2–3[3–4, 5–6, 7–8] (9–10, 11-12)
30 1/4[31 1/2, 32 1/2, 35] (38 3/4, 42 1/2)”/ 75.5[78.5, 81.5, 87.5] (97, 106)cm finished chest circumference.
Refer to schematic for full garment measurements.

Aran version
Yarn
Aran weight yarn with a suggested gauge of 16-18 sts.
Shown in Mrs Lam Yarns Smooshy BFL Aran (100% Superwash BFL, 181 yds / 166m, 100g) in Jade.
460[570, 665, 765] (910, 1040) yds / 420[520, 610, 700] (830, 950)m

Gauge
16 sts & 26 rnds = 4” /10 cm in dot stitch on larger needle

Needles
US 6 / 4mm 24” / 60cm or longer circular needle.
US 7 / 4.5mm 24” / 60cm or longer circular needle.
US 6 / 4mm dpns or circular(s) for your preferred method of knitting small circumferences in the rnd.
US 7 / 4.5mm dpns or circular(s) for your preferred method of knitting small circumferences in the rnd.
US 5 / 3.75mm 16” / 40cm circular needle.

Sizing
2–3[3–4, 5–6, 7–8] (9–10, 11-12)
29 1/2[31 1/2, 33 1/2, 36 1/2] (40 1/2, 43 1/2)”/ 74[79, 84, 91.5] (101.5, 109)cm finished chest circumference
Refer to schematic for full garment measurements.

Low vision details: 

• The main text is black 24pt sans serif and all text is black on a white background.
• No italics are used
• The schematic measurements are written out, and the schematic is labeled with 24pt text
• Images have alt text

Screen readers:
The low vision version is tagged to work with screen reading software and have been tested. Images have alt text. Abbreviations are used in the directions, they are defined but may be read aloud oddly. Numbers for multiple sizes are presented as lists of numbers within the text and may be difficult to keep track of when using a screen reader. If this is something you use we’d love your feedback on how we could improve the pattern formatting for screen readers.