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Great Brehat

A place on Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula with an unexpected pronunciation — Great “Bra-ha”. It’s believed to be named after the archipelago, Île-de-Bréhat, off the coast of France, so I made vine flowers in the lower body to look like little archipelagos.

It’s a top-down circular yoke, worked in the round. The short row shaping for the upper back is distributed throughout the yoke depth, and incorporated into each of the single-color sections in the upper body. After the sleeve and body stitches are divided, the lower body is worked down to the hem and the sleeves are worked to the cuffs.

Sizes

(1,2,3)(4,5,6)(7,8,9) with finished sweater bust & hem circumferences:

(87,95.5,104.5)(113,120,130)(140,150,163)cm /
(34.25,37.5,41.25)(44.5,47.25,51.25)(55,59,64.25)“

Intended to be worn with about 5 to 15cm / 2 to 6” of positive ease at bust and/or hem. A list of measurements and schematic is provided on page 3.

Yarn

Midknit Cravings Yarn Co. Light Sock (85% Superwash Merino & 15% nylon; 400 meters / 437 yards per 100 grams) in 2 colors, MC & CC listed below, with approximate meterage and yardage. If using the same sample yarn, the number of skeins of each color is also given in brackets.

MC Ink Well (deep teal green; (2,2,2)(2,3,3)(3,3,3) skeins):
(630,670,745)(800,860,925)(995,1060,1130) meters
(690,735,815)(875,940,1010)(1090,1160,1235) yards

CC Love Letter (light peach pink variegated; (2,2,2)(3,3,3)(3,3,3) skeins):
(650,710,770)(825,890,960)(1035,1105,1185) meters
(710,775,845)(905,975,1050)(1130,1210,1295) yards

Gauge

To find your needle size, you need to swatch the Stranded Colorwork. If you don’t know whether your stitch gauge changes between single-color stockinette and stranded colorwork, then you should swatch for both.

Stranded Colorwork: 28 sts / 29 rnds to 10cm / 4” using size B needles
Single-color Stockinette: 28 sts / 40 rnds to 10cm / 4” using size A needles

Needles & Notions

The gauges were achieved with the following needle size. To work the pattern as written, you must swatch and use a needle size that will result in the correct gauge after blocking. Note that the pattern is written assuming that the knitter needs to use a smaller needle for single-color stockinette. If your gauge does not change between single-color stockinette and stranded knitting, then you don’t need to change needle sizes.

Size A: 3mm (US 2.5) circular needles of varying lengths for the single-color stockinette rnds and the neckband, cuffs, and hem
Size B: 3.5mm (US 4) circular needles of varying lengths for the stranded colorwork

You will also need: spare interchangeable cables, spare needles or scrap yarn for holding stitches; stitch markers.

Tech edited by Sue Hislop (Ravelry: Sue-Cat)