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Hammersmith is named after and inspired by First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis’s childhood home, Hammersmith Farm, in Newport, RI. The waterside estate was beloved by John F. Kennedy and his family during his presidential tenure, often signing documents and holding meetings in his sailing clothes before running out of the office to spend the rest of the day on the water. Rhode Island is my own childhood home; I went sailing around Newport with my family last summer, glimpsing the estate from the water, a time which inspired this heavily cabled, New Englander seafaring sweater made for chilly days on sea or land.

Made in Harrisville Designs Nightshades, this beautifully heathered woolen-spun provides depth and dimension to the fabric while providing a mossy density, but lightweight feel.

Finished Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9); 38 (41.75, 47.75, 51.5, 53.75, 57.5, 63.5, 65.75, 69.5)” / 96.5 (106, 121.5, 131, 136.5, 146, 161.5, 167, 176.5) cm finished chest circumference. Pullover shown measures 53.75” / 136.5 cm worn with 3.75” / 9.5 cm of positive ease. Recommended ease: 3-10” / 7.5-25.5 cm of positive ease.

Yarn
Harrisville Designs Nightshades (80% American Cormo / 20% wool; 250 yds / 229 m; 3.5 oz. / 100 g): street light (black marbled with yellow), 6 (6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9) skeins
OR
1205 (1300, 1430, 1535, 1610, 1720, 1870, 1940, 2040) yards / 1100 (1190, 1310, 1405, 1470, 1575, 1710, 1775, 1865) meters.

Needles
Size A (for body and sleeves): US 8 / 5.00 mm: 2 - 32” / 81 cm circ.
Size B (for ribbing and collar): US 5 / 3.75 mm: 1 - 16” / 40 cm circ and 1 - 32” / 80 cm circ.
Size C (optional, for tubular cast on): US 4 / 3.5 mm: 2 - 32” / 80 cm circ.
Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Notions
Cable needle (cn); tapestry needle; stitch markers (m); waste yarn; worsted-spun yarn matching in color for seaming.

Gauge
17 sts and 28 rows = 4” / 10 cm in Reverse Stockinette St (Rev St st) on Size A needle, after blocking.
21 sts and 32 rows = 4” / 10 cm in 2x2 Rib on Size B needle, after blocking.
1 Chart B rep (30 sts) = 5” / 12.5 cm wide.

Skills Required
Increasing; decreasing; cabling with or without a cable needle; picking up stitches; seaming; (optional) tubular cast on.

Design Notes
• This pullover is worked bottom up with a modified-drop-shoulder
construction with armhole increases and a saddle shoulder.
• Sleeves, Back, and Front are worked flat and blocked.
• Folded crewneck is picked up and worked in the round on Size B 16” / 40 cm circs, folded over to pick up sts from the inner neckline seam, and then bound off with the picked-up sts.
• Optional instructions for tubular cast on are provided.
• A 1-st selvedge is worked in garter st along vertical edges.
• Rev St st is worked at the sides of the body and sleeves between cables and selvedge.
• German Short Rows are worked for shoulder shaping.
• The number of Chart A repeats at the sides of the body and aside the= sleeve’s center cable varies by garment size, therefore your finished garment may differ slightly in appearance from the sample photo.
• This pullover uses ASTM for Women measurements, meaning this pullover will best suit a more feminine frame, but can be easily modified to fit a taller and broader frame by lengthening the lower body and the sleeves.

Meghan Babin is the co-founder of Hudson + West Co. In addition to owning an American-produced yarn company with her dear friend and business partner, Sloane Rosenthal, she occasionally has the itch to design with other yarns. She hails from the lower Hudson Valley region of New York where she currently lives, designs, and runs H+W HQ East. Her designs and creative work are largely inspired by the dichotomy between New York City and the wilds of the Hudson Valley. Follow her on Instagram @meggospurls and her website, meggospurls.com.

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