Jetty Sweater by Renate Kamm

Jetty Sweater

Knitting
August 2019
Sport (12 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette Stitch in the round with larger needles, blocked
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
1370 - 2055 yards (1253 - 1879 m)
32 (34, 38, 42, 46, 50)" finished chest circumference (measured just below the gussets); meant to be worn with 2-3" positive ease
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To honor the past work of the knitters of Guernsey Island, Jetty is packed with many traditional elements that originate from that historical island life. For the fisherman back then, the garment needed to be wool and well-fitted. To accomplish this, the knitters developed practical traditions, such as an overlapping hem, underarm gussets, straight line edges, seamless bottom-up construction, saddle shoulders, seamless in-the-round sleeves, straight neck, and stand-up collar.

Besides all this purposeful tradition, Jetty also mirrors the artful patterning of that time, with a fresh design across the chest and portions of it repeated on the upper sleeves. Some stitch patterns are written and charted, and some are just written.