The Rosenlund pullover has a boxy fit and dropped shoulders. It is knitted seamlessly top-down with a cable and lace pattern on the front, back and the sleeves, and textural moss stitch on the sides. The pullover is started at the back neck and increased to the full width of the back. The increases over the cable pattern are fully charted. Then stitches are picked up for the shoulders and worked as the front of the pullover. The front and back are joined at underarm and the body is then worked in the round. Stitches are then picked up from the body for the sleeves and the neckband. The sleeves have a bit of short-row shaping at the sleeve caps to improve the fit. The hem and cuffs are finished with a tubular bind off, which provides a beautiful and stretchy edge that looks like the stitches roll over the edge to the other side of the ribbing. The neckband is folded double in the end.

For the stitch patterns to show best, I recommend choosing unicolor or slightly tonal colorways. The Rosenlund pullover is worked in DK weight yarn but you can also knit it by holding one strand of fingering weight yarn together with a strand of silk mohair.

The Rosenlund pullover was named after the 18th century vicarage and garden in my childhood hometown Pietarsaari, Finland. The gardens, especially the rose garden, are one of my favorite places in the world and we actually got married in the orangery. If you want to learn more about the Rosenlund vicarage and the gardens, click here: http://www.rosenlund.fi/

Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)
Finished bust circumference: 95 (105, 115, 125, 135) (145, 155, 165, 175) cm / 37.5 (41.25, 45.25, 49.25, 53.25) (57, 61, 65, 69) inches including the intended positive ease of 20 cm / 8 inches
Length from hem to underarm (adjustable): 33 cm / 13 inches
Sleeve length from cuff to underarm (adjustable): 42 cm / 16 inches
Upper arm circumference: 34 (36, 38, 40, 43) (46, 49, 52, 55) cm / 13.25 (14.25, 15, 15.75, 16.75) (18.25, 19.25, 20.5, 21.75) inches

Note: The length of the body and sleeves are easily modified to suit your own body measurements. I recommend trying the sweater on every now and then while working on it to make sure you get the perfect length for your style. Please be aware that adjusting the lengths of the garment will also affect the amount of yarn needed to finish the project.

Yarn
Note: If you wish to work the pullover with fingering weight yarn and mohair, you will need the given yarn amount for both yarns. Work the whole pullover holding the yarns together.

910 (1000, 1100, 1210, 1330) (1470, 1610, 1770, 1860) m / 1000 (1100, 1210, 1330, 1610) (1770, 1950, 2050, 2050) yards of DK weight yarn.

Sample: 10 (10, 11, 12, 14) (15, 16, 18, 19) skeins of Concept by Katia Merino 100% (100% merino; 101 meters / 111 yards per 50 g) shown in the colorway 86.

Needles
3 mm / US 2.5 circular needles with a cable of 40 cm / 16 inches for the neck ribbing
3 mm / US 2.5 DPNs or circular needles with a cable suitable for small circumference knitting for the cuffs
3 mm / US 2.5 circular needles with a cable of at least 80 cm / 32 inches for the hem

3.5 mm / US 4 DPNs or circular needles with a cable suitable for small circumference knitting for the sleeves
3.5 mm / US 4 circular needles with a cable of at least 80 cm / 32 inches for the body

Gauge
22 sts and 28 rounds = 10 cm / 4 inches of moss stitch on the larger needles in the round, blocked.
24 sts and 28 rounds = 10 cm / 4 inches of charted pattern on the larger needles in the round, blocked.
Note: Always use the needle size that gets you the right gauge!

Notions
8 stitch markers
6 locking markers
cable needle, if using
waste yarn
tapestry needle
blocking tools