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Star Anise is a luxurious, stranded colourwork
sweater knit in five glorious shades of Acadia designed by Emma Wright for The Almanac Series.

With options for a high or crew neck and for wide, statement sleeves, or traditional tapered sleeves, this is a flexible pattern to make your own!

This boxy sweater is knitted bottom up seamlessly in the
round to the underarm, where the work is then divided
to work the front and back sections flat. The sleeves
are knitted bottom up seamlessly in the round to the
underarm to then attach to the divided section (armholes) of the garment body. The rib neckline is picked up last.

SIZES
1 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9
Finished Garment Chest Circumference (at underarm): 96.5 108.5: 121: 133: 145: 157: 169: 181: 193 cm (38.75 43.5: 48.25:
53.25: 58: 62.75: 67.5: 72.5: 77.25 in)

RECOMMENDED EASE
Designed with 15-36 cm (6-14.25 in) of positive ease at chest
circumference.
Photographs show the garment knit in Size 2 on a model with a
chest circumference of 81-86 cm (32-34 in).

YARN
The Fibre Co. Acadia (60% wool, 20% alpaca, 20% silk, 133 m
(145 yd) per 50 g hank) in Sand (A) - 8 8: 9: 10: 11: 11: 12: 12: 13
hanks, Butterfly Bush (B) - 1 2: 2: 2: 2: 2: 2: 3: 3 hanks, Yellow
Birch (C) - 1 1: 1: 1: 1: 1: 1: 2: 2 hanks, Cormorant (D) - 1 1: 1: 2:
2: 2: 2: 2: 2 hanks, and Thistle (E) - 1 1: 1: 2: 2: 2: 2: 2: 2 hanks