YARN:
Please Note: MC yardage is based off a version with a turtleneck.
• Plucky Knitter Yakkity DK (100% yak; 325 yd / 297 m per
100 g); in color Sea Salt (MC); 3 (4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8) skeins.
• Plucky Knitter Beauregard DK (60% yak, 40% cashmere;
300 yd / 274 m per 100 g); in colors Dreamy (C1), Campari (C2), Wax Poetic (C3), Lake Placid (C4), and Grumpy Old Sailor (C5); 1 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1) skein each color.
Or... DK Weight yarn in the following amounts:
• MC: Approx 911 (1035, 1232, 1387, 1553, 1728, 1904, 2091, 2287) yds / 828 (941, 1120, 1261, 1411, 1571, 1731, 1901, 2079) m
• C1: Approx 40 (40, 43, 45, 45, 47, 47, 47, 47) yds / 37 (37, 39, 41, 41, 43, 43, 43, 43) m
• C2: Approx 64 (64, 68, 71, 71, 75, 75, 75, 75) yds / 58 (58, 62, 65, 65, 68, 68, 68, 68) m
• C3: Approx 74 (75, 89, 94, 100, 110, 110, 110, 117) yds / 68 (68, 81, 85, 91, 100, 100, 100, 107) m
• C4: Approx 78 (83, 95, 104, 111, 122, 128, 137, 146) yds / 71 (76, 86, 95, 101, 111, 117, 124, 133) m
• C5: Approx 78 (83, 95, 104, 111, 122, 128, 137, 146) yds / 71 (76, 86, 95, 101, 111, 117, 124, 133) m
GAUGE:
20 sts x 28 rnds = 4" / 10 cm in St st, in-the-round, blocked on Gauge Needle
NEEDLES:
Needles listed are suggested. Always take time to swatch.
• Gauge Needle: Size US 5 (3.75 mm) 16" / 40 cm and 24" / 60 cm circular needles and DPNs—or size necessary to obtain gauge
• Smaller Needle: Size US 4 (3.5 mm) 16" / 40 cm and 24" / 60 cm circular needles and DPNs—or one size smaller than Gauge Needle
TOOLS:
Stitch markers, waste yarn, and tapestry needle
NOTES:
• Piece is knit in the round from the top down.
• Yoke is worked to the underarms, with short-row shaping to raise the back of neck and to create high-low hemline.
• Sleeves are placed on hold while the Body is worked in the round to the bottom edge, then Sleeves are worked in the round to the cuff.
• For short rows, sample shown uses the method for Japanese Short Rows in-the-round.
