Vinter Sailor Sweater

You can’t go wrong with stripes! A basic, quick knitted top-down sweater.

Construction
Worked top-down.

Sizes
XS (S) M (L) XL (XXL)

Yarn
Pickles Tweedy
Main colour: 400 (500) 500 (600) 600 (700) g
Stripe colour: 100 g for all sizes

Needles
16” and 32” circular and DP needles US 7 (4.5 mm) and US 9 (5.5 mm)

Gauge per 4” / 10 cm
Stockinette: 15 stitches / 22 rows

Measurements, lying flat
Chest width: 18.9 (19.7) 21.7 (23.6) 25.6 (27.6) in / 48 (50) 55 (60) 65 (70) cm
Length: 24.8 (26.4) 27.2 (27.6) 28.3 (29.1) in / 63 (67) 69 (70) 72 (74) cm

Choice of yarns
Pickles Tweedy | 160 m / 175 yds / 100 g
A robust and beautiful yarn with specks in different colours.

Other options:
Rauma Vams | 80 m / 87 yds / 50 g
Hillesvåg Troll | 114 m / 124 y / 100 g
Hillesvåg Blåne | 114 m / 124 y / 100 g
Brooklyn Tweed Quarry | 182 m / 200 yards / 100 g
Isager Aran Tweed | 160 m | 174 y / 100 g

Pickles Soft Fuzz | 195 m / 213 y / 50 g
A fluffy and ultra-yielding yarn that is just as beautiful used as a second strand as it is on its own.

Other options:
- Rauma Alpakka Lin | 175 g / 191 yds / 50 g
- Drops Brushed Alpaca Silk  | 140 m/ 153 yds / 25 g

Skill level
elementary | easy | experienced | expert