Winter 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:
Short: 400 (400) 500 (500) 600 (600) g
Long: 500 (500) 600 (600) 700 (700) g
Contrast colour: 100 g in all sizes or use scrap yarn

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 on US 9: 15 sts / 22 rows

Measurements, lying flat
Chest width: 18.9 (20.4) 22 (24) 25.6 (27.5)” | 48 (52) 56 (61) 65 (70) cm
Length: Short: 20.5 (20.8) 22 (22.8) 23.6 (24.4)” | 52 (53) 56 (58) 60 (62) cm
Long: 24.8 (25.2) 26.4 (27.2) 28 (28.7)” | 63 (64) 67 (69) 71 (73) 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