FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Adult Small (Adult Medium/Large):
Chest: 34(38) inches
Length from bottom edge to top of shoulder: 20(23) inches
Length from cuff to armhole:  15(21) inches

GAUGE
4 stitches per inch, in stockinette stitch
 

 
MATERIALS
 

YARN
8 Manos del Uruguay worsted weight merino wool yarn: 4 skeins Powder(C) and 4 skeins Coffee (G)
3 balls Rowan Kidsilk Haze in Villain

NEEDLES
US size 8 32-inch circular needles; I use Addi Turbos
US size 8 8-inch Clover circular needles or double-pointed needles  

NOTIONS 
4 stitch markers
yarn needle
crochet hook, 5 mm, for picking up stitches 
8 buttons 0R 20-inch zipper OR snap tape for closure (I used organic cotton snap tape, which can easily be dyed to match your sweater) 

For the sake of simplicity, and because you may not want to use the same colors I chose, the pattern refers to Color 1 (which is one strand Manos del Uruguay, Powder) and Color 2 (one strand Manos del Uruguay, Coffee, and one strand Rowan Kidsilk Haze, Villain, knit together).

This pattern employs a neat technique for knitting stripes in stockinette stitch that are only one row high, but aren't in the round.  The entire body of the sweater as well as the border is knit this way. 
This is how it works: 
Row 1:  on the Right Side of the work, knit across with  Color 1.
Row 2:  on the Right Side of the work (this is possible because you are using a circular needle), knit across with color 2.   
Row 3:  on the Wrong Side of the work, purl across with Color 1.
Row 4:  on the Wrong Side of the work (this is possible because you are using a circular needle), purl across with Color 2.

For help measuring your gauge, visit our Swatch Tutorial.

This pattern uses two different kinds of decrease techniques, defined below, which are illustrated in our Decrease Tutorial.

ABBREVIATIONS
BO    bind off
CO    cast on
K      knit
Kf&b  increase one stitch by knitting into the front and back of the first stitch
K2tog    decrease one stitch by knitting two stitches together
P      purl
p2tog    decrease one stitch by purling two stitches together
pm    place marker
RS    right side, or outside of garment
ssk   decrease one stitch by slipping two stitches from left to right needle one at a time as if to knit, then slip both stitches back to the left needle at the same time; knit the two together and transfer to right needle as usual.
WS     wrong side, or inside of garment