Recommended Yarn
Brooklyn Tweed Shelter – 100% American Targhee-Columbia wool (140 yards/50g)
7 (8, 8, 9, 9, 10) skeins
Photographed in Woodsmoke
Yardage Requirements
935 (1005, 1050, 1155, 1225, 1300) yards of worsted-weight wool yarn
Gauge
Stockinette Gauge
18 stitches & 28 rows = 4″ in flat Stockinette Stitch with Gauge Needle; measured over relaxed fabric after blocking
Slip-Stitch Ribbing Gauge
Working Gauge: 23½ stitches & 42 rows = 4″ in Slip-Stitch Garter Ribbing Pattern; measured over unblocked fabric
Finished Gauge: 21½ stitches & 42 rows = 4″ in Slip-Stitch Garter Ribbing Pattern; measured over relaxed fabric after blocking
Needles
One 32″ circular in size needed to obtain Stockinette Gauge listed above (suggested: US 8/5mm)
One 32″ circular in size needed to obtain Slip-Stitch Ribbing Gauge listed above (suggested US 7/4½ mm)
One 16″ circular needle three sizes smaller than Stockinette Gauge Needle (suggested: US 5/3¾ mm)
Note: Your Gauge Needle for both stitch patterns may differ. It is recommended that you swatch both patterns to determine correct needle sizes.
Finished Dimensions
27 (28, 28½, 30, 30¾, 31½)” length at center back (from nape to hem), 30¼ (31¾, 33, 34½, 36, 37½)” across, from armhole-to-armhole
Garment measures 60½ (63½, 66, 69, 72, 75)” in circumference after assembly.
Intended to fit an individual with a center back neck (CBN)-to-wrist measurement of approximately 28 (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)”
Sample is shown in first size on model with 28″ CBN-to-wrist length