Highland Harmony
A fairly timeless design for a man's Fair-Isle sweater in lovely muted shades of Shetland wool. As I love this kind of colourwork, and I love men's fashions, it's definitely a hit with me - a lovely gift for a (very) deserving man...
Instructions:The pullover is given in one (medium man's) size and is worked using the Fair-Isle technique, with colours not in use stranded loosely across back of work. ChartsThe charts are included with the pattern instructions below, but for a larger version of the charts you can right click on the icon below and choose "save link as" or "save target as" (browser dependent options) to download and save a pdf file. BackUsing No 12 (2¾mm) needles and main shade yarn cast on 175 stitches, and work 3 inches in k1/p1 rib. Change to No 11 (3mm) needles, and work 2 rows in stocking stitch. Continue in stocking stitch, working the pattern from the chart thus: reading knit rows from right to left and purl rows from left to right. Work the 87 pattern stitch repeat twice across.
Continue working rows from the chart until the 12th row of the 4th pattern repeat has been completed. ** Armhole shaping: cast off 13 stitches at the beginning of the
next 2 rows. FrontWork as for the back until **. Armhole and neck Shaping: Repeat the last 2 rows until 61 stitches remain, then decrease in the
same way at the neck edge on every 4th row until 52 stitches remain. Join wool to inner (neck) edge of the remaining stitches. SleevesBegin at the top of the sleeve. Using No 11 (3mm) needles and main shade yarn cast on 135 stitches. Knit one row. Beginning with the 16th row of the chart (a purl row worked from left
to right), work thus:
Continue in pattern as set, decreasing 1 stitch at each end of every
5th row until 87 stitches remain. Continue with main shade only and work 3 rows in stocking stitch. Change to No 12 (2¾mm) needles and work 3 inches in rib as for the back. Cast off ribwise. NeckbandJoin right shoulder seam. Using No 12 (2¾mm) needles and main shade, pick up and knit 54 stitches down left front neck, 1 stitch from centre front, 54 stitches up right front neck, and 50 stitches across back neck. [159 sts] Work 10 rows k1/p1 rib, decreasing 1 stitch each side of the centre front
stitch on every row, then work 10 rows k1/p1 rib, increasing 1 stitch
each side of the centre front stitch on every row. To Make UpPress parts lightly under a damp cloth. |
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Materials Shetland 2 ply jumper weight (fingering yarn): A pair each No 11 (3mm) and No 12 (2¾mm) needles. Tension32sts x 32 rows to 4 inches over Fair Isle stitch. Size mattersChest to fit one size: 40-42 inches. Abbreviationsk2tog/p2tog: decrease by knitting/purling 2 sts together. stocking stitch: one row knit and one row purl, ("stockinette"). A word on the woolOriginal yarn "Real Shetland Knitting Wool 2 ply jumper weight"
stated as available from a supplier in Edinburgh is likely to be the 2
ply jumper weight from Jamieson
and Smith. It's a 4 ply equivalent specifically designed for Fair
Isle knitting, and is available in 25g balls from a number of different
suppliers in an extensive range of colours. Disclaimer
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