Finished Measurements:
36 (40½, 44, 48) (52, 56½, 60, 64)” [91.5 (103, 112, 122) (132, 143.5, 152.5, 162.5) cm] chest circumference / Shown in size 44” [112 cm]
Yarn:
puffin / 7 (8, 8, 9) (9, 10, 10, 11) skeins Egret
Approx 715 (780, 825, 900) (970, 1030, 1075, 1155) yd [650 (710, 750, 820) (885, 935, 980, 1050) meters]
Needles:
32” (80 cm) circular needle or pair of straight needles in size US 17 [12.75 mm]
Gauge:
9½ sts and 18 rows = 4” [10 cm] in garter stitch
Construction:
The front and back are worked separately, with the back 2” [5 cm] longer than the front. For both the front and back, stitches are bound off at each end of the needle for the shoulders, and work continues on the center stitches to create the collar. The front and back are then sewn together across the shoulders and up the sides of the collar. The side seams are left open at the bottom to form side slits.
Skills Required:
Long tail cast on
Garter (knit) stich
Binding off
Finished Measurements:
36 (40½, 44, 48) (52, 56½, 60, 64)” [91.5 (103, 112, 122) (132, 143.5, 152.5, 162.5) cm] chest circumference / Shown in size 44” [112 cm]
Yarn:
puffin / 7 (8, 8, 9) (9, 10, 10, 11) skeins Egret
Approx 715 (780, 825, 900) (970, 1030, 1075, 1155) yd [650 (710, 750, 820) (885, 935, 980, 1050) meters]
Needles:
32” (80 cm) circular needle or pair of straight needles in size US 17 [12.75 mm]
Gauge:
9½ sts and 18 rows = 4” [10 cm] in garter stitch
Construction:
The front and back are worked separately, with the back 2” [5 cm] longer than the front. For both the front and back, stitches are bound off at each end of the needle for the shoulders, and work continues on the center stitches to create the collar. The front and back are then sewn together across the shoulders and up the sides of the collar. The side seams are left open at the bottom to form side slits.
Skills Required:
Long tail cast on
Garter (knit) stich
Binding off