FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:
front shoulder width: 11½ (12½, 13, 13½, 14¼, 15¼, 15¾, 16¾, 17¼, 17¾)" [29 (32, 33, 34.5, 36, 38.5, 40, 42.5, 44, 45.5) cm] / bust circumference: 33½ (36¾, 39, 42¼, 45¼, 48½, 51¾, 53¾, 57, 60¼)" [85.5 (93.5, 99, 107, 115, 123.5, 131.5, 137, 145, 153) cm] / sample shown in 13½" [34.5 cm] shoulder, 42¼" [107 cm] bust size / suggested ease at bust: 3-4" [7.5-10 cm] positive
YARN:
osprey / belize 139 / 5 (5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9) skeins
NEEDLES:
16" and 24" circulars in size US 10½ [6.5 mm] / 24" circular in size US 8 [5 mm] / 32" or longer circular in size US 10½ [6.5 mm] / needles of preferred style for working small circumferences in the round in sizes US 9, 10, and 10½ [5.5, 6, and 6.5 mm]
GAUGE:
15 sts and 23 rows/rnds = 4" [10 cm] in stockinette stitch with largest needle, after blocking
NOTES:
Pullover is worked from the top down with set-in sleeves. Once front and back are completed to underarm shaping, body is joined and worked in the round to split hem. Sleeve sts are picked up and knitted around armhole. Sleeve caps shaped with short rows.
SKILLS REQUIRED:
Long-tail and cable cast ons, increasing, decreasing, short rows, working in the round, picking up stitches. Tutorials and illustrations provided for most techniques.
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