FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:
40½ (43¾, 47¼, 50½, 52¼, 55½, 59)" [103 (111, 120, 128.5, 132.5, 141, 150) cm] bust circumference; shown in size 43¾" [111 cm] with 10¾" [27.5 cm] of positive ease
YARN:
chickadee / sedum 142 / 12 (13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19) skeins
NEEDLES:
24" circular in size US 8 [5 mm] / 32" circular in size US 6 [4 mm] / spare circular in size US 6 [4 mm]
GAUGE:
19 sts and 48 rnds = 4" [10 cm] in brioche stitch with smaller needles, after blocking
NOTES:
Pullover is knitted from the bottom up. Front, back, and pockets are worked separately to start, then joined and worked in the round to the underarm, before being separated again. The shoulders are shaped with German short rows, and joined using the three-needle bind off.
SKILLS REQUIRED:
Long-tail cast on, brioche stitch, german short rows, working in the round, increasing, decreasing, three-needle bind off, seaming.
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