dekla / Leila Raven
We love Leila's striped raglan, with its high, wide ballet neck and fitted yoke; its cool striping pattern; its raw-edge sleeve cuffs and hem. We went monochromatic on this piece, but Sparrow's palette offers so much in the way of making it your own.
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:
32 (34¾, 37½, 40¼, 43¼, 46, 48¾, 51½)" [81.5 (88.5, 95.5, 102, 110, 117, 124, 131) cm] bust circumference, shown in size 34¾" [88.5 cm] on a 34" [86.5 cm], 5'2" [157.5 cm] tall model (¾" [2 cm] positive ease)
YARN:
sparrow / 4 (5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8) skeins rille 257 (MC) / 2 skeins eclipse 224 (CC)
NEEDLES:
16" and 32" circulars in size US 4 [3.5 mm] / set dpns in size US 4 [3.5 mm]
GAUGE:
23 sts and 35 rnds = 4" [10 cm] in stockinette stitch, after wet blocking
SKILLS REQUIRED:
Long-tail and backward loop cast ons, picking up stitches (links provided); increasing, decreasing.