FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:

34 (38, 42, 46, 50, 54, 58)" [86.5 (96.5, 106.5, 117, 127, 137, 147.5) cm] bust circumference, buttoned / shown in size 42" [106.5 cm] with approx 6" [15 cm] positive ease

YARN:

puffin / storm 104 / 7 (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13) skeins

NEEDLES:

16" and 24" circulars in size US 13 [9 mm] / 24" circular or pair in size US 11 [8 mm]

GAUGE:

12 sts and 19 rows = 4" [10 cm] in pattern stitch with larger needles

NOTES:

Sweater is worked in one piece from bottom border to underarm. Shoulders and sleeve caps are shaped with short rows. Shoulders and joined with the three-needle bind off. Collar is picked up inside the rolled border, worked for twice its final depth and sewn down to the inside neck edge.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

Long-tail cast on (link provided), knit/purl combinations, increasing, decreasing, short rows (instructions included), three-needle bind off (link provided), kitchener stitch/grafting (link provided), picking up stitches, working in the round.