When the winter winds blow, this is the kind of tweedy sweater that this designer pulls on to stay comfortable in her seventeenth-century New England farmhouse. Cables travel from the ribless hem to form interlocking diamonds on a seed-stitch background. The sleeves are worked without cables in simple seed-stitch, and the sweater ends in a high ribbed collar.
Finished Size: 36 1/2 (38??, 43, 47 1/2, 51 1/2)" (92.5 [98, 109, 120.5, 131] cm) bust circumference. Pullover shown measures 38 1/2" (98 cm).
Yarn: Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran Tweed (80% wool, 15% silk, 5% cashmere; 104 yd [95 m]/50 g): #126 highland (green), 10 (11, 12, 13, 14) skeins.
Yarn weight: #4 - Medium
Gauge: 16 sts and 26 rows = 4" (10 cm) in seed st using larger needles; 19 sts = 4" (10 cm) wide in cable patt from chart using larger needles.
Needles: Body and sleeves-size 8 (5 mm): straight. Neckband-size 6 (4 mm): 16" (40-cm) circular (cir). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.
Notions: Tapestry needle; cable needle (cn); marker (m); removable markers or safety pins.
Originally Published: Interweave Knits, Winter 2005