This design is very wearable, with clean and simple styling. Yet it has special touches with garter stitch at collar and shoulder, and you can opt for elbow patches for added quirkiness. In different color combinations (suggested in the pattern) it would have more obvious nautical flair.
Finished Size: X-Small (Small, Medium, Large, XL); Bust: 34 (36, 38, 41, 43)"/86.5 (91.5, 96.5, 104, 109)cm. Length: 21.75 (22.25, 23.75, 24.75, 26)"/55 (56.5, 60.5, 61.5, 66)cm.
Yarn: Loop-d-Loop by Teva Durham Moss (85% extrafine merino wool, 15% nylon; 163 yd [147m]/50g): #02 mocha 4 (4, 5, 5, 6) balls, #07 rose 1 (1, 2, 2, 2) ball(s).
Yarn weight: #4 Medium
Gauge: 22 sts and 28 rows = 4" (10 cm) in Stockinette st using #6 needle.
Needles: Size 6 and 4 (4 and 3.5mm). Adjust needle sizes if necessary to obtain correct gauge.
Notions: Yarn needle.
Originally Published: Loop-d-Loop by Teva Durham, Volume 1 for Tahki Stacy Charles, Fall 2007