Thank you for being willing to test the Pathways Sweater for me!
Pattern Test Details:
This pattern test will be run through my discord server. Please join the server using the following link so I can add you to the proper test channel:
https://discord.gg/8kPxzX8p (Note - I won't be able to add you to the test unless you join the server first!)
I would appreciate if testers could complete the test and share the following with me on or before September 23:
- Size tested
- Yarn used
- Amount of yarn used (yards or meters)
- Finished measurements
- Any pattern feedback not addressed in the discord
While not a requirement of the test, I would appreciate if those who use Ravelry could link their project with the Ravelry tester code.
If life gets in the way and you cannot complete the test, don't stress about it. I would appreciate if you let me know so I'm aware, but I understand that life happens.
Pattern Details:
This circular yoke sweater is knit in the round and from the top down, beginning with a close fitting neckline you cast on. Before starting the yoke increases, you work short rows on the back panel so the sweater sits nicely on your torso.
Then, you work the yoke using corrugated ribbing, which includes a front and a back body panel and the beginning of two sleeve panels. When your yoke is long enough to reach your armpits, you separate the sleeve panels from the body panels, holding the sleeve stitches on scrap yarn.
You then join the body panels on the sleeve separation round, then finish the body of the sweater down to the waist. The pattern includes optional bust darts, including suggested spacing for each size and a description to customize bust darts based on your own measurements. (Note: the sweater in the modeled picture does not feature bust darts.) You then work each sleeve individually and in the round. You finish by picking up stitches at the neckline and working and i-cord bind off for the collar.
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
The pattern is designed to have 3 inches of positive ease. Select a size based on your actual bust width plus the 3 inches of positive ease, totaling the bust width in (A).(A) Bust Width: 32 (36, 40, 44, 48) (52, 56, 60, 64) inches or 81.5 (91.5, 101.5, 112, 122) (132, 142, 152.5, 162.5) cm
(B) Sleeve Length: 21 (21.5, 21.5, 22, 22) (22.5, 22.5, 23, 23) inches or 53.5 (54.5, 54.5, 56, 56) (57, 57, 58.5, 58.5) cm
(C) Total Length: 20.5 (21, 22, 22, 22) (22.5, 23, 23, 22.5) inches or 52 (53.5, 56, 56, 56) (57, 58.5, 58.5, 57) cm
(D) Yoke Length: 8 (8.5, 9.5, 10, 10) (10.5, 11.5, 12, 12) inches or 20.5 (21.5, 24, 25.5, 25.5) (26.5, 29, 30.5, 30.5) cm
(E) Waist Length: 12.5 (12.5, 12.5, 12, 12) (12, 11.5, 11, 10.5) inches or 32 (32, 32, 30.5, 30.5) (30.5, 29, 28, 26.5) cm
(F) Upper Sleeve Width: 13 (13.5, 14, 15, 16.5) (18.5, 20.5, 21.5, 22.5) inches or 33 (34.5, 35.5, 38, 42) (47, 52, 54.5, 57) cm
SUGGESTED YARN
3 (4, 4, 5, 5) (5, 6, 6, 7) skeins Knit Picks Simply Wool Aran in Winnie (MC) or 571 (634, 704, 773, 846) (950, 1049, 1124, 1175) yards or 522 (580, 644, 707, 774) (869, 959, 1028, 1074) meters of worsted weight yarn
1 (1, 1, 1, 1) (1, 1, 1, 1) skeins Classic Elite Yarns Wildwood in Beaver (CC) or 67 (74, 83, 91, 99) (111, 123, 132, 138) yards or 61 (68, 76, 83, 91) (101, 112, 121, 126) meters of worsted weight yarn
SUGGESTED NEEDLES
Size 9 (US), 5.5 mm circular needles
Size 9 (US), 5.5 mm double pointed needles or small circular needles
Size 10 (US), 6.0 mm circular needles
Size 10 (US), 6.0 mm double pointed needles or small circular needles
GAUGE
15 sts x 22 rows = 4 inches (10 cm) in stockinette stitch using size 10 (US), 6.0 mm needles
NOTIONS
Stitch markers, scrap yarn, tapestry needle
