The Jan Sweater is knitted using Susan Crawford Excelana North fingering weight a soft, fingering weight 100% British wool, spun for us in nearby Yorkshire and dyed in-house by Susan and her team. Shown here in shade Powdered Egg but looks fabulous in any of Excelana's stunning colours. Once you've knitted one you won't want to stop!
Our model Lola is shown wearing the first size to fit 76-81cm (30-32in) chest.
The pattern includes instructions for eight sizes to fit chest measurements between 76cm (30in) and 157cm (62in) and contains both clear written pattern directions, together with charted instructions for the all-over lace pattern plus a comprehensive schematic diagram and sizing chart.
5 (6, 6, 7, 8, 8, 10, 10) skeins, shade Powdered Egg
Gauge
26 sts and 36 rows = 10cm (4in) over stitch pattern knitted flat, after blocking. We obtained this gauge using 3.25mm needles.
Suggested needles
1 pair 2.75mm (US 2) needles
1 pair 3.25mm (US 3) needles
Notions
Stitch markers (optional)
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