Needles
3.5 mm / US 4 circular needle with a cable length of at least 80 cm / 32” (or needle size to obtain gauge)
3.5 mm / US 4 double-pointed needles (or needle size to obtain gauge)
3 mm / US 2.5 double-pointed needles (or needle two sizes smaller than main needle)
This pattern uses double-pointed needles for the neck, sleeves and cuff. To work this pattern using the magic loop technique, use a circular needle with a cable length of at least 80 cm / 32” instead of double-pointed needles.
Gauge
21 sts x 30 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (worked flat and in the round, in stockinette and charted lace stitch, on larger needle, after blocking)
1 repeat of charted pattern measures 15 cm / 6” at widest point x 22.5 cm / 9” over 68 rounds, after blocking
Finished Measurements
- Back neck width: 17 (19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 27, 29, 29, 31) cm / 6.75 (7.5, 8.25, 9, 10, 10.75, 10.75, 11.5, 11.5, 12.25)”
- Front neck drop: 2 cm / 0.75”
- Yoke depth: 28 (29, 30, 31, 31, 32, 32, 33, 33, 34) cm / 11 (11.5, 11.75, 12.25, 12.25, 12.5, 12.5, 13, 13, 13.5)”
- Bust circumference: 98 (106, 114, 122, 130, 138, 146, 154, 162, 170) cm / 38.5 (41.75, 45, 48, 51.25, 54.25, 57.5, 60.75, 63.75, 67)”
- Side length from underarm: 20 cm / 8”
- Upper sleeve circumference: 33.5 (36, 40, 44, 46.5, 52.5, 56, 60, 66, 68.5) cm / 13.25 (14.25, 15.75, 17.50, 18.25, 20.75, 22, 23.75, 26, 27)”
- Sleeve cuff circumference: 19 (20, 20, 21, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 27) cm / 7.5 (8, 8, 8.25, 8.25, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10.75, 10.75)”
- Sleeve length from underarm: 45 cm / 17.75”