Birch

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By Pam Allen

Luxuriously oversized, with a deep, cozy, round yoke, Birch is classic colorwork and comfort knitting at its best. Plus, this pullover is a cool hybrid of bottom-up and top-down knitting: The body is knitted from the bottom up, with stitches cast on provisionally for the sleeves, all the way to the neck, and the sleeves are picked up from the waste yarn and knitted down to the cuffs.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:
32 (38½, 44¼, 50¾, 56½, 62, 68¾)" [81.5 (98, 112.5, 129, 143.5, 157.5, 174.5) cm] bust circumference / shown in size 44¼" [112.5 cm] on a 32" [81.5 cm], 5'10" [178 cm] tall model (12½" [32 cm] positive ease)

YARN:
Quince & Co. Owl Tweet or Quince & Co. Owl / 7 (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14) skeins shown in togian 333 (MC) / 2 (2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3) skeins snowy 300 (CC) / Please note: Togian 333 is no longer available. We love Papuan, Sokoke, or Taiga as a substitute for this color. Or, use our compare colors tool to check out other options.

NEEDLES:
16" and 32" circulars in sizes US 8 and 9 [5 and 5.5 mm] / set dpns in sizes US 8 and 9 [5 and 5.5 mm]

GAUGE:
17 sts and 24 rnds = 4" [10 cm] in stockinette stitch with larger needles, after wet blocking

SKILLS REQUIRED:
Long-tail and backward loop cast ons, stranded colorwork, picking up live stitches (links/illustrated tutorials provided); increasing, decreasing. Charts only.