Abelina Pullover by Whitney Hayward

Craft: Knitting

This pattern is available on Ravelry.

The Abelina Pullover is a challenging-to-knit pullover, with steeks at the cuffs and stranded colorwork in the body, sleeves, and shoulder. The pullover is knit in the round, until the shaping in the sleeve and shoulder, which is worked using yarn over short rows. This rewarding knit will keep you engaged with every stitch. Our fingering weight Shetland yarn is a perfect fit for the intricate floral and geometric colorwork, knit in Oatmeal and Russet.

Finished measurements

Bust: 36¼ (39¾, 43¼, 46½, 53½, 56¾, 60¼, 63¾, 67¼)” / 90.5 (99.5, 108, 116.5, 133.5, 142, 150.5, 159.5, 168) cm., with intended positive ease of 3 - 6” / 7.5 - 15.5 cm. The model is a 35” bust, and is wearing the 39¾“ / 99.5 cm size.

Yarn

Harrisville Shetland (fingering weight) 100% Virgin Wool 217 yards per 50 g skein
shown in:

Oatmeal as MC

7 (8, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14) skeins or 1432 (1562, 1671, 1785, 2081, 2291, 2556, 2701, 2848) yds of fingering weight yarn

Russet as CC

2 (2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4) skeins or 373 (399, 448, 485, 560, 597, 634, 672, 709) yds of fingering weight yarn

Needles

US 2 (2.75 mm): 16” / 32” circ., and a set of DPNs, if not using the magic loop method for small circumference knitting

US 3 (3.25 mm): 32” circ., and two 60” circ. needles to work a large circumference in the round

Gauge

28 sts and 32 rnds = 4′′ / 10 cm in stranded colorwork using larger needle, after gently wetblocking

28 sts and 36 rnds / rows = 4′′ / 10 cm in stockinette using larger needle, after gently wetblocking

Notions

Stitch markers

Tapestry needle

Waste yarn

Special Techniques

Long-tail cast-on

Stranded color dominance

Wrap floats for stranded colorwork

Cable cast-on

Backward loop cast-on

Knitting in the round with two circs

Yarn over short rows

Reinforcing steek stitches

Three needle bind-off

Mattress stitch