Fairweather by Veronik Avery

Craft: Knitting

This pattern is available on Ravelry.

This playful, feminine pullover in Shelter features an airy, flared skirt that visually narrows the hips. Traditional lace motifs leaven the classic gansey texture of cables and moss stitch. The body is worked in the round to the underarms; the upper front and back are knit flat. Exaggerated drop shoulders create an embellishment at the upper arm, and since the sleeves are worked downward, the braided cable appears to flow down to the cuff instead of climbing. Short-row gussets with fashioned decreases shape the upper shoulders and neckline.

Women wore their ganseys in an array of pretty colors, so don’t hesitate to try Fairweather in a pastel like Blanket Fort, Foothills or Tallow.

Construction

The body is worked circularly to the underarms, then divided to work the back and front separately. After joining the shoulders using Joinery Bind Off, the sleeves are picked up from the armhole edge and worked circularly from the top down. Shoulder gussets are worked from picked-up neck stitches to further shape the shoulders, before finishing the neckline with a garter band.

Yardage

1095 (1205, 1350, 1470, 1640, 1765) yards of worsted weight wool yarn

Yarn

BC Garn Semilla Melange

8 (9, 10, 11, 12, 13) skeins Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 140 yards/50g) Photographed in color Bale

Gauge

18 stitches & 28 rows = 4” in Moss Stitch with Size A needle(s), after blocking

14-stitch panel from Chart A or Chart D measures 2” wide

7-stitch panel from Chart B measures 1½“ wide

9-stitch panel from Chart C measures 1½” wide

Note: All chart measurements given are with Size A needle(s), after blocking.

Needles

Size A (for Main Fabric)

One 32” circular needle and one set of double-pointed needles (DPNs) in size needed to obtain gauge listed

Suggested Size: 4½ mm (US 7)

Size B (for Edgings and Shoulder Gussets)

One each 24” and 32” circular needles and one set of DPNs, one size smaller than Size A

Suggested Size: 4 mm (US 6)

32” circular needle can be used instead of DPNs if using the Magic Loop method for working small circumferences in the round (e.g., Sleeves).

Finished Dimensions

34 (37½, 41, 44½, 48, 51¾)“; 86.5 (95.5, 104, 113, 122, 131.5) cm circumference at chest
Sample shown is size 37½” (95.5 cm) with 5½“ (14 cm) ease on model

Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern:

Joinery Bind Off (Three Needle Bind Off)

Stem Stitch Bind Off

Skill Level

3 out of 5

Please note: the stitch patterns in this garment are charted only.