A seamless tortoise-neck jumper named after a lovely Roald Dahl novel, Esio Trot is a cosy, casual and fun to knit garment. Worked with two yarns held together, a fingering merino and a mohair silk, it is reversible with the option of having stockinette or reverse stockinette stitch as the main texture. The modified drop shoulder and short rows sleeve caps bring a better fit to the jumper, without too much fabric bulk in the underarm areas.

The jumper is worked bottom up, starting with the rib pieces worked flat, separately. Then work continues in the round up to the armholes, front and back pieces are completed, and after working some short rows for the sloped shoulders, bound off using a three-needle bind off.

Sleeve stitches are picked up and sleeves are worked in the round, towards the cuffs.

If a turtleneck is not suitable, the neckband can be finished after 10 rounds, as seen in the blue version.

Materials: 3 (4, 4, 5, 5, 5) skeins Ochre Yarn 306 4 ply (fingering weight) - 60% Australian Merino/35% Tibetan Yak/5% Silk (400 metres/437 yards per 100 grams). Pictured in Eggshell. 6 (7, 7, 8, 9, 10) balls Kremke Soul Wool Silky Kid 2 ply (lace weight) - 72% Mohair/28% Silk (210 metres/230 yards per 25 grams). Pictured in Natural White.

If substituting yarn, you’ll need 1114 (1307, 1469, 1607, 1775, 1956) metres/1217 (1428, 1605, 1756, 1939, 2137) yds of each yarn.

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