Tipsy Sailor Sweater by Veronik Avery

Tipsy Sailor Sweater

Knitting
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
28 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette Stitch
US 3 - 3.25 mm
1925 - 2975 yards (1760 - 2720 m)
35 (38, 41½, 45, 48½, 52)”
English
This pattern is available from interweave.com for $3.25.

Please note: This pattern is part of a set, see also Tipsy Sailor Hat

Quoted from the magazine “Véronik Avery likes to collect ideas from fashion and costume books and put them together in fresh and unexpected ways. This time, her Tipsy Sailor sweater combines the cut and feel of a traditional Brittany striped sailor shirt and an Indian-slanted Pucci palette. She used increases and decreases to ‘tip’ the stripes up and down across the sweater and short rows to shape the front neck and sleeve caps. As in the traditional sailor sweater, the shoulders are bound off straight across, then overlapped at the shoulder, which adds scoop to the neckline. The matching ribbed hat has a charming whirlpool pattern at the crown.”

Finished Size: Sweater: 35 (38, 41½, 45, 48½, 52)” (89 [96.5, 105.5, 114.5, 123, 132] cm) bust/chest circumference. Sweater shown measures 38″ (96.5 cm). Hat: 19″ (48.5 cm) circumference.
Yarn: Koigu Premium Merino (100% wool; 175 yd [160 m]/50 g). Sweater: #2395 brown (MC), 8 (9, 10, 11, 12, 14) skeins; #2340 green, #2230 pink, and #2380 orange, 1 skein each. Hat: #2395 brown, 2 skeins. (Hat alone requires about 1½ skeins. With a shorter brim, hat can be made with 1 skein—start crown shaping at 4½” [11.5 cm] instead of at 5½” [14 cm].)
Gauge: 28 sts and 36 rows = 4″ (10 cm) in St st on larger needles.
Needles: Sweater—Size 3 (3 mm): straight. Hat—Size 2 (2.75 mm): 16″ (40-cm) circular (cir) and set of 4 or 5 double-pointed (dpn).
Notions: Tapestry needle; markers (m); head-sized balloon for blocking hat; contrasting waste yarn.