This pattern is available in English and in French as a digital download.
The Wanderer sweater is a great opportunity to play with colour and make it truly your own. The yoke is designed to let you create a custom gradient using solid shades. It also features an easy-to-knit, easy-to-remember stranded colourwork motif—perfect for adventurous beginners looking to try stranded knitting for the first time.
MEASUREMENTS
Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Choose a size that allows for an intended positive ease of 2 to 6” / 5 to 15 cm around the chest.
Sizes (finished chest circumference)
32 (36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64)”
80 (90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160) cm
YARN
Weight: Sport
Colour A (red):
132 (148, 163, 184, 204, 225, 246, 266, 287) yd
121 (135, 149, 168, 187, 206, 225, 243, 262) m
1 (1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2) skein(s) of Recollect from The Farmer’s Daughter Fibers
Colour B (pale grey):
868 (977, 1079, 1221, 1355, 1493, 1631, 1763, 1901) yd
794 (893, 987, 1116, 1239, 1365, 1491, 1612, 1738) m
5 (6, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 11) skeins of Recollect from The Farmer’s Daughter Fibers
Colour C (dark blue):
109 (123, 136, 154, 171, 188, 205, 222, 239) yd
100 (112, 124, 141, 156, 172, 187, 203, 219) m
1 (1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2) skein(s) of Recollect from The Farmer’s Daughter Fibers
Colour D (pale blue):
113 (127, 140, 158, 175, 193, 211, 228, 246) yd
103 (116, 128, 144, 160, 176, 193, 208, 225) m
1 (1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2) skein(s) of Recollect from The Farmer’s Daughter Fibers
Sample shown in Recollect from The Farmer’s Daughter Fibers (75% White and 25% Black Non-Superwash MT & WY Rambouillet; 185 yd / 169 m per 50 g skein).
Sample 1 (red and grey sweater): Size 4 - Long sleeves and body
Flower Point (Colour A), Natural (Colour B), York (Colour C), Ranch Romance (Colour D)
Sample 2 (blue and grey sweater): Size 2 - Cropped Body Length
The Den (Colour A), Love Me Like You Used To (Colour B), Ranch Romance (Colour C), Sapphire Empress (Colour D)
Sample 3 (pink and dark grey sweater): Size 3 - 13½" for Body
Clay (Colour A), The Den (Colour B), Clay (Colour C), Dumplin (Colour D)
Max is wearing a size 4 and is 5’11” / 180.5 cm with a 38” / 96.5 cm chest circumference.
NEEDLES
❖ Main needles: circular, US 6 / 4 mm, or size needed to match gauge
❖ Ribbing needles: circular, US 4 / 3.5 mm, or 0.5 mm smaller than main needles
Double-pointed needles in the same two sizes for the sleeves and smaller circumferences, if you’re not using the magic-loop method
GAUGE
❖ 20 sts and 30 rnds = 4” / 10 cm in stockinette stitch in the round, blocked
NOTIONS
❖ Stitch marker (1), stitch holders or waste yarn, tapestry needle
