🌻 The Askrigg Sweater 🌻

The Askrigg sweater is a top-down raglan sweater and can be knitted by holding a DK and fingering weight yarn together or with an aran weight yarn. As this is a top-down pattern, it is easily adjustable for length and whilst the samples use a deep rib, this is optional.

The sweater is designed to have ~ 20 cm of positive ease and sizing is based upon the Craft Yarn Council’s knitting guide. The sweater has been written for 9 sizes with a finished garment chest circumference of 90 cm - 170 cm.

🌻Gauge🌻
15 stitches x 21 rows = 10 cm x 10 cm on 5.5 mm needles

🌻Yarn🌻
Either Aran weight yarn (166 m per 100 g) or DK weight yarn (225 m per 100g) held double with a fingering weight yarn (~400 m per 100g).

🌻Notions required🌻
- 4.5 mm circular needles on a 60 cm cord
- 5.5 mm circular needles on an 80 cm and 100 cm cord
- 5 stitch markers or waste yarn
- Waste yarn or stitch holders
- Darning needle

🌻Techniques used 🌻
Knit
Purl
Cast on
Make 1 right leaning stitch
Make 1 left leaning stitch
Cast off
Knit two stitches together
Slipping stitches
Casting on underarm stitches
Putting stitches on hold
Picking up stitches

This pattern has been written with accessibility in mind. The short rows have been written out with step by step instructions as they are worked alongside raglan increases. The pattern is designed to be a basic sweater pattern which is easily adaptable with different textures, colour work, lacework etc. Consider it a blank canvas!