Description
The Brilliant Cables Hooded Sweater is worked in the round from the bottom up and has a knitted-in front pouch pocket. This men’s sweater features an impressive cable pattern in a squishy, semisolid Merino wool yarn.
Designer Moira Engel
Difficulty Experienced
Yarn Weight 3
Finished Size 29¼ (34¼, 40½, 44½, 51½, 58½)“ circumference at underarm. Hoodie shown measures 44½”; modeled with 1½“ of positive ease.
Specific Yarn Used The Yarn Collective Bloomsbury DK (100% Merino wool; 263 yd 240 m/3½ oz 100 g): #107 Moss, 5 (6, 8, 9, 11, 13) skeins. Yarn distributed by LoveCrafts.
Needles Size 5 (3.75 mm): 24” circular (cir) and set of double-pointed (dpn). Size 6 (4 mm): 16” and 24” cir and set of dpn. Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.
Notions Markers (m); stitch holders; cable needle (cn); three 5∕8” buttons; tapestry needle.
Gauge 23 sts and 32 rnds = 4” in St st on larger needle; 54 sts of Snake/Center/Snake charts = 7” wide.
Originally Published Interweave Knits, Winter 2020
