Épernay
Meet Épernay, a modern paneled pullover with dramatic cables and texture.
The fabric is light and warm, so it's a wonderful layering piece and the cables are eye-catching but not difficult, and beautifully accented with a delicate texture background. I did play just a little with proportions this time. The sweater is loose and easy, but features a wide neckline and full sleeves with aggressive wrist shaping to get to a fitted cuff, but the elements are still subtle and feel classic, allowing the motifs and the color of this amazing yarn to really stand out.
Épernay is knit in the round from the bottom up and separated into front and back at armholes. Pieces are then worked flat to shoulder. Once shoulders are seamed, sleeve and neckline stitches are picked up and worked in the round to end.
Épernay is designed with a loose fit, short length, and an open neckline. Sleeves are worked with extra ease in the arm, then shaped for a fitted cuff. Pattern for Epernay includes notes on how to modify these elements of the design if desired.
Sample shown worn with 6”/15.25cm of ease. I suggest choosing the size that gives you about 4-6”/10-15.25cm of positive ease for fit shown, but sweater can easily be worn with less ease, if desired.
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Yarn: La Bien Aimée Corrie Worsted (75% Falkland Corriedale, 25% Gotland Wool; 250yds/230m per 3.53oz/100g skein). Sample shown in Jonna.
If substituting yarn, use a light worsted-weight wool in a solid, tweed or semisolid colorway. Swatch texture and 17-st cable pattern to check gauge and to check that detail shows up well. Yarn quantity may vary with modifications.
Gauge: 20sts/28 rounds per 4”/10cm in texture pattern. 17-st cable is 2.5”/6.5cm wide.
Needles: US#7/4.5mm for body of sweater, or size to get gauge. US#6/4mm needle for collar, and US#5/3.75mm needles for sleeve cuffs.
Sizes:
38(42,45,49,52)(56,59,62,68)”
96.5(106.75,114.25, 124.5,132)(142.25,150,157.5,172.75)cm
Sizes based on circumference around body in finished fabric. Recommended ease is 4-6”/10-15.25cm. Shown with 6”/15.25cm of positive ease in photos.
Yardage:
1200(1350,1400,1500,1600)(1650,1700,1800, 1900)yds
1100(1235,1280,1370,1465)(1510,1555,1645, 1735)m