Planters Punch
Planters Punch is one of my original designs that I still reach for - I just love these delicate cables!
Updated for 2022, the pattern now offers more options for sizing and a more finished neckline, with better shaping and a delicate rib along the upper edge. I knit my new one with a bit more ease in the body and a shorter length, but you can choose the ease you like and adjust length as needed!
The things I love about this design, I kept: It’s a simple pullover, featuring delicate cables, staggered for length on a purled yoke, and that yoke contrasts beautifully against a stockinette lower body. Stockinette sleeves also make for a simple but effective detail, and the short rows at back neck give some “tails” to the rear cables.
My original versions (I did both a tee and a long sleeve sweater) were knit in bright shades of tweed and cotton, but knowing how often I want to wear this updated pullover, I opted for a gorgeous natural Cormo DK from Foxhill Farm. You may not be able to find this exact yarn if you don’t run into Alice Field of FHF at a festival, but there are lots of gorgeous DK and light worsted farm blends out there that would work beautifully.
Planters Punch is worked from the top down, so it’s easily modified for fit, and notes are in the pattern. The updated version has more details, notes on modifying, and the cables are both charted and written.
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Yarn: Foxhill Farm 100% Moorit, DK (100% wool, approx. 308 yds/282m per 100g/3.5oz skein).
If substituting yarn, I suggest a simple wool or fiber blend with good stitch definition. Swatch in stockinette and cable pattern to check gauge that the detail is visible in your yarn. I suggest a yarn without busy texture or a heavily variegated color, so the details stand out. This design would be beautiful worked in a subtle speckle or hand dyed color, and adding a bit of halo would be gorgeous.
Gauge:
22 sts and 32 rounds per 4”/10cm in stockinette, worked on larger needle.
24 sts and 32 rounds per 4”/10cm in 1x1 rib, worked on smaller needle.
Needles: US#5/3.75mm and US#6/4mm needles
Sizes:
37(39.25,43,46.5,49.5)(54,59.75,64.25)”
94(99.75,109.25,118.25,125.75)(137.25,151.75,163.25)cm
For fit shown, I suggest between 5”/12.75cm of positive ease.
Yardage:
850(900,1050,1150,1250)(1400,1500,1600)yds
775(825,960,1055,1145)(1280,1375,1465)m
Quantities reflect cropped length and 3⁄4 sleeves.