Zacapa
Zacapa is a classic pullover, designed to showcase a bold textured rib motif, which is repeated on both body and sleeves. The use of the texture around the upper body accentuates the shoulders and works beautifully with the lines of the saddle shaping at the yoke. Smaller “seams” up each side break up a long run of stockinette, giving the body a more finished look and show off details in a subtly heathered or vareigated yarn nicely.
It’s all easy knitting, with a bit of interest.
Sleeves and body are worked from the bottom up in the round, from hem to armhole and cuff to armhole. Body and sleeves are then joined and the upper body is shaped along the visible seams. The lines between body and shoulders look great against the pattern, especially as they turn inwards to create the saddle shoulders shown.
There are many spots in the pattern where you can modify things if needed, and instructions are given in the pattern for doing so. The texture is both charted and written out, and it’s a very simple repeat.
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Yarn: Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (100% Targhee-Columbia wool; 140yds/128m per 1.76oz/50g skein), Harrisville Designs WATERshed (100% wool; 110yds/101m per 1.76oz/50g skein), or The Plucky Knitter Scholar Worsted (75% Merino wool, 25% cashmere; 250yds/229m per 4.06oz/115g skein).
If substituting, use a worsted weight yarn in a tweed, heather or semi solid wool or wool blend to show off the lines of the pattern.
Gauge: 20sts/28 rows = 4”/10 cm
Needles: US 7/4.5mm, US 6/4.0mm
Sizes:
32(36,40,44)(48,52,56)(60,64,68)”
81.25(91.5,101.5,111.75)(122,132,142.25)(152.5,162.5,172.75)cm
Sizes based on final fabric and reflect circumference around chest.
Yardage:
1150(1250,1350,1450)(1550,1650,1750)(1850,1950,2050)yds
1050(1145,1235,1325)(1415,1510,1600)(1690,1785,1875)m