Pattern: Roots ‭by Gitte Bindesbøl Larsen‬ - English

Opskriften er på engelsk

Sizes: XS/S (M) L/XL

Finished bust circumference: 80 (92) 118 cm

Fit / positive ease: Close-fitting and cropped, with a maximum of 10 cm positive ease.

If you would like a longer sweater, allow for additional yarn.

Try on your sweater regularly as you work: as it stretches in width, it also becomes shorter.

Gauge: 28 sts per 10 cm in pattern, gently stretched, before steaming/washing and blocking.

Check your gauge regularly, measuring across the cables.

Needles

• 4.5 mm circular needles, 40 and 80 cm long, for the neck cast-on and the rolled edges of the

body and sleeves.

• 5.5 mm circular needles, 40 and 80 cm long.

• Cable needle.

Yarn

• Color A: Merino DK, Rust, from Sassy Yarns (100% superwash merino), 225 m / 100 g.

• Color B: Singles DK, undyed, from Sassy Yarns (40% superfine alpaca, 40% merino, 20% silk), 230 m / 100 g.

Yarn requirements

Singles DK: 300 (400) 400 g.

Merino DK: 300 (400) 400 g.

Construction: The sweater is worked from the top down and requires no seaming.

Read the entire pattern carefully before you begin. I always recommend making a gauge swatch

before starting. Also check your gauge as you work, since it may change.