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Soft Structure for Adults
Soft Structure for Adults
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Soft Structure - your everyday, three-season pullover knitting pattern
Soft Structure is the wearable one. The pleasurable knit. Engaging, comfortable, and just right for against-the-skin three-season wear.
The Soft Structure pullover features simple cables on the body, while the sleeves showcase wedges of contrasting panels of reverse stockinette stitch. A gentle and modest v-neck collar is finished with a peek of ribbing, and the curling stockinette stitch bind-off echoes the texture in the sleeves and body.
This sweater has also been written in children’s sizes, you can find it here.
Construction
Soft Structure is worked seamlessly from the top down.
Sizes
A (B, C, D, E) (F, G, H, I)
Notice fewer sizes than usual? The large stitch pattern means fewer sizes.
Finished bust circumference: 34.5 (38, 42, 46.25, 50.5) (54, 58, 62.25, 66.5) inches / 87.5 (96.5, 106.5, 117.5, 128.5) (137, 147.5, 158, 169) cm
Finished upper arm circumference: 12.75 (13, 14.25, 14.75, 16.5) (18, 19.75, 21.5, 22.75) inches / 32.5 (33, 36, 37.5, 42) (45.5, 50, 54.5, 58) cm
Download the full schematic here.
Your best fit
Choose the size closest to your actual full chest measurement: 30.25 (33.5, 36.75, 40, 43.25) (46.5, 49.75, 53, 56.25) inches / 75.5 (83.5, 91.5, 100, 108) (116, 124, 132.5, 140.5) cm
Soft Structure is designed to fit with approximately 3 - 5 inches / 7.5 - 12.5 cm of positive ease at the fullest part of your bust.
In addition to the raglan shaping worked from the neck cast-on to the split for the arms and body, 4 additional rows of increases are worked only in the front of the body after the split. These increases create more ease in the front than the back, and add 1.75 inches / 4 cm to the garment’s full bust measurement, which is 1 inch / 2.5 cm below the underarm.
Rachael is wearing size B, with 3 inches / 7.5 cm of positive ease at the full bust. Her full bust is 34.5 inches / 86 cm.
Yarn
Sample shown in Malabrigo Rios
100% superwash merino; 210 yds / 192 m per 100 g skein. This is a 4-ply worsted weight yarn. The final fabric is very soft.
Yardage (shown in Denim): 930 (1035, 1185, 1290, 1395) (1575, 1715, 1865, 2015) yd / 850 (945, 1085, 1180, 1275) (1440, 1570, 1705, 1845) m; 5 (5, 6, 7, 7) (8, 9, 9, 10] skeins
Gauge
19 sts and 28 rows / rnds over 4 inches / 10 cm in stockinette stitch with size A needle, worked in the round.
Needles
All garment sizes use all needle sizes.
Size A: US 6 / 4 mm
Size B: US 4 / 3.5 mm
Notions
- 5 Stitch markers
- Smooth, slender yarn in contrasting color for holding sleeve stitches while working the body
- Cable needle
- Tapestry needle
Techniques
- Knitting in the round
- Reading your knitting (recognizing a knit and a purl on the needle)
- Directional shaping
- Working cables
- Picking up and knitting
Credits
Tech Edit: Heather Storta
Photography: Anna-Lisa Miller
Models: Rachael and Mia Van Klompenberg
Testers: Karem, Jen, Kristen, Lynné (Ravelry), Érika, Maria, Kim, Brigitte, Sonce, Callean, Claude (Ravelry), Dianne (Ravelry), Anne, Maggie, Marieke, Shari (Ravelry), Erica, Annice, Jen, Linda, Miriam, Helen, Gundega, Brigitte (Ravelry), Martha (Ravelry), Megan
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