Alba

Alba is a wear-it-all-the-time pullover, it’s roomy and comfortable. The body is worked from the bottom up, starting with the split hem, which is edged at the sides in tidy garter stitch. At the underarm stitches are cast on for sleeves, and the yoke, a hybrid raglan and saddle shoulder, is knitted in one piece to the neck. For sleeves, stitches around the sleeve openings at the yoke’s bottom edge are picked up and knitted down. Here the sleeves are extra-long, but knitting from underarm to cuff means you can make them any length you’d like. The neck edge is finished with a simple neckband of 1x1 rib.

Finished Measurements
39 (43, 47, 51, 55) (59, 63, 67, 71)” [99 (109, 119.5, 129.5, 139.5) (150, 160, 170, 180.5) cm] bust circumference / Shown in size 43” [109 cm]
Suggested ease: Positive 8–9” [20.5–23 cm]

Yarn
Stone Wool Cheviot
(100% American Cheviot wool; approx 180 yds [164 m] / 100g skein)
4 (5, 5, 6, 7) ( 8, 9, 10, 11) skeins Ocher 01
Approx 645 (760, 875, 1005, 1135) (1280, 1435, 1585, 1750) yd [585 (690, 800, 920, 1035) (1170, 1305, 1440, 1595) m]

Needles
16” circular needle in sizes US 10½ and US 11 [6.5 and 8 mm]
32” circular needle in size US 11 [8 mm]

Notions
Stitch markers
Stitch holders or waste yarn
Tapestry needle

Gauge
12 sts and 18 rnds = 4’’ [10 cm] in stockinette stitch, worked in the round, after blocking.

Designer
Pam Allen