Rodney Winter Sweater
Complimentary StitchSaver™ Row Checker and Backpack Project Bag
Kit
This kit includes yarn, the pattern with instructions for all sizes, a list of all abbreviations, glossary of terms, and a crisp schematic with dimensions for proper blocking. The kit also includes my proprietary StitchSaver™ Row Checker. Plus, a link is provided to Knitting Help on my web site. All in a backpack project bag.
StitchSaver™ Row Checker
"It is hard to make a mistake with our unique complimentary Row Checker. It helps you keep track of stitch count row-by-row for each section of the pattern, plus all increase and decrease shaping. With check off boxes for each row you can put this project aside for a week, a month or a year and return to the exact spot where you stopped."
- James
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Knitting Help
For your convenience, we’ve collected definitions for abbreviations, links to tutorial videos that may make knitting your project easier and more fun, as well as guides to techniques and tailoring. Visit the Knitting Help page on our website.
Pattern
This could be the sweater your favorite guy or gal will like so much that he or she passes it down someday to a son, daughter or grandchild. The top-down pattern uses a progression that changes from light to dark as you knit, making the shoulders look bigger and the waist smaller. Who wouldn’t like that? The durable, American-made bulky-weight yarn knits up very fast on large needles, so enjoy making it while you can, as you will finish quickly.
Haven’t knitted a top-down sweater before? Don’t worry. Here’s a free, printable PDF of top-down knitting instructions.
Yarn
Brown Sheep’s Burly Spun, Super Bulky 100% American Wool, Eco-Friendly
All Brown Sheep’s yarns are dyed using their proprietary process, which recycles up to 90% of the water used in the dying process. And since the textile industry is considered to be among the top three industries for water pollution, it is comforting to know Brown Sheep yarn is eco-friendly.
The on-screen color representations for yarn may not be precise representations of actual colors due to variance in monitor calibrations.
Gauge
10 stitches and 14 rows = 4”/10cm on US 7/4.5mm
Suggested Needles and Notions
The following are recommended but not included in the kit.
- US13 16"40.5cm circular*
- US13 24"/60cm or 32"/80cm circular*
- US13 double-pointed*
- Stitch Markers
* Or size needed to obtain gauge
Size
- Small - Finished chest 40"/101.5cm
- Medium - Finished chest 42.5"/108cm
- Large - Finished chest 45.6"/116cm
- X-Large - Finished chest 48"/122cm
To order, return to top of this page, and select size, colorway and number of kits.
A link to this Downloadable Pattern will be provided after checkout, as well as via email. Downloadable Patterns are nonrefundable.
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Needles and handsome guy not included.
Backpack Project Bag
Our Knitting Kits include a handy backpack with a front zippered pouch and a porthole. Insert the ball of yarn from which you’re knitting and run the yarn through the porthole. You can even knit while walking down the street.
StitchSaver™ Row Checker
Many of our kits include our unique StitchSaver™ Row Checker, which makes it difficult to make a mistake.
