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| Pattern | Design | top down seamless raglan |
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| Source | https://fringeassociation.com/2016/08/14/improv-basic-pattern-for-a-top-down-seamless-sweater/ | |
| Yarn | Name | Heirloom Merino Fleck, Shade 568, Lot 1808281 |
| Fibre | 100% wool | |
| Ballband | 8 ply, 105 meters / 50 gm, 4 mm needle, 22 stitches / 10 cm | |
| WPI | 10 | |
| Amount | 9 × 50 gm balls (16 oz) | |
| Gauge | Stitch | 4.25 / inch |
| Row | 5.75 / inch | |
| Needles | stockinette – KnitPro Cubics 5.5 mm (US 9) ribbing – KnitPro Cubics 4.5 mm (US 7) |
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| Construction | Method | Work flat through neck drop, adding two stitches at raglans and one at each end. Cast on remainder at end of neck drop (to match back count), join and continue in rounds. Separate sleeves and cast on underarm stitches. Continue in rounds. Work sleeves in rounds, decreasing to wrist target. Add edge treatments. |
| Cast-on | long tail | |
| Bind-off | crochet | |
| Raglan increase | KFB | |
| Sleeve decrease | K2T | SSK | |
| Body | stockinette | |
| Edge treatment | 2:2 ribbing, 1 inch at neck, sleeves and hem | |
| Calculations | Back neck width | 7.5 inches / 32 stitches |
| Shoulder width | 10 stitches | |
| Markers | 1 | 10 | 32 | 10 | 1 | |
| Neck drop | 3 inches / 17 rows | |
| Chest circ | 44 inches / 188 stitches | |
| Sleeve circ | 18 inches / 78 stitches | |
| Separation target | 50 | 78 | 100 | 78 | 50 | |
| Underarm | 10 stitches | |
| Post separation | 110 | 78 | 110 | 78 | |
| Sleeve decreases | 2 stitches every four rounds to target 48 | |
| Measurements | Back neck | 6.7 inches (at neckband) 9 inches (excluding neckband) |
| Neck drop | 2.8 inches | |
| Body circ | 50 inches | |
| Length | 21.3 inches (shoulder to hem) 11.9 inches (shoulder to underarm) 9.4 inches (underarm to hem) |
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| Sleeve length | 14 inches (underarm to wrist) | |
| Sleeve circ | 18 inches (at underarm) | |
| Cuff circ | 9.4 inches |