Soquel

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Soquel by Meghan Babin is a handsome and comfortable henley-style pullover equally at home in an office or hiking through the woods. Featuring fully-fashioned shoulder tailoring and a modern, interlocking cable motif, this sweater is made for the modern man (or woman).

Soquel is worked from the bottom up from a optional tubular cast ons and finished with tubular bind offs for a polished look.

View the Spring 2020 Lookbook.

Type:   Digital Download
Designer:   Meghan Babin
Yarn:   Forge
Skill Level:   3 out of 5
Yarn:   Hudson + West Co. Forge (70% U.S. Merino / 30% U.S. Corriedale; 235 yds [214 m]; 3.5 oz. [100g]): fawn (natural beige), 8 (9, 9, 10, 10, 11) skeins.

Sizes:
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6); 35 (42, 49.5, 56.5, 63.5, 70.5)” / 89 (106.5, 126, 143.5, 161, 179) cm finished chest circumference. Pullover shown measures 42” (106.5 cm); modeled with 2” (5 cm) of positive ease.

Needles: 
Size A: (for body and sleeves): US 7 (4.5 mm): 32” (81 cm) circular, and long circular for magic loops or a set of DPNs, per knitter preference.
Size B: (for ribbing): US 5 (3.75 mm): 32” (81 cm) circular, 16” (40 cm) circular, and long circular for magic loops or a set of DPNs, per knitter preference.
Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Notions:
Stitch markers; cable needle; waste yarn; tapestry needle; three 1” (2.5 cm) buttons; thread and a sharp sewing needle.

Gauge: 
27 sts and 28 rows = 4” (10 cm) over Cable Chart on Size A needle, after blocking.
20 sts and 28 rows = 4” (10 cm) in Reverse Stockinette Stitch on Size A needle, after blocking.

Skills Required: 
Increasing; decreasing; picking up stitches; seaming; (optional) tubular cast on and bind off; short rows.

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