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You have enough boxy, oversized, bumming-around-the-house sweaters. We know you do.

Vibrant colors, extradeep ribbing, and a big bold collar make Cathode an excellent way to jolt yourself out of the winter blues.

Add buttons or a cute pin at the neckline to wear the turtle closed for extra snuggles.

Cathode is knit in the round, from the top down, in one piece.

model: Stefanie Japel photos: Nathan Japel

SIZE
XS[S, M, L, XL, XXL, XXXL]
 
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

Chest: 32[34,36,38,40,42,44] inches
Note: Just do a few extra increase rounds to size this one up!

 

MATERIALS

[MC] Gedifra Fashion Trend Astrakan [57% acrylic, 43% wool; 55yd/50m per 50g skein]; color: #4706; 6[6,6,6,7,7,7] skeins
[CC] Brown Sheep Nature Spun Sportweight [100% wool; 184yd/168m per 50g skein]; color: #N80 Mountain Purple; 1[1,1,1,2,2,2] skeins

1 set US #5/3.75mm double-point needles
1 24-inch US #5/3.75mm circular needle
1 24-inch US #11/8mm circular needle
Stitch markers
Waste yarn
Safety pin
Tapestry needle

GAUGE

[MC]8 sts/12 rows = 4" in stockinette stitch
[CC]24 sts/28 rows = 4" in stockinette stitch

 
stitch patterns

[Knitty's list of standard abbreviations can be found here]

2x2 Ribbing (Can be worked back and forth or in the round, over a multiple of  sts)
Row/Round 1: [K2, p2] to end of row/round.
Every row/round is the same.

 
ABBREVIATIONS
K1fb: K into front and back of next st. (1 st increased)
Pm: Place marker
Slm: Slip marker
 
DIRECTIONS

Collar
Using US #11 and MC, circular needle, CO 36 stitches.
Work back and forth in 2x2 ribbing until work measures 12 inches.

Yoke
Set-up Row: K12, pm, k6, pm, k12, pm, k6.
The 12-st sections will become the front and back body sections.
The 6-st sections will become the sleeve sections.
Row 1 [WS]: Sl1, p to end.
Row 2 [RS]: [K1fb, k to 1 st before marker, k1fb, slm] 3 times, k1fb, k to last st, k1fb.] 8 sts have been increased

Repeat Rows 1 and 2 2[2,2,3,3,4,4] times more. 60[60,60,68,68,76,76] sts
Join to begin working in the round, pm at beg of round.
Rnd 1: K all sts.
Rnd 2: [K1fb, k to 1 st before marker, k1fb, slm] 3 times, k1fb, k to last st, k1fb.] 8 sts have been increased.
Work these 2 rnds 6[7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10] times more. There will be 26[28,30,32,34,36,38] sts in each sleeve section and 32[34,36,38,40,42,44] sts in each body section. 116[124,132,140,148,156,164] in total

Separate sleeves from body
Work across 32[34,36,38,40,42,44] sts of front body section, remove marker, place 26[28,30,32,34,36,38] sts of sleeve section on waste yarn, keep next marker on needle, work across 32[34,36,38,40,42,44] sts of back body section, remove marker, place 26[28,30,32,34,36,38] sts of rem sleeve section on waste yarn, keep final marker on needle. 64[68, 72, 76, 80, 84, 88] sts on needle.
The body will now be worked in the round, from the underarms down.

Work even until work measures 6[6,7,7,8,8,9] inches from underarms.

Work Lower Body Ribbing
Set-up Rnd: Using smaller circular needles and CC, [k1fb, k into front, then back, then front again of next st] around. 160[170, 180, 190, 200, 210, 220] sts
Work in 2x2 ribbing until work measures 4[4,5,5,6,6,7] inches from Set-up Round.
BO all sts loosely in patt.

Work Sleeve Ribbing
Remove sts of one sleeve from waste yarn and place on dpns.
Work Set-up Rnd as for Lower Body Ribbing. 65[70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95] sts

First and Fifth Sizes Only:
Next Rnd
: Work in 2x2 Rib to last 5 sts, k2, p1, p2tog. 64[ _, _, _, 84, _, _] sts.
Cont in 2x2 Rib until ribbing measures 3[_, _, _, 4, _, _] inches.
BO all sts loosely in patt.

Second and Sixth Sizes Only:
Next Rnd: Work in 2x2 Rib to last 2 sts, k2.
Work this round until work measures _[3, _, _, _, 4, _] inches.
BO all sts loosely in patt.

Third and Seventh Sizes Only:
Next Rnd: Work in 2x2 Rib to last 3 sts, k2, p1, m1. _[_, 76, _, _, _, 96] sts.
Cont in 2x2 Rib until work measures _[_, 3, _, _, _, 4] inches.
BO all sts loosely in patt.

Fourth Size Only:
Work in 2x2 Rib until work measures 3 inches.
BO all sts loosely in patt.

Neckline Ribbing
Using smaller circular needle and CC, with WS facing, pick up and k 2 sts in each st along opening edge of split turtleneck, and 1 st in "v" where sides of neck join. Place a safetly pin in the central "v" st.
Work 2 rows of 1x1 Ribbing, back and forth.

Next Row: Work to 1 st before st marked by safety pin, k3tog, work in patt as set to end of row. (Safety pin now marks single st resulting from k3tog.)
Next Row: Work in patt as set.

Work these 2 rows until Neckline Ribbing measures 1.5 inches.
BO all sts in patt.

FINISHING

Weave in ends.

ABOUT THE DESIGNER

You can find more of Stefanie's designs in the pages of Knitty, Magknits.com, the new books Knit Wit, Stitch and Bitch Nation, and the forthcoming Knit Grrl. She is also part of the exhibition Dark Matter at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

For more patterns and the latest shiznit, check her website at Glampyre.com