Lighthouse Sweaterscapes
A quintessential image of Maine,
Nubble Lighthouse in York inspired this sweater.
An Intarsia Landscape Sweater design by Lynne & Douglas Barr
Copyright ©2009 Lynne & Douglas Barr
e-mail: knit@sweaterscapes.com
www.sweaterscapes.com
Instructions
Finished Sweater Measurements Begin neck shaping on row 124.
We recommend using short-row wrapping for the neck
Chest: 42 (45,48) inches
opening. It eliminates the seam between sweater and
Length: 25 (27,29) inches
neck rib and produces a neck opening with the proper
Equipment stretch.
#6 and #8 needles (or size needed to obtain gauge) Illustrated instructions can be viewed at
Row Counter www.sweaterscapes.com.
Bobbins Sweater Back
Materials Using Antarctica White yarn and size 8 needle, cast on
Peace Fleece yarns, 4 ounces/200 yard skeins 82(90,94) stitches. Change to size 6 needles, and rib in
K2, P2 pattern for 2 inches. Increase 2(0,2) stitches
15(16,17) oz Volgassippi Blue after rib.
8 oz Antarctica White
4 oz Patience Blue Change to size 8 needles and follow sweater chart for
1 oz Tundra the back (page 7).
1 oz Samantha-Katya Pink Knit stitches on chart:
1 oz Ukrainian Red small 7-90 medium 4-93 large 1-96
1 oz Baikal-Superior Green Knit rows on chart:
1 oz Negotiation Grey small 13-142 medium 7-146 large 1-150
1 oz Firebird Orange
1 oz Soyuz-Apollo Teal
1 oz Grass Roots Finishing
Weave in the ends from the intarsia knitting.
Gauge
Stockinette Stitch: Using size 8 needles (or size needed Block sweater pieces before assembling and knitting
to obtain gauge): 16 sts by 21 rows will make a 4 inch the neck rib. All you need is a wet, lightweight cotton
square. dishtowel (it should be neither dripping nor wrung out
to the point that it’s almost dry), a hard surface with a
Knitting Intarsia bath towel laid out flat on it, and a steam iron set to
This pattern is knit by the intarsia method. Unlike Fair “wool”. Lay the knitting piece on the towel, cover it
Isle or Jacquard knits, whose repeating color changes with the wet dishtowel, and press it lightly with the
require strands of yarn to be carried across the wrong iron. Voilá – it’s blocked. If you have been careful
side of the sweater, in intarsia the blocks of color are about testing your gauge, you should not have to pin,
worked with separate balls or bobbins of yarn, stretch, or reshape the sweater in order to fit the
producing a sweater only one layer thick. desired measurement .
If you are knitting intarsia for the first time, we The Neck Rib
suggest that you visit our website, Work neck using Volgassippi Blue yarn.
www.sweaterscapes.com, where you will find complete
illustrated instructions. If your shoulder stitches are still on needles, bind off
the front and back stitches together at the right
shoulder. Otherwise, sew the right sweater shoulder.
Sweater Front If traditional bind-off method was used for neck
Using Antarctica White yarn and size 8 needle, cast on shaping - pick up 82(90,98) stitches around the neck
82(90,94) stitches. Change to size 6 needles, and rib in opening.
K2, P2 pattern for 2 inches. Increase 2(0,2) stitches
If short-row wrapping was used for neck
after rib.
shaping - with sweater front facing you, pick up
Change to size 8 needles and follow sweater chart for 11(13,15) stitches at right front edge. Knit front neck
the front (page 5). stitches on the needle from short-row wrapping, hiding
Knit stitches on chart: the wraps as you knit. Pick-up 11(13,15) stitches and
small 7-90 medium 4-93 large 1-96 continue knitting stitches on neck back. You should
Knit rows on chart: have 82(90,98) stitches on your needle for the neck
small 13-142 medium 7-146 large 1-150 rib.
If you have circular size 6 needles, you may choose to Finishing the Sweater
knit the neck rib in the round. If so, first attach If you knit the neck rib on straight needles, sew left
sweater front and back at left shoulder.
shoulder, or bind off shoulders together. Attach
Rib in K2, P2 pattern using size 6 needles for 1½ sleeves. Sew side and sleeve seams.
inches. Bind off.
Sleeves
Using a piece of yarn, mark center of sleeve on the bind-off row.
Large - 82 sts (20 inches)
Medium - 78 sts (19 inches)
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Small - 74 sts (18 inches)
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20 inches
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19 inches
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in from edge.
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After rib, increase 4 sts Work increases
evenly spaced across, then 10 every 5th row.
change to size 8 needle. 5
Rib: K2, P2 for 1.5 inches
Cast on 38 sts using Volgassippi Blue yarn and size 6 needles
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