Harvest Stripe Raglan

Yarn weight 4 · 5.0 mm (US 8) circular needles, 16 and 32 in, and double-points

Directions

1. Finished size: chest 36 (40, 44, 46) in; S (M, L, XL), with about 4 in of ease.
2. Yarn: worsted wool, about 1,150 (1,300, 1,450, 1,600) yd in all: cream 450, mustard 250, rust 250, olive 250, bark 150 (more for larger sizes).
3. Gauge: 18 stitches and 24 rounds = 4 in in stockinette.
4. Neck: with bark and the 16 in needle, cast on 84 (88, 92, 96). Join without twisting and work k1, p1 rib for 1 in.
5. Set the raglan: k14 (sleeve), place marker, k28 (30, 32, 34) (front), pm, k14 (sleeve), pm, k28 (30, 32, 34) (back), pm for the start of the round.
6. Increase round: *k1, make 1, knit to 1 stitch before the marker, make 1, k1, slip marker; repeat from * 3 more times (8 stitches increased). Knit 1 round plain.
7. Change to cream and work these 2 rounds 23 (25, 27, 29) times in all, moving to the long needle when the stitches crowd.
8. Stripes from here on: 8 rounds mustard, 8 cream, 8 rust, 8 cream, 8 olive, 8 cream; repeat.
9. Divide: put each sleeve's stitches on waste yarn; cast on 8 (8, 12, 12) under each arm and join the front and back.
10. Body: knit in stripes until 14 in from the underarm. Change to bark and work k1, p1 rib for 2 in. Bind off loosely in rib.
11. Sleeves: put a sleeve's stitches on double-points, pick up the underarm cast-on, and knit in stripes. Decrease 1 stitch at each side of the underarm every 8th round 8 times. At 17 in, work 2 1/2 in of k1, p1 rib in bark and bind off.
12. Finish: weave in ends and block flat to size.

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