Wild Boys Slipover Knitting Pattern (English)

Wild Boys Slipover is worked in two-coloured double knit stitch from the top down.

The back piece is worked back and forth with increases on each side shaping the slanting shoulder seam. Each front piece is worked from the shoulder seams towards the bottom of the v-neck. The two parts of the front piece are joined and worked as one until the armholes have been shaped. Body, armholes and v-neck are worked in a half twisted rib. The ribbing has two layers. The first one is worked from the wrong side, the other part is worked from the right side. Now the two layers are joined as a double ribbing and bound off. 

The sweater was designed with a positive ease of 8-12  cm. That means that you need to choose a size that is about 8-12  cm bigger than your own chest measurement. If your chest measurement is 96 cm, you should choose a size M, with a circumference of 107 cm.

Size XS (S) M (L) XL (XXL) XXXL

Fits chest measuring 80-87 (88-93) 94-99 (100-107) 108-116 (117-126) 127-136 cm

Circumference 95 (101) 107 (113) 122 (131) 141 cm

Length (measured centre back without  neckband (woman/man)) 56/64 (57/65) 58/66 (59/67) 61/69 (63/71) 65/73 cm

Knitting Gauge 19 stitches • 24 rows of doubleknitting = 10 • 10 cm

30 stitches • 30 rows of half twisted rib = 10 • 10 cm

Suggested needles 3 mm (40 and 80 cm) and 4 mm (80-120 cm)

Materials 1 strand of Vilja (165 m / 50 g) or Arwetta (210 m / 50 g) held together with 1 strand of Alva (175 m/ 25 g) or 1 strand of Tilia (210 m / 25 g) 

Or one single strand of Pernilla (175 m / 50 g) from Filcolana 

Or  "Den halve kilometer" (merino 500 m / 100 g) held together with "Den tynde medløber" (silkmohair 420 m / 50 g) from Handdyed.dk

Or on single strand of "Den forsølvede" (merino 366 m / 100 g) from Handdyed.dk

Colour A Vilja/Arwetta/Pernilla: 150 (150/200) 200 (200/250) 250 (250/300) 300 g

Colour A Alva/TIlia: 75 (75/100) 100 (100/125) 125 (12/150) 150 g

Colour B Vilja/Arwetta/Pernilla: 150 (150/200) 200 (200/250) 250 (250/300) 300 g

Colour B  Alva/TIlia: 75 (75/100) 100 (100/125) 125 (12/150) 150 g

Colour C Vilja/Arwetta/Pernilla: 100 (100) 100 (100) 100 (100) 100 g

Colour C  Alva/TIlia: 50 (50) 50 (50) 50 (50) 50 g