Scotty Sweater - Paper

The Scotty Sweater is knitted from the top down in one strand of Spinni and two strands of Silk Mohair , or yarn that gives the same knitting tension. First the back is knitted, then the shoulders, then the front and finally the body. Along the armholes, stitches are picked up to knit dome sleeves using shortened needles (reversible needles). Furthermore, stitches are picked up along the neck opening to form a rib edge that is finally folded and sewn to the wrong side. The Scotty Sweater is assembly-free, if you ignore the fold at the neck edge. The check pattern; the so-called tartan pattern, on the Scotty Sweater is finally embroidered with mesh stitches.

Size guide

Scotty Sweater should have a positive ease of movement of approx. 10 cm in relation to your chest measurement. The sizes XS (S) M (L) XL correspond to a chest measurement of approx. 85 (90) 95 (100) 110 cm. Measure yourself before you start knitting to assess which size will fit you best. For example, if you measure 90 cm around the chest (measure yourself with a tape measure), you should knit a size S, which has an upper width of 99 cm. If you are in between two sizes, choose the smaller size.

Sizes: XS (S) M (L) XL

Overall width: 94 (99) 103 (113) 122cm

Length: Measured center back incl. folded rib edge at neck 56 (58) 60 (64) 66cm

Sleeve length: 46 (47) 48 (49) 50cm

Armhole height: 22 (23) 24 (25) 26cm

Sleeve width at top: 33 (34) 35 (37.5) 40cm

Knitting tension: 17 stitches x 24 rows in stocking stitch on 5 mm needles = 10 x 10cm

Recommended needles: Circular needles 4, 4.5 and 5 mm (40 cm), circular needles 4.5 and 5 mm (80-100 cm), double pointed needles 4.5 mm

Materials: 150 (150) 150 (150) 200 g Spinni from Isager Yarn (50 g = 300 m) together with 175 (200) 200 (225) 250 g Silk Mohair from Isager Yarn (25 g = 212 m), thin elastic thread for neckline. Leftovers of the same yarn for embroidery in desired colours

Difficulty: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (5 out of 5)

See description of difficulty level here.

Scotty The sweater in the picture is knitted in Spinni 58 and Silk Mohair 6, the checks are embroidered with Spinni 47 + Silk Mohair 47 and Spinni 11S + Silk Mohair 41 respectively.