Carrick pattern

Carrick is a slouchy cabled funnel neck sweater 

This is a slouchy funnel neck in a fisherman’s rib. It features a giant short row cable on the front and back and has generous balloon sleeve. The fit is over sized and boxy. It’s designed with positive ease and worked from the bottom up on straight needles with the neck being worked in the round and finished with an i-cord cast off detail.

Skill level: Experienced

Skills required: You’ll need to be able to work in fisherman's rib and work a short row cable.

SIZING: XS (S: M: L: 1XL: 2XL)

To fit chest circumference
81-86 (91-97: 102-107: 112-117: 122-127: 132-137) cm
32-34 (36-38: 40-42: 44-46: 48-50: 52-54) in

Actual chest circumference
107 (113: 126: 132: 144: 156) cm

42 (44½: 49½: 51¾: 56¾: 61½) in

Actual length

46 (47: 49: 49: 50: 52) cm

18 (18½: 19¼: 19¼: 19¾: 20¼) in

Sleeve seam  

34 (34: 35: 35: 36: 36) cm

13½ (13½: 13¾: 13¾: 14¼: 14¼) in 

YARN

British Barefaced Chunky 80% Bluefaced Leicester wool/20% baby alpaca; (106m/116yds per 100g skein)

Amounts 10 (10: 11: 12: 13: 14) x 100g skeins in Silver Birch

NEEDLES & ACCESSORIES

1 pair of 6mm (UK 4/US 10) and 7mm (UK 2/US 10½) knitting needles

A 7mm (UK 2/US 10½) circular needle, 40cm long

Locking stitch markers,  Cable needle

Stitch holders or waste yarn