Marjorie is a vintage-style, fair-isle jumper with set in sleeves. Marjorie is worked seamlessly in the round from the bottom up. There are five colors in the pattern design, but most of the knitting is done with just two colors at a time. The shaping for Marjorie is achieved with 3 needle sizes. The smallest size needle is for the ribbing, the medium size needle is for the waist, and the gauge-size needle is for the bust and sleeves. There are a few rows with three colors. Charts are read from right to left.
Once the body reaches the underarm, stitches are bound off for the underarm, and steek stitches are added so that you can continue knitting in the round. Stitches are decreased on both sides of the armhole steek on the body to shape the body for the set-in sleeves. A steek is also added for the front neck opening. The sleeves are knit in the round and a steek is added when the sleeve meets the underarm, so that you can continue knitting in the round and working the decrease for the set-in sleeves.
When knitting with three colors, do not cross any of the steeks with Contrast Color D. Simply break the yarn, and weave in the ends away from the steek. The steeks for the armholes, sleeves and neck opening are cut. The front-shoulder stitches are knitted to the back-shoulder stitches with a three-needle bind off for a tidy seam. The sleeves are sewn to the body with a mattress stitch. Finally, the neckband stitches are picked up and knit, and then folded down and tacked down to the inside of the jumper.
Sizes
1,2 (pictured) ,3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Finished Measurements
Chest: 32 (34.5, 36, 38, 40, 43, 44, 47, 48, 51) inches
Gauge: 28 (26, 28, 26, 28, 26, 28 ,26, 28,26) stitches over 4 inches
Waist: 29, 31, 32 ½ ,34 ¾, 36, 38.6, 39 ¾, 42 ½, 43 1/3, 46.5 inches
Sleeve length: 9 ¼ (9 ½, 9 ¼, 9 ½, 9 ¾, 10, 9 ¾, 10, 11, 11 ¼) inches
Body ribbing: 2 ½ (2 ¾, 2 ¾, 2 ¾, 3 ¼, 3, 2 ¾, 3, 3, 3) inches.
Body length: 19 ¾ (22 ½,21 5/8, 22 ¾, 23 7/8, 25 ¾,24 ¼, 25 ½, 25 ¼,
27 ¼) inches
Body length to underarm 13 ¾ (14 ½, 15, 15 7/8 ,15, 15 7/8, 15 ,15 7/8 ,15, 16 ¾) inches
Sleeve ribbing: 2 (2, 2 ½ , 2 ½ 2 ½ , 2 ½ , 2 ½ , 2 ½ , 2 ¾ , 2 ¾ ) inches
Armhole depth: 6 ¾ (7 ½ , 6 3/4 7 ½ , 8 ,8 ½ 8, 8 ½ 10, 11 ½ ) inches
Sleeve length to underarm: 4 ¼ (4 ½, 4 ¼, 4 ½ ,5, 5, 5, 5, 5 ¾, 5 ¾) inches
Single shoulder width 3 ¼ (3 ½ ,4, 4 1/2, 4 ¾,5 1/8 , 5¼, 5 ½ , 5 ½ ,5 ¾ ) inches
Yarn
Jamieson Shetland Spindrift
Main color: Egit/ Sand 125 (125,150,150, 175, 175, 200, 200, 225, 250) grams.
Contrast Color A: Highland Mist/Yellow Ochre 100 (100, 125, 125,150, 150, 175, 175, 200, 200) grams.
Contrast Color B: Paprika/ Highland Mist 25 (25, 25, 25, 25, 25,25, 25, 50, 50) grams
Contrast Color C: Green Apple/ Laurel 25 (25, 25, 25, 25, 25,25, 25, 50,50) grams
Contrast Color D: Yellow Ochre/ Salmon 25 grams
Needles
Note: For sizes 2, 4, 6,8, 10: US 1 (2.25 mm) , US 2 (2.75mm) , US 3 (3.25 mm) in 32-inch (40- inch) circular needles and U.S. 1 (2.25 mm) double-pointed needles or Flexiflips and US 2 (2.75 mm) in Flexiflips size needed to obtain gauge this is very important! You may need larger or smaller needles).
For sizes 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 US 0 (2mm), US 1 (2.25 mm), US 2 (2.75) mm in 32-inch (40-inch) circular needles and US 0 (2mm) and US 2 (2.75) double-pointed needles or Flexiflips.
Notions
Darning needle. Crochet hook C.
Gauge and Swatch
For Sizes 2,4,6,8,10
26 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches or 10 cm
For Sizes 1,3,5,7,9
28 stitches and 28 rows= 4 inches or 10 cm
Please swatch in the round in colorwork to determine needle size. And please pay attention to the row and the stitch gauge!
Note: Shaping for the jumper is accomplished by changing needle size. The smallest size is for the ribbing, the middle-size needle is for the waist. The largest size needle is for gauge and the bust and sleeves
Skills Used
Knit
Purl
k2p2 rib
Colorwork with 2 strands
Colorwork with 3 strands for a few rows
Knitting in the round
Crochet steek
Cut steak (don’t be scared)
Bind off
Mattress stitch
Sleeves knit with DPNs or FlexiFlips (I loved FlexiFlips for the sleeves)
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k2tog
