British Gansey Patterns

Muted Musician

Easy. Six sizes plus notes on adjusting armhole for men's sizing. This circularly knit all-over patterned pullover has a 2 x 2 ribbing, underarm gussets, seam stitches, shaped neckline, and crew collar. The gauge is 4 stitches and 6 rows/inch in St st.

Featured Techniques: Double Cast-on, Raised Increases, Knitted Bound-off Shoulders, Doubled Crew Collar.

Yarn: heavy worsted weight

Finished Sizes: 34", 38", 42", 46", 50", 54"

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Materials

• Yarn: 800 (950, 950, 1100, 1200, 1350) yards of heavy worsted weight yarn

• OR 5 (5, 5, 6, 7, 8) 4-oz. (113 g) skeins of Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride Worsted Weight Wool (190 yds per skein).

• Needles: U.S. 7 and 9 (4.5 mm and 5.5 mm) double-pointed and 24-in. (60-cm) circular needles. Adjust needle size to obtain gauge.

• Notions: Stitch holders, stitch markers

Classes: Traditional Gansey Techniques, Traditional Construction Techniques for Ganseys, Designing Ganseys: A Three to Five Day Intensive Workshop

Designs: Gansey Socks, The Big Easy, Chelsea's Heart Gansey, Classic Gansey Cardigan, Diamonds and Triangles, Grace's Cardigan, Jerod's Gansey, Muted Musician, Snakes and Ladders, The White Gansey