The Poet Sleeve Sweater
rewritten for your size, yarn and gauge
A slim 1970s sweater with big, romantic poet sleeves. Close-fitting stockinette, gently shaped in at the waist, with a small garter-stitch crew neck and a short back-neck opening, closed with a zip like the original or, more simply, a button and loop. The sleeves are cast on very wide and gathered into narrow garter cuffs, so they billow over the forearm, and each cuff fastens with two buttons and crocheted loops.
- Fit
- Close-fitting, about 2–2½ in (5–7 cm) of ease at the bust; hip length
- Skill level
- Easy. Plain stockinette with gathered sleeves. Close the back neck with a zip like the original, or with a simple button and loop.
- Sizes
- US 4 to 24 (UK 8 to 28, EU 36 to 56): 32 to 52 in (81 to 132 cm) bust
- Knit it
- Your choice when you make your pattern: flat, in pieces, as the original, or in the round to the underarms, with no side seams.
- Yarns
- Fingering / 4-ply, Sport, DK / light worsted
- Original yarn
- A 5-ply crepe (an Australian weight, close to today's sport), at about 27 sts to 4 in (10 cm) over stockinette. For the closest match to the photo, use a yarn that knits to this gauge.
- Gauge
- Your own, from 20.5 to 32 stitches per 4 in (10 cm)
- You get
- Your complete pattern straight away, to read on screen, print or save, plus an email link back to it
Worsted (Aran) and thicker yarns aren't offered: each sleeve is gathered about three to one into a narrow cuff, which turns into a lumpy bunch in thick yarn, and the slim body loses its line.
What you'll get
- Every piece written out in full for your size and gauge
- Row counts with the length to check against, so you always know where you are
- Row-by-row planners for the tricky bits, where shaping happens on both edges at once
- Drawings of each piece with your measurements, and full making-up instructions
Every design is chosen by a knitter and checked against its original pattern. If you get stuck, email us and a real person will help.
No swatch? You can use the gauge on your yarn's label. For a perfect fit, knit a swatch and measure it over plain stockinette on your main needles. Here's how to measure your gauge.
