Kit The Sheep Sweater - Rosa Pomar in Bouclelaine Ouessant

Here we offer a "French" version of Rosa Pomar's Sheep sweater, made with Ouessant yarn by Bouclelaine. Composed of a blend of wool from Ouessant island sheep and Finistère sheep, with a little Arles merino added for the white colorway, this fingering-weight yarn is perfect for colorwork. We continue the principle of highlighting the beautiful natural colors of the sheep by choosing Natural Anthracite for the main color and Natural White for the contrasting color.
The sweater is worked in the round from the bottom up, starting with a ribbed border before moving on to the colorwork. The armhole and neck openings are created with a steek, after which stitches are picked up along the armholes to knit the sleeves in the round. The kit contains:

• the necessary quantity of Ouessant (Bouclelaine) skeins in your chosen size, in the natural shades of Natural Anthracite for the main color and Natural White for the contrasting color. The kit is calculated for the medium length, which is 58.7 cm from the neckline to the bottom of the back.
• the pattern in English PDF format

Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7, 8)
Bust circumference (finished garment): 96.5 (107.4, 121.4, 127) (132.6, 142.5, 149.5, 156.5) cm
Ease: it is recommended to choose a size with approximately 12 to 27.5 cm of positive ease relative to your bust measurement. Note that the smaller sizes have been created with more ease, and size 3 has more ease than the other sizes.

Gauge: 28.5 stitches x 33 rows per 10 x 10 cm in stockinette stitch, blocked.

Recommended needles: 3 mm and 2.25 mm circular needles (body); or the needle size needed to obtain the gauge above.

Quantities:
Main color 3 (3, 3, 3) (4, 4, 4, 4) skeins and contrasting color 2 (2, 2, 2) (3, 3, 3, 3) skeins of Ouessant (Bouclelaine).
The quantities are calculated for the medium length proposed by Rosa Pomar; you therefore have enough yarn to make the short or medium lengths if you wish.

Stock subject to in-store availability. Please allow a short delay if we do not have the items in stock at the shop.

The Pegulhal version from Retrosaria is available here.

Photo credits: Retrosaria and Lanae Tricot.