The Oksa sweater is knit top down in the round and features a yoke design with slipped stitches, cables and simple knit and purl designs.

This sweater is my updated take on a traditional fisherman's gansey. The fit is easily customizable to suit your own style preferences. Please see the schematic for full fit details. Instructions are included in the pattern to make length adjustements. This size inclusive pattern is written to fit bust sizes from 28-66".

Woolfolk Får, a worsted weight chainette yarn, was used for the sample pictured, and I recommend using a yarn with similar "lofty" properties.

A few suitable alternative yarns used by test knitters include:

Drops Air

Magpie Nest Worsted

Brooklyn Tweed Shelter

La Bien Aimee Corrie Worsted

Knit Picks Preciosa

Woolstok

Berocco Mochi

Isager Soft Tweed

De Rerum Natura Gilliatt

Lion Brand LB Chainette

Fibre Co. Cumbria

Skeins Black Pearl

Quixotic Fibers Nolan

Juniper Moon Farm Cumulus (cotton)

**MATERIALS

Yarn:**

Woolfolk

Får (100% Ovis 21 Ultimate Merino)

142 yards *[130 meters]* 50 grams

Color used in sample: 21

**Needles:**

Ribbing: US 6 *[4.0 mm]*

Main: US 7 *[4.5 mm]*

**Notions:**

Stitch Markers, scrap yarn or stitch holders, cable needle, tapestry needle, row counter (optional)

**GAUGE**

20 sts and 36 rounds = 4" *[10 cm]* in cable pattern on main needles after blocking

20 sts and 28 rounds = 4" *[10 cm]* in stockinette on main needles after blocking

*Note- You should always knit your swatch the same way that the pattern is knit—in this case, in the round. Block your swatch as you will your finished garment and allow it to dry fully before measuring.*

**Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) {7, 8, 9, 10}**

Recommended ease: 2-4" *[5-10 cm]* of positive ease at the bust and 1-3" *[2.5-8 cm]* of positive ease at the sleeve. See schematic for full fit details.

Sweater shown is size 3 on a 36" *[91.5 cm]* bust with 4" *[10 cm]* of positive ease

**Finished bust circumference:** 32 (36, 40, 44, 48, 52) {56, 60, 64, *68}" [81.5 (91.5, 101.5, 112, 122, 132) {142, 152.5, 162.5, 172.5} cm]*

**Yardage:** Please note that yardage is estimated, and can vary between knitters.

916 (1030, 1144, 1256, 1372, 1487) {1600, 1715, 1830, 1944} yards

*[837 (941, 1045, 1149, 1254, 1360) {1464, 1568, 1673, 1777} meters]

Skeins: 7 (8, 9, 9, 10, 11) {12, 13, 13, 14}*