Drevo pullover

“Drevo” means “tree” in archaic Ukrainian, and is a word you only find in poems and books these days. And yes, I’m referring to the tree-like pattern on the central panel of the design. The word is also connected to two very ancient concepts: “tree of life” and “tree of sin”. With the first one offering fruit of eternal life and happiness and the second – the forbidden fruit.

This design is a next step in my explorative journey of the construction method I previously used in my Bifurca vest and Bifurca pullover.

The pullover has a modular construction and consists of a rectangular central panel (worked in the round) and four sides, worked sideways from the central panel and joined at the underarms. Both back and front feature a V-neck opening, which is deeper on the front and options to adjust the both depths are provided. The sleeves and hem are worked top-down in the round.

You can take a closer look at my sample and discover the design process in this podcast episode.

Sizes

The pattern is written for nine sizes 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)

with a finished bust circumference of ca. 81 (91, 101, 111, 121) (131, 141, 151, 161) cm
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32.5 (36.5, 40.5, 44.5, 48.5) (52.5, 56.5, 60.5, 64.5) in incl. 5-10 cm (2-4 in) of the recommended positive ease.

The sample is shown in size 2 on a 160 cm (5.3 ft) tall model with 84 cm (33 in)
bust measurement.

For more of the finished garment measurements, please refer to the schematic provided.

Yarn

ca. 335 (360, 375, 405, 420) (445, 455, 485, 515) g

or 7 (8, 8, 9, 9) (9, 10, 10, 11) skeins of Vovo from Retrosaria, 100% Portuguese wool, with 143 m (156 yds) in 50 g, shown in colourway 06;

or ca. 958 (1030, 1073, 1158, 1201) (1273, 1301, 1387, 1473) m // 1048 (1126, 1173, 1267, 1314) (1392, 1424, 1517, 1611) yds of any other sport weight yarn with a matching gauge.

The yardage estimation includes 10% extra.

Needles and notions

• 3.5 mm (US 4) and 4.0 mm (US 6) circular needles;
• 4.0 mm (US 6) cable needle or a double pointed needle for cables and a three-needle bind-off;
• spare cables, spare circular needles or scrap yarn to keep sts on hold;
• 4 removable stitch markers, plus a few regular markers to mark the BOR at different stages;
• a tapestry needle for weaving in the ends.

Gauge

• 24 sts & 31 rnds in 10 cm (4 in) on 4.0 mm (US 6) needles measured over 1x1 ribbing in the round after blocking (stretched);
• 32 sts & 32 rnds in 10 cm (4 in) on 4.0 mm (US 6) needles measured over
1x1 ribbing in the round after blocking (unstretched);
• 22 sts & 32 rnds on 3.5 mm (US 4) needles and
• 20 sts & 32 rnds on 4.0 mm (US 6) needles in 10 cm (4 in) on measured over st st in the round after blocking.

Adjust the needle sizes if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Languages

• English (EN)
• Danish (DK)
• French (FR)
• Italian (IT)
• Norwegian (NO)