The Montelena Pullover wants to be your everyday sweater, equally at home with jeans and boots on the weekend as it is dressed up for the office with trousers or a dark skirt. A tailored sweater with set-in sleeves, the sweater features a simple-but-satisfying slip-stitch pattern that shows of Sincere Sheep’s glorious Polwarth/Silk blend, the aptly-titled “Luminous.” Worked from the bottom up in pieces and seamed, the Montelena Pullover has shoulder seams shaped using the English Tailoring method for a clean, ready-to-wear fit and a significantly easier seaming experience. Slight a-line shaping and a split hem keep this one modern and ready for anything. Montelena is available both as a single pattern and as part of Wine Country Knits, our three-pattern collaboration with our dear friends at Sincere Sheep.

SIZES 
XS (S, M, L, XL, XXL, XXXL); finished circumference at bust (approx.) 30.5 (34.5, 38.5, 42.5, 46.5, 50.5, 54.5” / 77.5 (87.5, 98, 108, 118, 128.5, 138.5) cm. Shown with approximately 2-3” / 5-8 cm positive ease at bust.

YARN 
Sincere Sheep Luminous (85% Polwarth wool, 15% Tussah silk; 330 yards / 302 meters per 113 grams), 4 (5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8) skeins. Sample knit in “Urchin.” Or, 1350 (1500, 1700, 1850, 2000, 2200, 2400 yards / 1250 (1400, 1575, 1725, 1850, 2050, 2225) meters of DK-weight wool or wool-blend yarn.

GAUGE 
22 sts and 40 rows per 4” / 10 cm in Slipped-Stripes Stitch Pattern, with larger needle.

NEEDLES 
Long straight or 24” / 60 cm or longer circular needle in sizes US 6 / 4.0 mm and US 5 / 3.75 mm, or size needed to obtain gauge. DPNs or smaller-circumference circular needle in smaller size for collar.

NOTIONS 
Locking stitch markers; tapestry needle, waste yarn or stitch holders.

SKILLS REQUIRED 
increasing; seaming; decreasing; picking up stitches.