Pattern is pdf downloadable : once the order has been confirmed, a download link will be sent to you by e-mail.
 
Richie is a comfortable sweater, knitted seamlessly, top-down. You start knitting the yoke for the back then fronts are picked on the bottom from shoulders and formed with shorts rows. Then, the body (back and front) is first worked back and forth then in round. The buttons bands are picked up. The sleeves are picked up and worked in the round. 
 
LEVEL: intermediare 2/3
 
SIZES: 1 (2 - 3) 4 (5 - 6) 7 (8 - 9) 
Finished bust circumference approximately: 40 (41.75 - 43.25) 46.5 (48 - 51) 52.75 (56 - 60.5) inches or 102 (106) 110 (118) 122 (130) 134 (142) 154 cm. 
Recommended ease: 2 to 6 inches or 5 to 15 cm of positive ease. To pick your best size, measure your full bust and add your desired ease, then pick the finished bust circumference closest to that number. 
Sample is shown in size 3 with 2 inches or 5 cm of positive ease.
 
GAUGE: 21 sts x 30 rows for 4 x 4 inches or 10 x 10 cm in st st with larger needles.
 
YARN: this sweater is knitted with one strand of a DK weight yarn. Approximately 1200 (1260 - 1330) 1470 (1550 - 1670) 1750 (1880 - 2060) yards or 1100 (1150 - 1210) 1350 (1410 - 1530) 1600 (1720 - 1900) m of yarn. 
 
NOTIONS: needles sizes 3 mm/US 2.5 and 4 mm/US 6 (body and sleeves) 80 cm/32 inches, tapestry needle, cable to hold live stitches, 2 stitches markers, a tape measure and 4 buttons of about 10 to 12 mm.
 
NOTES: the pattern is knitted in Daisy from Drops (100% merino 50g = 110m) color 19.
 
Techniques: st st, 1/1 ribs, M1L, M1R, k2tog, ssk, cable cast-on, italian bind off, German shorts rows, invisible seam.