Harrogate

Description

Harrogate is available as a custom-gauge, custom-size pattern via my CustomFit custom pattern generator. Upon purchase, you’ll receive a credit for a custom version of Harrogate and instructions on how to create it.

Harrogate is a refined, comfortable pullover, shown in both a smooth superwash and in a true wool-lover’s wool. The cables are fairly simple and easy to knit, and combine with twisted 1×1 ribbing to create a new classic.

This design is flexible in terms of silhouette and styling; the Customfit version of Harrogate updates my original with vertical waist shaping darts **on the back of the sweater only** for hourglass patterns (so the shaping doesn’t interrupt the cables), more silhouette options, and a slightly deeper neckline. It retains intricate-looking stitch patterns, strong vertical elements, and luscious yarn.

Sizing

Harrogate is available as a custom-gauge, custom-size pattern for the yarn and measurements of your choice via CustomFit. It’s shown here on Amy in an hourglass average fit. Jackie is shown wearing Harrogate in an hourglass close fit.

Harrogate is also available in a-line, straight, and tapered silhouettes, and fits for men, women, and children.

Gauge

Your own customized version of the Harrogate pattern will be written to your gauge, whatever it may be. I recommend using a worsted weight yarn for this design to preserve the scale of the cables.

Please swatch in Stockinette; CustomFit will automatically adjust for the shrinkage of the cables.

Materials

My (gray) sample is shown in Mrs Crosby Loves to Play Steamer Trunk in the color “Greystone”. I liked this yarn at a Stockinette gauge of 20 stitches and 28 rows to 4” (10 cm); at that gauge, you’ll need approximately 6 (6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 10, 10, 11, 12) hanks for a standard size 30 (32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60)’’ / 76 (81.5, 86.5, 91.5, 96.5, 101.5, 106.5, 112, 122, 132, 142, 152.5) cm garment.

Jackie’s (yellow) sample is shown in Lorna’s Laces Masham in the color ‘Buffalo Grove’. I liked this yarn at a Stockinette gauge of 18 stitches and 26 rows to 4” (10 cm); at that gauge, you’ll need approximately 5 (5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9) hanks of Masham for a standard size 30 (32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60)’’ / 76 (81.5, 86.5, 91.5, 96.5, 101.5, 106.5, 112, 122, 132, 142, 152.5) cm garment.

If you’re *not* using Masham, or you’re getting a different gauge, I strongly recommend the app Stashbot by Hannah Fettig for yardage estimations.

Construction

Harrogate is worked in pieces from the bottom up and then seamed, with set-in sleeves.

**If you’d like to make the mock turtleneck version** shown here in yellow, please use the “customize fit specifics” button on this page and raise the neckline depth until it’s 3” (7.5 cm) below the shoulders. When trimming the neckline, work in twisted 1×1 ribbing for 2” (5 cm) rather than the 1” (2.5 cm) shown in Amy’s gray sweater.