Bulls & Braids Boxy

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The Bulls & Braids Boxy is a boxy style cable pullover. The sweater has lots of positive ease in the body. The sleeves are more fitted, which gives a boxy style sweater a more finished look, and it holds the sweater in place. I also have a Bulls & Braids Hat you may want to try first to practice the cable patterns before diving into the sweater pattern.

Bulls & Braids is worked top down beginning with the neck ribbing. Next you work the 2 shoulders. Stitches are picked up for the back and the front, which are worked separately until the bottom of the armholes. Once you reach the bottom of the armholes, the front and back are joined to work the remainder of the body in the round. Lastly, you pick up stitches for the sleeves which are worked from the body to the cuff in the round.

Skill Level

Intermediate

Sizes
To fit bust size 33 (36, 39, 42, 45, 48, 51, 54, 57, 60) in/84 (91.5, 99, 106.5, 114.5, 122, 129.5, 137, 145, 152.5) cm

Finished Size
Bust 54 (57, 60, 63, 66, 70, 72, 75, 78, 81) in/137 (145, 152.5, 160, 167.5, 178, 183, 190.5, 198, 205.5) cm

Length 22 (22, 22, 22, 22, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23) in/56 (56, 56, 56, 56, 58.5, 58.5, 58.5, 58.5, 58.5) cm

Gauge
20 sts & 26 rows = 4 in/10 cm in stockinette stitch, wet with cool water & lay flat to dry

Materials
11 (12, 12, 13, 14, 15, 15, 16, 16, 17) Skeins Knit Picks Swish, 1.75 oz/50 g, 123 yds/112 m, Color White 24064, or 1300 (1375, 1450, 1525, 1600, 1750, 1800, 1875, 1950, 2025) yds/1200 (1275, 1350, 1425, 1500, 1600, 1675, 1750, 1800, 1875) m of DK-weight or light worsted-weight yarn.

Size 6 US/4 mm 36-in/91-cm circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge.
Size 6 US/4 mm 16-in/40-cm circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge.
Size 6 US/4 mm double-pointed needles, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Stitch markers
Cable needle
Waste yarn
Tapestry needle