Spartan Romney Pullover

Completed: Summer 2014

The finished sweater

Finished size: 41" chest diameter; 24" long;
                       18 1/2" sleeves (not set in)

The yarn for this sweater is a deep, rich, undyed, natural, 100% Black Romney 2-ply wool from Foxhill Farm in Lee, MA. What a pleasure it was to work with this wool. It is a bit scratchy, but the color is great and it is warm.

Note the fluid range of motion

There were only six skeins of it at the Massachusetts Sheep & Woolcraft Fair where I bought it, and the skeins added up to just over 1,100 yards. I was worried most of the time that I was making the sweater that I wouldn't have enough to finish it, but it ended up being almost a whole skein more than enough.

The sweater is patterned after the Spartan Pullover by Kristin Nicholas, with all stitch and row counts adjusted for my yarn's gauge (which was roughly a heavy worsted).

But, by request of the sweater's intended recipient, I gave it a regular crew neck instead of a v-neck. The crew neck is done in garter stitch, instead of ribbing, as are the cuffs and the bottom edge of the sweater.

Close-up of wool and garter stitch cuff

Happy Black Romney sheep