Oldenburg T-Shirt

The Oldenburg sweater is knitted top down in the round, with a positive ease of 2-4 inches / 5-10 cm on the body to give it a relaxed fit. It has a raglan construction with short rows for neck shaping. After the remainder of the yoke, the work is separated into body and sleeves. A faux seam is worked along the raglan, sides of the body and underside of sleeves to add structure.

This is an intermediate level knitting pattern and the techniques involved are the knit stitch, purl stitch, k2tog, ssk, m1r, m1l, working in the round, and working a tubular cast on and off. It offers lots of instructions, so is also suitable for confident beginners wanting to learn new techniques.

Yarn – Chunky weight yarn of 70m/100g, about 400, 440 (480, 520, 560) [600, 650, 700, 750] meters in total.

For thin stripes, as in the sample version, you will need about 90, 100 (110, 120, 130) [140, 150, 160, 170] meters of colour 2 (and therefore that much less in colour 1).