Prairie Skies

> You can subscribe to Pom Pom Quarterly > or order your copy of [Issue 46 > here][1]! Don’t forget to [join our > group][2] for updates, KALs and > chatter about Pom Pom patterns! **This pattern uses both crochet and knitting.** **Sizes:** 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) Finished chest (fullest point) circumference: 91 (102, 111, 120, 129, 140, 146.5, 160, 171)cm / 35¾ (40¼, 43¾, 47¼, 50¾, 55, 57¾, 63, 67½)" – to be worn with 10-30cm / 4-12" ease Mariah’s height is 168cm / 5' 6" with a chest (fullest point) circumference of 91.5cm / 36", and is shown wearing a size 4. **Yarn:** Garthenor Organic Number 3 (DK-weight; 100% Shetland wool; 115m / 126yds per 50g skein) Shade: Chalkboard; 7 (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17) skeins OR approx: 750 (830, 970, 1070, 1170, 1380, 1540, 1760, 1820)m / 820 (900, 1060, 1170, 1280, 1500, 1680, 1920, 2090)yds of DK-weight yarn. **Gauge:** 18 sts & 27 rounds / rows = 10cm / 4" over St st on 4.5mm needles after blocking. 19 sts & 32 rounds / rows = 10cm / 4" over 1x1 Rib pattern on 3.5mm needles after blocking. 1 motif to measure 8.5cm / 3¼" square before and after blocking. **Needles/hook:** 4.5mm / US 7 circular needle, minimum 80cm / 32" length and needles suitable for working small circumferences in the round 3.5mm / US 4 circular needle, 40cm / 16" length and 80cm / 32" length and needles suitable for working small circumferences in the round 4mm / US G/6 crochet hook Always use a needle/hook size that will result in the correct gauge after blocking. **Notes:** Prairie Skies is worked top down, starting with crochet granny squares which are sewn together into a V-shaped yoke. Stitches along the lower yoke edge are picked up, one side (wearer’s left and right) at a time and short rows are worked to equalize the slant of the V-shaped yoke at front and back. Right and left sides are joined to finish the body in St st in the round, ending with side slits and 1x1 rib at the hem. Sleeve stitches are placed on hold during the short rows and later returned to and finished in the round, ending with an 1x1 rib cuff. Stitches along the top of the yoke are picked up to work a 1x1 rib neckband with a dominant knit st column at the centre front. To reduce pattern length, when a number of single sts are worked one after another (i.e. without increasing), this is given in the style “Xsc”. For example, “10sc” = work 1sc in each of next 10 sts. US crochet terminology used throughout. [1]: https://pompommag.com/collections/magazines [2]: https://www.ravelry.com/groups/pom-pom