Aran sweater · Maille à part

The sweater is worked flat in four pieces (back, front, two sleeves), then seamed. Drop shoulders mean no armhole shaping: the body is a big rectangle.

The 70-stitch central panel is the same as the Aran cushion: if you have knitted it, you already know the pattern.

About "family patterns": the idea that each family on the Aran Islands had its own pattern is a legend from the 20th century. This sweater combines traditional stitches anyone can knit.

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Good to know

Double moss stitch on the sides: on rows 1 and 2, work the stitches as they appear, starting row 1 with k1; on rows 3 and 4, shift by one stitch (on row 3 knit the purls and purl the knits, on row 4 work them as they appear). Repeat.
Sleeve increases are worked 1 st in from the edge and absorbed into the double moss stitch.
This pattern is longer than the others: use the counter and tick the steps as you go.

Back

70-stitch panel · 56 rows

Read the chart from bottom to top. Right-side rows are read from right to left, wrong-side rows from left to right. Each square is one stitch as seen from the right side.

Key

Knit on RS, purl on WS
Purl on RS, knit on WS
C4B: slip 2 to cable needle, hold in back, k2, k2 from cable needle
C4F: slip 2 to cable needle, hold in front, k2, k2 from cable needle
C6B: slip 3 to cable needle, hold in back, k3, k3 from cable needle
C6F: slip 3 to cable needle, hold in front, k3, k3 from cable needle
T3B: slip 1 to cable needle, hold in back, k2, p1 from cable needle
T3F: slip 2 to cable needle, hold in front, p1, k2 from cable needle

Written instructions

Row 1 (RS) : p2, C6B, k3, p6, C4B, p6, C4B, C4F, C4B, C4F, p6, C4B, p6, C6B, k3, p2
Rows 2, 14, 16, 28, 30, 42, 44 and 56 (WS) : k2, p9, k6, p4, k6, p16, k6, p4, k6, p9, k2
Rows 3 and 31 (RS) : p2, k9, p5, T3B, T3F, p5, k16, p5, T3B, T3F, p5, k9, p2
Rows 4, 12, 18, 26, 32, 40, 46 and 54 (WS) : k2, p9, k5, p2, k2, p2, k5, p16, k5, p2, k2, p2, k5, p9, k2
Row 5 (RS) : p2, k3, C6F, p4, T3B, p2, T3F, p4, C4F, C4B, C4F, C4B, p4, T3B, p2, T3F, p4, k3, C6F, p2
Rows 6, 10, 20, 24, 34, 38, 48 and 52 (WS) : k2, p9, k4, p2, k4, p2, k4, p16, k4, p2, k4, p2, k4, p9, k2
Rows 7 and 35 (RS) : p2, k9, p3, T3B, p4, T3F, p3, k16, p3, T3B, p4, T3F, p3, k9, p2
Rows 8, 22, 36 and 50 (WS) : k2, p9, k3, p2, k6, p2, k3, p16, k3, p2, k6, p2, k3, p9, k2
Row 9 (RS) : p2, C6B, k3, p3, T3F, p4, T3B, p3, C4B, C4F, C4B, C4F, p3, T3F, p4, T3B, p3, C6B, k3, p2
Rows 11 and 39 (RS) : p2, k9, p4, T3F, p2, T3B, p4, k16, p4, T3F, p2, T3B, p4, k9, p2
Row 13 (RS) : p2, k3, C6F, p5, T3F, T3B, p5, C4F, C4B, C4F, C4B, p5, T3F, T3B, p5, k3, C6F, p2
Rows 15 and 43 (RS) : p2, k9, p6, C4B, p6, k16, p6, C4B, p6, k9, p2
Row 17 (RS) : p2, C6B, k3, p5, T3B, T3F, p5, C4B, C4F, C4B, C4F, p5, T3B, T3F, p5, C6B, k3, p2
Rows 19 and 47 (RS) : p2, k9, p4, T3B, p2, T3F, p4, k16, p4, T3B, p2, T3F, p4, k9, p2
Row 21 (RS) : p2, k3, C6F, p3, T3B, p4, T3F, p3, C4F, C4B, C4F, C4B, p3, T3B, p4, T3F, p3, k3, C6F, p2
Rows 23 and 51 (RS) : p2, k9, p3, T3F, p4, T3B, p3, k16, p3, T3F, p4, T3B, p3, k9, p2
Row 25 (RS) : p2, C6B, k3, p4, T3F, p2, T3B, p4, C4B, C4F, C4B, C4F, p4, T3F, p2, T3B, p4, C6B, k3, p2
Rows 27 and 55 (RS) : p2, k9, p5, T3F, T3B, p5, k16, p5, T3F, T3B, p5, k9, p2
Row 29 (RS) : p2, k3, C6F, p6, C4B, p6, C4F, C4B, C4F, C4B, p6, C4B, p6, k3, C6F, p2
Row 33 (RS) : p2, C6B, k3, p4, T3B, p2, T3F, p4, C4B, C4F, C4B, C4F, p4, T3B, p2, T3F, p4, C6B, k3, p2
Row 37 (RS) : p2, k3, C6F, p3, T3F, p4, T3B, p3, C4F, C4B, C4F, C4B, p3, T3F, p4, T3B, p3, k3, C6F, p2
Row 41 (RS) : p2, C6B, k3, p5, T3F, T3B, p5, C4B, C4F, C4B, C4F, p5, T3F, T3B, p5, C6B, k3, p2
Row 45 (RS) : p2, k3, C6F, p5, T3B, T3F, p5, C4F, C4B, C4F, C4B, p5, T3B, T3F, p5, k3, C6F, p2
Row 49 (RS) : p2, C6B, k3, p3, T3B, p4, T3F, p3, C4B, C4F, C4B, C4F, p3, T3B, p4, T3F, p3, C6B, k3, p2
Row 53 (RS) : p2, k3, C6F, p4, T3F, p2, T3B, p4, C4F, C4B, C4F, C4B, p4, T3F, p2, T3B, p4, k3, C6F, p2

With 4 mm needles, cast on 98 (106, 114, 122) sts.
Row 1 (RS): *k2, p2; repeat to last 2 sts, k2.
Row 2 (WS): *p2, k2; repeat to last 2 sts, p2.
Repeat these 2 rows for 6 cm, ending with a WS row.
Change to 5 mm needles. Set-up row (RS): 14 (18, 22, 26) sts in double moss stitch, place a marker, work row 1 of the chart over 70 sts, place a marker, 14 (18, 22, 26) sts in double moss stitch.
Continue in this way, following the chart between the markers and double moss stitch on each side.
When the piece measures 40 (42, 44, 45) cm from the cast-on edge, place a marker (or a piece of yarn) at each end of the row: this is the bottom of the armhole.
Continue until the piece measures 62 (65, 68, 70) cm, ending with a WS row.
Bind off 30 (33, 36, 40) sts (shoulder), 38 (40, 42, 42) sts (neck) and 30 (33, 36, 40) sts (shoulder). Over the cables, work 2 sts together as you bind off so the edge does not flare.

Front

Chart : see section « Back ».

Work as for the back until the piece measures 55 (58, 61, 63) cm, ending with a WS row.
Neck, RS row: work 38 (41, 44, 48) sts in pattern, bind off the center 22 (24, 26, 26) sts, work to end. Each side is finished separately, starting with the stitches just worked (on the left as you look at the right side); leave the others on hold.
Left side: work a WS row, then at the beginning of each RS row (neck edge), bind off 3 sts once, 2 sts once, then 1 st 3 times. 30 (33, 36, 40) sts remain.
Work straight until the front is the same length as the back, then bind off the shoulder stitches.
Right side: rejoin the yarn at the neck edge, ready to work a WS row. At the beginning of each WS row, bind off 3 sts once, 2 sts once, then 1 st 3 times. 30 (33, 36, 40) sts remain.
Work straight until the same length as the back, then bind off.

Sleeves (×2)

13-stitch panel · 8 rows