Carbeth by Kate Davies

Carbeth is a wide, cropped sweater with simple lines and a deep roll neck. Swift and straightforward to knit, this is a great sweater for beginners.  This sweater is intended to be wide, cropped, and to hang slightly bell-like from the shoulders. Length can easily be added to the sweater to make it less cropped (please add extra yarn when purchasing this kit).  A schematic and detailed sizing table are included in the pattern. Kate Davies has an excellent website with many tutorials.  She recommends this tutorial about blocking the sweater… and this tutorial about calculating yarn quantities when adding extra length Pattern notes - The sweater is knitted from the bottom up, and begins with an inch of rib, after which it is worked straight to the underarms (length can be added here to make the sweater less cropped, if required). Two sleeves are worked, then body and sleeves are joined together to be worked in the round. The yoke is shaped by decreasing stitches at an even rate from the