• Jen stands against a wall mural, smiling at the camera. She wears dark acid wash jeans with a light purple zip-up sweater, knit with a V-neck line and a subtle seed stitch.
  • Seen close up, Jen adjusts the ribbed cuffs of her zip-up sweater, knit from light purple yarn and a seed stitch design.
  • Seen from behind, Jen poses to show off the scooped back neckline of her light purple knit sweater.
  • Seen from above, Jen stands in front of a window, wearing a light purple knit sweater, partially zipped over a black camisole.
  • Jen, wearing a light purple zip up sweater, is pictured close up to show the details of the seed stitch and the zipper join. A wall mural can be seen in the background.
  • Jen, wearing a light purple zip-up sweater, holds the railing of a ramp in front of a wall mural and smiles, looking off camera. She has one hand on her hip, showing off the roomy sleeves on the sweater, which she wears with black acid wash jeans. A wall mural can be seen in the background.
  • Jen leans against a wall mural, laughing. She wears a light purple knit sweater with seed stitch details, partially unzipped to show the black camisole she wears underneath.
  • Bess stands, one hand on Jen's shoulder, in front of a wall mural. She wears a purple-pink knit ballet wrap over a lace knit cream tank with navy blue pants. Jen, standing next to her, wears a light purple zip-up sweater, knit with a V-neckline, with a pair of dark acid wash jeans.
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One Wild Designs

Breaker

Breaker

$14.00 USD
$14.00 USD
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Breaker - a playful zippered cardigan

This sporty knit is for those of us who live, unabashedly, in our activewear.

Look, this is seven years old now, and I still think of it once a week and laugh at myself.

Breaker is knit with classic bottom-up construction and seamed, stitches are picked up and knit for the collar, which is shaped with german short rows. The result manages to be both elegant and casual.

(Why seamed? The row gauge is a bit different for stockinette and the textured knit, so if you want the pieces to fit together they need a different number of rows).

If you're looking for a knit you can't find just anywhere that doesn't require a cottage core wardrobe - this one's for you!

Construction

Breaker is worked flat from the bottom up and seamed. Stitches are picked up and knit for the collar.

Not a fan of cropped? The pattern includes yardage info if you wish to lengthen the body and instructions for where to add those rows.

Optional Bust Shaping

Optional instructions for adding short rows for bust shaping, in five sizes, give you your best fit.

Sizes

1 (2, 3, 4) [5, 6, 7] (8, 9, 10)

Finished circumference at underarm: 32.25 (36.25, 40.5, 44.25) [48.5, 52.25, 56.5] (60.75, 65, 68.75) inches / 80.5 (91, 101.5, 111) [121.5, 131, 141.5] (152, 162.5, 172) cm

Finished hip circumference: 33.75 (38, 42, 46) [50, 54, 58] (62.25, 66.5, 70.25) inches / 84 (94.5, 105, 114.5) [125, 134.5, 145] (155.5, 166, 175.5) cm

Finished upper arm circumference: 15.25 (16.5, 17.5, 19) [20.25, 21.25, 22.75] (24.5, 26, 27) inches / 38 (41, 44, 47.5) [50.5, 53.5, 57] (61, 65, 67.5) cm

Download the full schematic here.

Your best fit

Choose the size closest to your actual upper chest measurement: 27.75 (31.75, 35.75, 39.25) [42.25, 44.5, 47.5] (50.5, 53.5, 56.5) in / 69.5 (79.5, 89.5, 98) [105.5, 111.5, 119] (126.5, 134, 141.5) cm

Upper chest is measured above the full bust, at an angle close to diagonal beneath the underarms, and straight across the back.

Breaker is designed to fit with approximately 4.5 inches / 11.5 cm of positive ease at the fullest part of your bust.

If you need additional room for the bust, as Jen does, working the optional short row shaping will give you the best fit in the shoulders and armholes, while still making room for your chest. Short rows add length to the front only of the garment, so that the hem does not rise in the front.

Jen is wearing size 5, Cup 3, with 4.5 inches / 11.5 cm of positive ease at the full bust. Her upper chest is 41 inches / 102.5 cm and she is 5’8” / 173 cm tall.

Yarn

Sample shown in Wandering Flock Merino DK

Extra-fine 100% superwash merino wool; 230 yds / 210 m per 100 g skein. This is a hand-dyed, 4-ply high-twist yarn. Shown in colorway Icy Lavender.

This yarn knits up incredibly soft for next-to-skin wear, has a gentle bias that responds well to blocking and adds a bit of extra durability, and has great stitch definition.

1185 (1235, 1320, 1400) [1480, 1560, 1625] (1730, 1730, 1830) yds / 1085 (1130, 1210, 1280) [1355, 1425, 1485] (1580, 1585, 1675) m; 6 (6, 6, 7) [7, 7, 8] (8, 8, 8) skeins

For optional bust darts, you will need an additional 10 - 115 yds / 5 - 105 m.

Gauge

21 sts and 32 rows over 4 inches / 10 cm in stockinette stitch, worked flat, with size A needles.

Needles

All garment sizes use all needle sizes.

Size A: US 6 / 4 mm
Size B: US 4 / 3.5 mm
Size C: US 3 / 3.25 mm

Notions

  • Waste yarn (for the optional Tubular Cast-on)
  • Cable needle (for the optional Tubular Cast-on)
  • Waste yarn or stitch holder
  • Tapestry needle
  • Separating zipper, at least 9.75 (10, 10.25, 10.5) [10.5, 10.75, 10.75] (11.25, 11.25, 11.5) inches / 24.5 (25, 25.5, 26.5) [26.5, 27, 27] (28, 28, 28.5) cm long. For best results, look for a soft fabric tape instead of a stiff tape
  • Fray Check or other fabric edge treatment
  • Sewing needle and thread that matches yarn
  • Six stitch markers (at least four removable)

Techniques

  • Tubular cast-on (optional)
  • Working directional shaping
  • Working German short rows
  • Seaming
  • Picking up and knitting
  • Sewing a tubular bind-off
  • Installing a zipper with hand sewing


Credits

Tech edit: Sarah Endres
Photography: Source Creative House
​Model: Jennifer Parroccini
UX Knitters: Jen, Victoria, Colleen, Soda, Carla, Tiffany, Marina (Ravelry), Chris, Yle, Kiersten, Mel, Christina, Carly (Ravelry), Kathrin, Malin

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