• A man wearing a beige, high-collared, long-sleeved Duggari sweater, standing against a neutral background.
  • A man wearing a beige, high-collared, long-sleeved Duggari sweater, seen from behind
  • A man wearing a beige, high-collared, long-sleeved Duggari sweater in Reykjavik city center.
  • A man wearing a beige, high-collared, long-sleeved Duggari sweater, standing against a neutral background.
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DUGGARI SWEATER

DUGGARI SWEATER

1,190 kr.
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Digital pattern – PDF delivered by email immediately after purchase.
Pattern language

A sweater for men with a textured yoke, and plain stocking stitch the rest of the way. It takes after the sweaters worn by fishermen in the past, which is where the name comes from — a dugga was a fishing boat the English sailed around Iceland in the sixteenth century, and the men aboard were called duggarar. Classic in shape, warm without being heavy, and it suits a wide range of yarns. Our most popular pattern so far.

Sizes  1–7, sweater circumference from 99 cm / 39 in to 130 cm / 51¼ in
Gauge  18 sts and 24 rounds in stocking stitch = 10 × 10 cm (4 × 4 in)
Yarn  Worsted weight  ·  Difficulty  2–3 of 5

The pattern includes detailed explanations, a chart and links to video tutorials.

How it is worked

Worked in one piece from the neck down. The texture pattern runs across the yoke and sleeves while the front neck is shaped — worked back and forth — with increases at the raglan lines. The work is then joined in the round, and the texture and increases continue down to the underarm, after which it is plain stocking stitch. The collar is worked last. Body and sleeve length are easily adjusted.

Sizes, measurements and yardage

Size 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sweater circumference cm/in 99 / 39 106 / 41¾ 110 / 43¼ 114 / 45 119 / 46¾ 126 / 49½ 130 / 51¼
Sweater length from shoulder cm/in 70 / 27½ 71 / 28 71 / 28 73 / 28¾ 73 / 28¾ 76 / 30 76 / 30
Yarn g 500 550 600 600 650 700 700

We'd recommend choosing a size 5–12 cm / 2–4¾ in wider than the bust measurement (or the widest part of the torso), though how much ease one likes is personal. The sweater in the photographs has 8 cm / 3 in of ease. If you're unsure, measure across the bust of a sweater that fits well and use that as your guide.

A full measurement chart is given in the pattern.

Since we all knit a little differently, no yarn quantity can be exact.

Materials, tools and techniques

Yarn Worsted weight, or any yarn that knits to gauge. A wide range of yarns suits this sweater. The one shown is worked in Cascade 220 (100 g = 200 m / 220 yd).
Needles 4 mm and 5 mm [US 6 and 8] circular needles, long and short, and 4 mm [US 6] double-pointed needles for the cuffs, or the size that gives you the right gauge — one long circular in each size if you prefer the magic loop technique.
Notions Stitch markers, including a beginning-of-round marker. Darning needle, measuring tape and scissors.
Techniques used Casting on, knitting and purling, binding off. Increases and decreases to the right and left. Picking up stitches at the neck. A simple texture pattern worked from a chart, both back and forth and in the round, while the neck is shaped and the raglan increases are worked.

The same stitch in other sizes: Duggari Sweater Junior, the baby sweater and the Duggari beanie.

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