Bel Air

A pullover shirt with vintage style in seven sizes (XS, S, M, L, 1X, 2X, 3X) to knit in soft fingering yarn for office or casual wear. The design features an openwork textured pattern in front, with set-in sleeves and back in sleek stockinette; front placket, hem, and collar are knit in a coordinating rib. All pieces are worked flat, bottom up, and seamed.
   
Buttons: 6(6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7) buttons, .375 inch/1 cm in diameter 
  
Suggested Yarns: 
Better Breakfast Fingering, Stone Soup Fingering, Modern Deco Sport, Finn Dandy Sport, or any springy fingering/sport yarn with 360-400 yards per 4 ounces
  
Substituting yarn and/or needles may result in an overall variation in size, drape, and yardage requirement.

Finished Size:
32.5(36.5, 40.5, 44.5, 48.5, 52.5, 57) inches/82(93, 103, 113, 123, 134, 145) cm in circumference, buttoned, around chest at underarm to fit with 2 to 4 inches of ease

Yarn Requirements:
1100(1250, 1400, 1625, 1800, 2025, 2250) yds/1000(1150, 1275, 1475, 1650, 1850, 2050) m

Gauge:
26 sts and 38 rows per 4 inches/10 cm in stockinette on larger needles (washed and dried flat)

Needles:
size 3US (3.25 mm) for body (or size to obtain correct gauge); size 2US (2.75 mm) for trims (or one size smaller than body needle)