Skiing Optional
This pattern has been updated in March 2021 with 3 additional sizes!
The sample was knit using one main colour and 3 different contrasting colours (sometimes using up to 3 strands of yarn per row for the colourwork). If you don’t feel that this is your cup of tea, the pattern offers a different chart to knit this sweater using only 1 contrasting colour for a result that is different but just as lovely!
Tech Specs
You will need: Approximately (780, 850, 968, 1050) (1163, 1278, 1418, 1516) (1588, 1719, 1809, 1915) metres / (906, 1087, 1246, 1361) (1499, 1661, 1855, 2056) (2277, … yards of fingering / light DK yarn (shown here in The Little Grey Sheep British Hampshire 4 Ply, colourway ‘A Little of What You Fancy’);
and Approximately (18, 18, 20, 20) (25, 25, 30, 30) (35, 35, 40, 40) metres / (20, 20, 22, 22) (27, 27, 33, 33) (38, 38, 43, 43) yards each of three contrasting colours (shown here in The Little Grey Sheep British Hampshire 4 Ply minis; hot pink, lavender and light grey); or (54, 54, 60, 60) (75, 75, 90, 90) (105, 105, 120, 120) metres / (60, 60, 66, 66) (81, 81, 99, 99) (115, 115, 131, 131) yards of one contrasting colour if using the chart provided at the end
3.5 mm / US 4 circular needle and DPN’s (adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge)
3.25 mm / US 3 circular needle and DPN’s3 mm / US 2.5 circular needle(40 cm / 16 inches long – for the collar)
Tapestry needle, stitch markers, waste yarn or stitch holders
Sizes
(1, 2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7, 8) (9, 10, 11, 12) approx. (86, 91.5, 96.5, 101.5) (109, 117, 127, 134.5) (140, 150, 155, 162.5) cm / (33.75, 36, 38, 40) (43, 46, 50, 53) (55, 59, 61, 64) inches finished circumference at the bust.
Choose a size with no ease up to 10 cm/4 inches of positive ease. The pattern includes schematics to help determine a size.
Shown here in size 4.
GAUGE
24 sts and 32 rows = 10 cm / 4” in St st with 3.25 mm/US 3 needle
23.5 sts and 32 rows = 10 cm / 4” in colorwork with 3.5 mm/US 4 needle
22 sts and 32 rows = 10 cm / 4” in St st with 3.5 mm/US 4 needle