ADELESWEATER - English

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Style ADELESWEATER is a knitwear pattern instructions. The pattern comes in a PDF file, and can be downloaded and printed from the computer.

The pattern has 8 different prints : Flame, Groovie, Zebra, Leopard, Snake, Tattoo, Giraffe & Tribal

Size guide

Sizes (cm) XS (S) M (L) XL (XXL) 3XL

Chest measurements 96 (101) 107 (115) 119 (122) 127

Sleeve length to armpit 44 (47) 48 (49) 50 (50) 50

The measurements are based on the sweater after blocking. The sweater is designed with positive ease around approximately 10-15 cm in smaller sizes, but gradually less in the bigger sizes.

Material

Organic Merino DK from Thelma Steimann. The yarn is 100% organic merino wool, approximately 225 m/100 g per skein. A wonderful and soft base to work with.

COL 1: 3 (3) 4 (4) 4 (5) 5

COL 2: 1 (1) 1 (1) 1 (1) 1

Needles & notions

Circular needle 4 mm (40/60/80 cm)

Circular needle 3,5 mm (40/60 cm) for hem and neckline

5 x DPN 3,5 & 4 mm for sleeves (mostly for the smaller sizes) & cuffs (unless the Magic Loop technique is used)

Tapestry needle for weaving in the ends

10 x stitch markers

Keeping cord or scrap yarn for resting stitches

Tension gauge swatch

Make sure to check your tension by creating a gauge swatch before starting your knit.

Gauge: 21 stitches and 29 rows in height in stockinette stitch with 4 mm needles for a 10 x 10 cm swatch. Everyone’s tension is different, so:

If your tension is too tight and your gauge swatch measures too small, change to a bigger needle.

If your tension is too loose and your gauge swatch is too wide, change to a smaller needle.

Check guidelines for fair isle print work in Good to know.

Good to know

The sweater is knitted top down and in the round for the most part. The neckline is knitted back and forth, then connected at the front chest and knitted in the round from there. The sleeves are separated from the body. The neckline is worked by picking up stitches around the neckline opening and worked as rib with the option to add print. The neckline is folded to create a double-thick rib and is stitched down on the WS.

The fair isle print on the sleeves is knitted with 2 colors at the same time. Some knitters struggle with keeping the tension right when working with 2 threads at a time. If you have difficulties working the fair isle, change to a bigger needle for the sleeves, 4,5 mm could do the trick.

It is very important to use hand-dyed yarn for the print,  it brings the pattern more to life and adds the cherry on top. For the main color, I recommend alternating by working with two hanks at a time so the color blends more evenly in the project. When you knit with both hanks at the same time, you simply change them out every other row. Here is a good example if you’re not familiar with the technique:

https://youtu.be/dVsN8qJ3ZD8?si=aV8DcUSPInbA0IjY