ERIKASWEATER - English

Style ERIKASWEATER is a knitwear pattern instructions.

The pattern comes in a PDF file, and can be downloaded and printed from the computer.

Size chart

Size (XXS)   XS   (S)     M      (L)     XL   (XXL)   3XL

1.Bust circumference                                         

 (120)  125 (130)  136  (141)  145  (148)   153

2.Length measurements mid back and down

(44)  46     (48)     50    (51)     52    (52)    52

This sweater is designed to be oversized, with approximately 20–30 cm of positive ease in the smaller sizes, gradually decreasing in the larger sizes.

Skills: Cast on, knit in the round, increase, decrease, icord edge, kitcheners stitch and bind off.

Yarn

Angel Lace or Angel Lace Long: 1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1 skein

Hand-dyed Angel Light Lace from Thelma Steimann. A light and airy yarn made of 80% extra-fine merino and 20% silk. Works beautifully as an alternative to silk mohair. Approx. 100 g = 800–1200 m.

Kid Silk Mohair: 2/2/2/2/3/3/3/3 skeins

Hand-dyed Kid Silk Mohair from Thelma Steimann. A luxurious brushed yarn of 72% kid mohair and 28% silk. Lightweight, super soft, and wonderful to knit with. Approx. 420 m / 50 g.

or

Hand dyed Wild alpaca, the yarn is brushed baby suri alpaca from Thelma Steimann, its

lightweight, super fluffy and soft to work with. Approx 225m/100gr in each skein.

Wild alpaca: 3 (3) 3 (4) 4 (4) 4 (4)

Needles & notions

Circular needles 8 mm, 40, 60 & 100 cm.

2X 5 mm DPNs for i-cord.

Tapestry needle for weaving in ends.

Waste yarn or stitch holders for sleeves.

Stitch markers.

Tension gauge

Be sure to check your own tension before starting to knit. Cast on 12 stitches and knit 19

rows on needles size 8 mm for a 10 x 10 cm sample. If tension measures too tight, change to a thicker needle. If tension measures too wide, change to a thinner needle.

Good to know

This sweater is knitted top-down in the round using one strand of Angel Lace together with one strand of Kid Silk Mohair or with one strand of Wild alpaca. Begin at the neckline, then work the yoke with raglan increases. When the yoke is complete, separate stitches for sleeves and body. The body is worked in the round, and the sleeves are finished with decreases and an i-cord edge.

Yarn quantities are approximate and based on average use.