Aluk Christmas Sweater is worked bottom up in the round. Body and sleeves are worked in stranded colour work according to chart. The body is divided, and front and back are worked separately, back and forth. Then the shoulders are cast off using a three needle bind off. The sleeves are sewn in, and stitches are picked up along the neck opening for working the folded neck edge.

LEVEL
Intermediate

SIZE
S/M (L/XL)

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Chest: 118 (131) cm
Total length: 56 (58) cm
Sleeve length: 40 (40) cm

MATERIALS
Highland from Kit Couture or Peruvian from Filcolana
(50 g = 100 m)
Col A: 450 (500) g
Col B: 50 g (both sizes)
Col C: 50 g (both sizes)
Col D: 50 g (both sizes)
Col E: 50 g (both sizes)

Kit Couture Shimmery
(25 g = 100 m)
Col F: 50 g (both sizes)

RECOMMENDED NEEDLES
Circular needles:
5 mm (40 and 80 cm)
5.5 mm (80 cm)

Double-pointed needles:
5 and 5.5 mm

With the ”magic loop” technique you can work the project using only an 80 cm (or longer) circular needle.

STRIKKEFASTHED
19 sts and 20 rows over colour-work pattern on 5.5 mm needles = 10 x 10 cm (measured after washing).