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Amoroso in Spanish means “loving,” and you will love knitting this sassy little sweater that will give you all the love with all its coziness! Worked in bulky weight yarn, it’s a fast knit just perfect for those cold winter days! No jacket required while hanging out with friends or shopping. Pair it with jeans, cute boots, and sunglasses, and you’re ready for fun!

The Amoroso sweater is worked back and forth in four pieces (front, back and sleeves) bottom-up, and is then seamed together. After the back and front are joined, stitches are picked to create the turtle neck.

Level of difficulty
Easy.

Techniques Used
Knit & purl, cast-on and bind-off
Increasing
Specialty bind-off: sloped bind-off for back neck
Working from written instructions
Picking up stitches
Blocking
Seaming: Mattress stitch, Horizontal seams (join shoulders), Vertical to Horizontal seams (join sleeves).

Materials
Yarn
Approximately 21.5 (24., 27.11, 29.5, 33.3) (35.5, 38.5, 41.6) oz/610 (697, 768, 837, 942) (1007, 1091, 1179) g; 666.8 (762.5, 840.2, 915.9, 1030.6) (1102.3, 1192.9, 1289.9) yds/610 (697, 768, 837, 942) (1007, 1091, 1179) m of super bulky weight yarn (7 wpi), 100% Wool.

Needles
US size 11/8 mm needles or size to obtain correct gauge.

Notions
1 stitch holder or waste yarn.
Tapestry needle.

Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8)
Model with bust size 40 in shown in size 3 with 4 in/10 cm positive ease.

Final Measurements
Bust at underarm: 36 (40, 44, 48, 52) (56, 60, 64) in/91.4 (101.6, 111.7, 122, 132) (142.2, 152.4, 162.5) cm
Finished Length: 20 ⅜ (21 ¾, 22 ¼, 22 ⅝, 23 ⅛) (23 ⅝, 24, 24 ¼) in/62 (55.2, 56.5, 57.6, 58.7) (60.1, 61, 61.6) cm
Ease intended: 2 to 4 in/5 to 10 cm

Credits
Many thanks to my tech editor, Nin Leavitt; and to my test knitters for helping me make this the best possible pattern: Joy Burkart and Maryanne Cleary.