Whiteowlcrochetco. Bauxite Sweater

Bauxite is a simple DK weight circular yoke sweater with a few little details to keep things interesting!

Bauxite is knit from the top down, beginning with a 1x1 rib stitch collar. Techniques required include:

• Tubular cast-on
• Japanese short rows
• 1x1 rib stitch
• Increasing/Decreasing
• Backwards Loop cast-on
• Tubular bind-off

Two lengths are provided to suit your preferences: a cropped, shorter length, and a full, longer length.

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Includes instructions for how to add a project to Ravelry.

Tested by over 20 other knitters - click on associated projects to check them out!

Tech Edited by Nicky Jensen of HandKnits and Hygge.

Method: Knit
Skill Level: Intermediate
Version: October 2023

Choose What You Pay: A “Choose What You Pay” model is available for this pattern, allowing both financial accessibility and > fair pricing. The buyer may pay what they are able while still valuing the hard work invested by myself, my testers, the tech editor, and other designers. The price listed reflects what I believe is fair for the work put into this design. Use the codes below in order to pay the price listed after each. Choose whichever price works best for you!

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Measurements

To determine your size, measure your chest around the widest point, then locate the closest value listed under “Sweater Bust” below. This pattern does not have added ease. If you would like to add ease (i.e., extra material for a roomier fit), size up. If you would like negative ease 
(i.e., less material for a closer fit), size down.

Size 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Suggested Bust (No Ease, Close Fit):
30”, 34”, 38.25”, 44”, 52.25”, 56.25”, 60”, 64”, 68.25”
(76, 86.5, 97, 112, 122.5, 132.5, 143, 152.5, 162.5, 174 cm)

Sweater Bust:
30”, 34”, 38.25”, 44”, 52.25”, 56.25”, 60”, 64”, 68.25”
(76, 86.5, 97, 112, 122.5, 132.5, 143, 152.5, 162.5, 174 cm)

Crop Length:
17”, 18”, 18 ¾“, 19 ¼”, 20”, 20 ¾“, 21 ½”, 21 ¾“, 22 ¼”, 22 ½“
(43, 45.5, 47.5, 49, 51, 52.5, 54.5, 55, 56.5, 57 cm)

Full Length:
24”, 25”, 26 ½“, 27”, 28 ½”, 29 ½“, 30”, 31 ½”, 32”, 32 ¼
(61, 63.5, 67.5, 68.5, 72.5, 75, 76, 80, 81.5, 82 cm)

Bicep:
9 ½“, 11”, 12 ¼”, 13.75”, 14 ½“, 16”, 17 ¼”, 18 ¾“, 19 ½”, 21”
(24, 28, 31, 35, 37, 40.5, 44, 47.5, 49.5, 53.5 cm)

Armhole Depth:
7 ½“, 8 ½”, 9 ¼“, 9 ¾”, 10 ½“, 11 ¼”, 12”, 12 ¼“, 12 ¾”, 13”
(19, 21.5, 23.5, 25, 26.5, 28.5, 30.5, 31, 32.5, 33 cm)

Sleeve Length (From Armpit):
18”, 17”, 17”, 17”, 16 ½“, 15 ¾”, 15 ¾“, 15 ½”, 15”, 15”
(45.5, 43, 43, 43, 42, 40, 40, 39.5, 38, 38 cm)

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Yardage Estimates

Order this yardage for each yarn strand. Modifications will result in a difference in required yardage.

Yardage:
Crop Length:
580, 695, 705, 770, 845, 915, 935, 985, 1028, 1075 Yds

Full Length:
695, 931, 1030, 1143, 1264, 1351, 1391, 1516, 1582, 1663 Yds

Meterage:
Crop Length:
530, 636, 644, 704, 772, 836, 854, 900, 940, 982 m

Full Length:
636, 851, 942, 1045, 1156, 1235, 1272, 1386, 1447, 1520 m

Skeins:
Crop Length:
Knit Picks Alpaca Cloud Fingering: 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6
Knit Picks Aloft: 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5

Full Length:
Knit Picks Alpaca Cloud Fingering: 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9
Knit Picks Aloft: 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7

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Yarn

• Fingering + Lace Held Double, or 1 strand of DK
• Knit Picks Alpaca Cloud Fingering (Jane)
• Knit Picks Aloft (Black)

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Tools

Circular Needles
5.00 mm / US8 / UK6
(Stockinette)
9” (22 cm) - Sleeve
16” (40 cm) - Sleeve and Collar
24+” (60+ cm) - Body

3.00 mm / US2.5 / UK11
(1x1 Rib Stitch)
9” (22 cm) - Sleeve
16” (40 cm) - Collar

Or needle sizes required to obtain gauge

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Other Notions

• 1 Darning Needle
• 1 Scissors
• 6 Locking Stitch Markers
• 8 Stitch Markers
• Blocking Items

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Gauge Pattern

Stockinette Gauge
Blocked
In the Round
Stockinette Gauge Needles
K all sts
22 sts, 28 rounds / 5” (12.5 cm)

1x1 Rib Stitch Gauge
Blocked
In the Round
Stretched
1x1 Rib Stitch Gauge Needles
K1, P1
21 sts, 28 rounds / 3” (7.5 cm)

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Alternative Tested Yarns

• Quince & Co. Phoebe DK (100% American Extra-Fine Merino)
• Bare Naked Wools Better Breakfast DK (65/35 Merino/Alpaca)
• Kelbourne Woolens Scout DK (100% Wool)
• Knit Picks Capretta Superwash (80% SW Merino, 10% Cashmere, 10% Nylon) held together with Drops Kid-Silk (75% Mohair, 25% Silk)
• Mezzo Makes Countertenor Tweed DK (85% Superwash Merino, 15% Donegal Nep)
• Malbrigo Arroyo Sport (100% Superwash Merino Wool)
• Woolberry Fiber Co Berry Tweed DK (85% SW Merino, 15% NEP)
• Odd Knots & Threads Duelo (Superwash Merino/Nylon) held together with Hobbii Diablo (Acrylic/Mohair/Polyamide)
• Purls & Postulates Harris DK (75% Superwash Merino, 25% Nylon)
• This combination created a denser fabric: Cascade Yarns 220 Fingering (100% Wool) held together with Loops and Threads Washable Wool Blurred Lines (75% Wool, 25% Manufactured Fibers - Nylon / Polyamide)
• Sandnes Garn Sunday (100% Merino Wool ) held together with Ice Yarns Sale Mohair - Wool Blend (35% Polyester, 25% Kid Mohair, 25% Merino Wool, 15% Polyamide)
• Dragon Hoard Yarn Lore Fingering (85% SW Merino Wool, 15% Nylon) held together with a lace weight mohair silk blend
• Knitting Notions Classic Merino Bamboo (65% Superwash Merino, 35% Rayon of Bamboo) held together with an Italian Mohair Blend (Mohair, Extra Fine Merino)
• Discrete Unicorn Sparkle Sock (75% Merino, 20% Nylon, 5% Stellina) Held Double with a mohair yarn

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Abbreviations / Techniques

BLCO, Backwards Loop Cast On
BOR, Beginning of Round
cm, Centimeter
K, Knit
K2Tog, Knit 2 sts together
m, Meter
M, Marker
M1R, Make 1 Right (Increase)
P, Purl
PM, Place Marker
P2Tog, Purl 2 sts together
RM, Remove Marker
Rpt, Repeat
SL1PW, Slip 1 st purlwise
SM, Slip Marker
SSK, Slip 1 st knitwise twice, K2Tog (decrease)
St(s), Stitch(es)
WYIB, With Yarn in Back
Yds, Yards
YO, Yarn Over
* , Repeat Sequence Within
“, Inches

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Contact

Mollie Conrad, MSc.
Whiteowlcrochetco.
hello@whiteowlcrochetco.com

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Social Media

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Knitters may sell the final product, with credit for the design given to Whiteowlcrochetco (Mollie Conrad).

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#BauxiteSweater #whiteowlcrochetco
and please feel free to tag @whiteowlcrochetco in your posts! I love seeing your final products!

Pattern may not be redistributed or duplicated, in whole or in part.

No refunds will be administered as this is an instant download product.

Happy Knitting! <3