CHRYSTAL got its name because of the elegant geometrical pattern on the colorwork yoke reminding me of the sparkling minerals. It is a seamless top-down sweater with ¾ sleeves for which I used a very calm and neutral main color with the matching wild variegated contrast color and I just like the effect this combination produced.

The range of ease across all the sizes is 2.5 – 4.5 cm/1 – 1.75”. The picture shows size 4 with 4 cm/1.5” of positive ease.

YARN:
MAIN COLOR: TIBETIAN CLOUD FINGERING by LOTUS YARNS HELD DOUBLE (LACE WEIGHT, 100% Yak, 450 m/50 Gr)
Grams: 145 (150, 155, 165, 170, 180, 190) (210, 220, 235, 250, 265, 275, 295)
Metres: 1305 (1350, 1395, 1485, 1530, 1620, 1710) (1890, 1980, 2115, 2250, 2385, 2475, 2655)
Yards: 1425 (1475, 1525, 1625, 1675, 1770, 1870) (2065, 2165, 2310, 2460, 2610, 2705, 2905)
I used color 17 (Rose)

CONTRAST COLOR:
MALABRIGO Sock (100% Superwash Merino Wool), 400 m/440 yds in 100 Gr

Grams: 45 (50, 50, 55, 55, 60, 60) (60, 60, 65, 65, 70, 70, 75)
Metres: 360 (400, 400, 440, 440, 480, 480) (480, 480, 520, 520, 560, 560, 600)
Yards: 380 (420, 420, 460, 460, 505, 505) (505, 505, 545, 545, 590, 590, 630)
I used colorway 853 Abril

NEEDLES:
• 2.5 mm/U.S. size 1.5 80 cm/32” circular needles
• 2.5 mm/U.S. size 1.5 60 cm/24” circular needles or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the round (cuffs)
• 3.5 mm/U.S. size 4 80 cm/32” circular needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
• 3.5 mm/U.S. size 4 circular needles or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the round (sleeves)

NOTIONS:
• stitch holders or waste yarn
• main marker and smaller markers for chart sections
• tapestry needle or crochet hook to weave in ends

GAUGE:
26 sts/32 RNDs = 10 cm/4” square in stockinette stitch on 3.5 mm/U.S. size 4 needles after blocking

SIZES:
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
to fit chest circumference: 70 (75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100) (110, 115, 125, 135, 145, 150, 160) cm
28 (30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40) (44, 46, 50, 54, 58, 60, 64)“

FINISHED CHEST MEASUREMENT:
72.5 (78.5, 83, 89, 94, 98.5, 103) (112.5, 118.5, 129, 138.5, 149, 154, 164.5) cm
29 (31.5, 33.25, 35.5, 37.5, 39.5, 41.25) (45, 47.5, 51.5, 55.5, 59.5, 61.5, 65.75)“

PATTERN NOTES:
• I recommend swatching for the colorwork and if you notice that it is tighter than the stockinette stitch done in one color, please use larger needles for working the colorwork section of your sweater.
• The sweater is worked in one piece top down. You start with the neck band, then work neck shaping with short rows and then continue working in the round. After the round yoke and additional shaping with short rows, you separate the sleeves and the body and continue working them separately.

SKILLS REQUIRED:
• basics (cast on/bind off, knit/purl, increase/decrease)
• short rows
• working in the round
• working from a chart