Eksta Sweater by Erika Åberg

Eksta Sweater

Knitting
September 2022
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
21 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in in pattern on needles 3.5mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
1323 - 2129 yards (1210 - 1947 m)
S M L XL XXL XXXL
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Method: the sweater is knitted from the bottom up, with as few seams as possible. The rounds begin) at the right side. The sleeves are worked separately and knitted together with the body, the armhole stitches of the body and sleeves are grafted together. The sleeves are worked in two-coloured garter stitch and the front and back in the pattern from the chart.

SIZES: S M L XL XXL XXXL

Yarn quantities:
320g (11¼oz),300g (10½oz),
250g (8¾oz) 275g (9¾oz)
340g (12oz) 380g (13½oz)
430g (15¼oz) 475g (16¾oz)
300g (10½oz) 325g (11½oz)
370g (13oz) 410g (14½oz)

Yarn: Strikkegarn (knitting yarn) from Tant Kofta; 50g/1¾oz/110m/120yds

Shades: Silver (A), Blåbär (blueberry) (B)

Needles: 3mm (UK 11, US 2.5) for ribbing at neck and cuffs, 3.5mm (UK 9/10, US 4) for pattern and
bottom ribbing

Tension (gauge): 21 sts × 28 rows in pattern on needles 3.5mm (UK 9/10, US 4) needles = 10 × 10cm

Other: markers, spare yarn for setting stitches aside, darning needle for fastening off ends. spare needle
for grafting.

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