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Fern and Stone Sweater was named after the things I see every day outside my door: ferns growing between old stones, soft moss, rough textures, quiet patterns repeating themselves in nature.

For the longest time, I kept this yarn hidden away in my stash, convinced it deserved lace or cables — something more typically “me”. But eventually I realized that this yarn had other plans. It was quietly asking for stranded colorwork all along.

The ease across sizes is 5-15 cm/2-6”. The picture shows size 3 with 10 cm/4” of positive ease.

YARN:
MC: SEDA 40 by Feliz y Punto, fingering weight (60% merino, 40% silk), 425 m/465 yds in 100 g
Grams: 185 (200, 220, 240, 265) (285, 305, 330, 350)
Meters: 785 (860, 935, 1030, 1130) (1215, 1300, 1395, 1490)
Yards: 860 (940, 1025, 1125, 1235) (1330, 1420, 1525, 1630)
I used colorway Tierras (II)

CC: HELSINKI by Nordic Yarn, fingering weight (100% merino), 450 m/492 yds in 100 g
Grams: 60 (60, 65, 75, 80) (85, 95, 100, 110)
Meters: 260 (280, 295, 330, 365) (395, 420, 455, 490)
Yards: 285 (305, 325, 360, 400) (430, 460, 495, 535)
I used color off white (hand-dyed by myself with avocado skins and pits)

NEEDLES:
• 2.25 mm/U.S. size 1, 80 cm/32” circular needles
• 2.25 mm/U.S. size 1 dpns or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the round (neck)
• 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5, 80 cm/32” circular needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
• 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5 circular needles or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the round (sleeves)

NOTIONS:
• stitch holders or waste yarn
• markers
• tapestry needle or crochet hook to weave in ends

GAUGE:
24 sts/33 RNDs = 10 cm/4” square in stockinette stitch on 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5 needles after blocking

SIZES:
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)
to fit chest circumference: 70 (80, 90, 100, 110) (120, 130, 140, 150) cm/28 (32, 36, 40, 44) (48, 52, 56, 60)”

FINISHED CHEST MEASUREMENT:
80 (90, 100, 110, 120) (130, 140, 150, 160) cm/32 (36, 40, 44, 48) (52, 56, 60, 64)”

PATTERN NOTES:
• The sweater is worked in one piece top down.
• You start with the neckband in 1x1 ribbing, then work increases and short rows for neck shaping, and then the circular yoke according to the charts and increase instructions.
• After the circular yoke, you separate the sleeves and the body and work them separately.

SKILLS REQUIRED:
• basics (knit/purl, increase/decrease)
• working in the round
• working from a chart for stranded colorwork