NIXE means “water ghost” in German and the pattern on the round yoke reminds me of the deep waters full of seashells and seagrass, therefore I decided the name would fit this sweater perfectly. It is a seamless top-down sweater with an interesting lace pattern on the round yoke while the rest is made in reverse stockinette (knitted on the wrong side).

The range of ease across all the sizes is 6-10 cm/2.5-4.25”.

The picture shows size 3 with 9.5 cm/3.75” of positive ease.

YARN:
MERINO MOHAIR SINGLES by Samelin Dyeworks, fingering weight (56% virgin wool (merino) superwash, 44% kid mohair),
400 m/437 yds in 100 Gr
Grams: 245 (260, 275, 295, 305, 320, 340, 360, 375) (385, 400, 410, 430, 450, 460, 480, 495)
Metres: 980 (1040, 1100, 1180, 1220, 1280, 1360, 1440, 1500) (1540, 1600, 1640, 1720, 1800, 1840, 1920, 1980)
Yards: 1070 (1135, 1200, 1290, 1335, 1400, 1485, 1575, 1640) (1680, 1750, 1790, 1880, 1965, 2010, 2100, 2165)
I used color Powder

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 (neck)
• 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
• cable needle
• tapestry needle or crochet hook to weave in ends

GAUGE:
26 sts/33 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, 15, 16, 17)
To fit chest circumference: 71 (76, 81.5, 89, 94, 101.5, 106.5, 112, 117) (122, 127, 132, 139.5, 147.5, 152.5, 160, 165) cm
28 (30, 32, 34, 37, 40, 42, 44, 46) (48, 50, 52, 55, 58, 60, 63, 65)“

FINISHED CHEST MEASUREMENT:
77 (84.5, 91, 98.5, 103, 111, 115.5, 120, 126) (131, 135.5, 141.5, 149, 157, 163, 169, 175.5) cm
30.75 (33.75, 36.5, 39.5, 41.25, 44.5, 46.25, 48, 50.5) (52.5, 54.25, 56.5, 59.5, 62.75, 65.25, 67.5, 70.25)“

PATTERN NOTES:
• I recommend swatching for the lace pattern and if you notice that it is looser than the stockinette stitch, please use smaller needles for working the lace section of your sweater.
• The sweater is worked in one piece top down. You start with neck band/ribbing, then work neck shaping with short rows and then continue working in the round. After the round yoke, you work another set of short rows for better shaping and then separate the sleeves and the body and continue working them separately. For reverse stockinette, you knit on the wrong side.

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