NUAGE is French for “cloud”, a perfect name for this ethereal V-Neck sweater made in one strand of silk-mohair yarn for body and sleeves and fingering yarn for neckband, cuffs and hem.

It is a seamless top-down sweater with a lace pattern over the body and sleeves and a wide 1x1 ribbing on the neck, cuffs and hem.

The range of ease across all the sizes is 14-26 cm /5.5-10.5”. I recommend a generous positive ease for this sweater. The picture shows size 3 with 22 cm/8.75” of positive ease.

YARN:
STRAND 1 FOR BODY AND SLEEVES:
STELLA by WOOLISSIME, lace weight, (72% kid mohair, 28% silk), 420 m/459 yds in 50 Gr
Grams: 100 (110, 120, 135, 145) (155, 165, 190, 200)
Metres: 840 (925, 1010, 1135, 1220) (1300, 1385, 1595, 1680)
Yards: 920 (1010, 1100, 1240, 1330) (1425, 1515, 1745, 1835)

STRAND 2 FOR NECKBAND, CUFFS AND HEM:
INES by WOOLISSIME, fingering weight (90% merino sw, 10% linen), 366 m/400 yds in 100 Gr
Grams: 80 (90, 100, 105, 105) (110, 115, 120, 130)
Metres: 295 (330, 365, 385, 385) (405, 420, 440, 475)
Yards: 320 (360, 400, 420, 420) (440, 460, 480, 520)
I used colorway Riviera for both yarns

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)
• 3.0 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
• main marker and smaller markers for chart sections
• tapestry needle or crochet hook to weave in ends
GAUGE:
20 sts/33 RNDs = 10 cm/4” square in stockinette stitch on 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5 needles after blocking using Strand 1/Stella
one repeat of lace chart: 8 cm/3.25“ wide, 12 cm/4.75“ high
SIZES:
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)
to fit chest circumference: 70 (80, 90, 105, 110) (120, 130, 140, 150) cm/28 (32, 36, 42, 44) (48, 52, 56, 60)“
FINISHED CHEST MEASUREMENT:
96 (96, 112, 128, 128) (144, 144, 160, 176) cm/38.5 (38.5, 44.75, 51.25, 51.25) (57.5, 57.5, 64, 70.5)”

PATTERN NOTES:
• The sweater is worked in one piece top down. You start with lace pattern for yoke, then before separating for body and sleeves, I recommend working the neckband (for trying on your sweater while making).
• After the circular yoke, you separate the sleeves and the body, then continue working the sleeves and the body separately.

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