For my new project, I combined two beautiful yarns Mohair and Mechita by Malabrigo in a wavy pattern and named it ONDAS which means „waves“ in Portuguese.

It is a seamless top-down sweater with a lace pattern on the yoke while the rest is made in simple stockinette. There are two options for yoke depth, and while the original was made with a deep yoke, you can shorten the yoke by 7 cm/2.75” by omitting CHART 4 (please refer to the measurements table).

The range of ease across all the sizes is 22-23 cm/8.75-9.25”. The picture shows size 2 with 23 cm/9.25” of positive ease.

YARN:
STRAND 1: MECHITA by Malabrigo, fingering weight, (100% SW Merino), 384 m/420 yds in 100 Gr
Grams: 75 (90, 90, 105, 105, 105, 120)
Metres: 290 (345, 345, 405, 405, 405, 460)
Yards: 315 (380, 380, 440, 440, 440, 505)
STRAND 2: MOHAIR by Malabrigo, lace weight, (72% Mohair, 28% Silk), 210 m/229 yds in 25 Gr
Grams: 70 (80, 95, 105, 110, 125, 135)
Metres: 590 (670, 800, 880, 925, 1050, 1135)
Yards: 640 (735, 870, 960, 1010, 1145, 1235)
I used colorway Whole Grain for both yarns

NEEDLES:
• 2 mm/U.S. size 0 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
• cable needle
• tapestry needle or crochet hook to weave in ends

GAUGE:
23 sts/32RNDs = 10 cm/4” square in stockinette stitch with STRAND 2 (Mohair) on 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5 needles after blocking

SIZES:
1 (2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7)
to fit chest circumference: 75 (90, 105,120, 130, 145, 160) cm/30 (36, 42,48, 52, 58, 64)“

FINISHED CHEST MEASUREMENT:
97.5 (113, 127,142.5, 153, 167, 182.5) cm/39 (45.25, 50.75,57, 61.25, 66.75, 73)“

PATTERN NOTES:
• The sweater is worked in one piece top down. You start with neck band in garter stitch, then work the round yoke according to the lace charts (written instructions for the lace charts are also provided).
• After the round yoke, you separate the sleeves and the body, work the neck shaping with short rows, then continue working the sleeves and the body separately.

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