This drop-shoulder sweater features puffed rose bud stitches and eyelet stripes in your favourite mohair colours. When designing, Eun Mi Ahn was thinking about spring, and she pictured a garden brimming with roses on the verge of bursting into full bloom. “Roseraie” is French for “rose garden.”

SIZES
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)

Recommended ease: 8” / 20 cm of positive ease.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS 
Chest Circumference: 38 (41.5, 45.5, 49, 52.75) (58, 62, 65.5, 70)“ / 96.5 (106, 115, 124.5, 134) (148, 157, 166.5, 178).

Total Length from Top Shoulder to Hem: 17.25 (18, 18, 20, 20) (21.25, 21.25, 22, 22)“ / 44 (46, 46, 51, 51) (54, 54, 56, 56) cm.

Armhole Depth: 8 (8, 8.75, 9, 9.25) (9.75, 10.25, 10.75, 10.75)“ / 20 (20, 22.5, 23, 23.5) (25, 26, 27.5, 27.5) cm.

Sleeve Length from Underarm to Hem: 15.5 (16, 16.25, 16.25, 16.75) (16.75, 17, 17, 17)“ / 39.5 (40.5, 41.5, 41.5, 42.5) (42.5, 43, 43, 43) cm.      

Cuff Circumference: 15.75 (15.75, 17.5, 18, 18.5) (19.5, 20.5, 21.75, 21.75)“ / 40 (40, 45, 46, 47) (49.5, 52, 55.5, 55.5) cm.

Neck Width (excluding Neckband): 9.75 (9.75, 10.25, 10.75, 11.25) (11.75, 12.25, 12.25, 12.5)” / 25 (25, 26, 27.5,28.5)(29.75, 30.75, 30.75, 32) cm.

MATERIALS
Yarn: Pearl Mohair by MAJO Garn (70% super kid mohair, 30 % silk, 230 yds / 210 m – 25 g). 
MC: 8 (9, 10, 11, 12) (13, 14, 15, 16) balls in the colourway Rose.
CC1: 2 (2, 2, 2, 3) (3, 3, 3, 3) balls in the colourway Poppy. 
CC2: 1 (1, 1, 1, 2) (2, 2, 2, 2) ball(s) in the colourway Ivory.

Two strands of yarn are held together throughout the pattern.

Or approx. the foll amounts of lace-weight silk mohair:
MC: 1801 (1967, 2174, 2434, 2592) (2883, 3070, 3342, 3485) yds / 1644 (1796, 1985, 2222, 2366) (2632, 2803, 3051, 3182) m.
CC1: 368 (390, 427, 481, 513) (592, 627, 661, 697) yds / 336 (356, 390, 439, 469) (541, 573, 603, 637) m.
CC2: 184 (195, 213, 241, 257) (296, 314, 330, 349) yds / 168 (178, 195, 220, 234) (270, 286, 302, 318) m.

Alternative yarn suggestions are for example Drops Kid-Silk by Garnstudio or Aloft by Knit Picks.

Hook: US G-6 / 4 mm.

Notions: Removable stitch markers (optional).

GAUGE
17 sts x 10 rows to 4” / 10 cm with US G-6 / 4 mm hook in Patt with yarn held double, after blocking.

NOTES
The sweater is worked flat, in pieces, from the bottom up. First, a crop-length back piece is worked, followed by the front, and then joined at the shoulder seams. The sleeves are made separately and sewn to the body. Finally, the sides and sleeve seams are joined, and the neck edging is crocheted in the round.