A decorative sweater with an eye-catching all-over leafy pattern that keeps you warm on the rainy days of spring, even if the yarn-overs make it a bit breezy. Choose another colour, and you can turn the sweater into “Autumn Leaves”:)

Spring Leaves is knitted in the round from the bottom up – if seaming is not your favourite activity, you will love this project.

Finished measurements

Chest
78 (83.5, 94, 97, 109.5) cm
30 3/4 (32 3/4, 37, 38 1/4, 43 1/4) “

Length
55.5 (57, 60, 60, 63.5) cm
21 3/4 (22 1/2, 23 1/2, 23 1/2, 25) “

Shown in size 30 3/4 with about 3” negative ease

Yarn

weight: sport / DK
fiber: 100 % wool or wool blend
amount:
880 (960, 1090, 1140, 1320) meters
960 (1050, 1190, 1245, 1440) yards

• Recommended and tested sport weight yarns: Madelinetosh Tosh Sport, Cascade Yarns 220 Sport, Barka Libikóka
• recommended and tested DK weight yarn: Phildar Oxygene
• The yarn I used for the sample project is SPORT weight (75% wool, 25% polyamide, 150 m / 50 g) knitted with slightly larger needles to get a light fabric. This gauge can be easily obtained with DK weight as well, however, in this case the sweater will be slightly heavier.

Needles

• 3.5 mm (US 4) and 4 mm (US 6) circular needle, 60 and 100 cm (24 and 40 “) or longer
• 3.5 mm (US 4) and 4 mm (US 6) dpn
• or use needle size that gives you the correct gauge

Notions

• Stitch markers
• Round counter (optional but recommended)
• Yarn needle

Gauge

• 21 sts / 27 rounds = 10 cm / 4 “ in stockinette stitch, using 4 mm (US 6) needles
• 23 sts / 27 rounds = 10 cm / 4 “ in pattern, using 4 mm (US 6) needles

Skill level

• intermediate

Skills used

• yarn-overs
• working from a chart
• increasing and decreasing
• knitting in the round
• knitting using double-pointed needles

Construction

• in the round, bottom up

Pattern details

• colour-coded easy-to-read pattern instructions

• instructions include both US and metric measurements

• photo page with shots of the sweater from different angles

• easy –to-read chart (leafy pattern), yoke decrease rounds are written out in detail

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