Introducing the StitchFusion Sweater, your go-to pattern for cozy comfort and creative expression!

This oversized sweater offers endless possibilities for customization, allowing you to seamlessly blend cable and colorwork patterns according to your preferences. With adjustable lengths for the yoke, body, and sleeves, you have full control over the fit and style.

Plus, it’s the perfect project for utilizing yarn leftovers, whether you opt for playful stripes or a unified hue (make sure to check out the Pages 14-17 to see my further interpretations of this pattern!). Embrace versatility and make a statement with your stitches with the StitchFusion Sweater!

The sweater is made seamlessly from the top down. The range of ease across sizes is 18-22 cm/7.25-8.75”. The picture shows size 2 with 22 cm/8.75” of positive ease.

YARN:
DROPS Soft Tweed Mix, DK weight (50% wool, 25% alpaca, 25% viscose), 130 m/142 yds in 50 Gr
MAIN COLORS FROM THE TOP DOWN (from darkest to lightest):
MC 1, No. 9: Grams: 80 (100, 120, 130, 135, 145)
Metres: 210 (260, 310, 340, 350, 375)
Yards: 225 (285, 340, 370, 385, 410)
MC 2, No. 8: Grams: 80 (100, 120, 125, 145, 165)
Metres: 210 (260, 310, 325, 375, 430)
Yards: 225 (285, 340, 355, 410, 470)
MC 3, No. 7: Grams: 90 (110, 130, 140, 155, 175)
Metres: 235 (285, 340, 365, 405, 455)
Yards: 255 (310, 370, 400, 440, 495)
MC 4, No. 6: Grams: 120 (145, 165, 175, 200, 220)
Metres: 310 (375, 430, 455, 520, 570)
Yards: 340 (410, 470, 495, 570, 625)
CONTRAST COLOR FOR COLORWORK STRIPES:
No. 15: Grams: 35 (45, 50, 55, 65, 70)
Metres: 90 (115, 130, 145, 170, 180)
Yards: 100 (130, 140, 155, 185, 200)
NEEDLES:
• 2.5 mm/U.S. size 1.5 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
• tapestry needle or crochet hook to weave in ends and graft the tubular bind off

GAUGE:
stockinette stitch: 21 sts/27 RNDs = 10 cm/4” square on 3.5 mm/U.S. size 4 needles after blocking
1 cable chart repeat (18 sts/10 RNDs) = 8 cm/3.25“ wide, 4 cm/1.5“ high on 3.5 mm/U.S. size 4 needles after blocking

SIZES:
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
to fit chest circumference: 75 (90, 110, 125, 140, 155) cm/30 (36, 44, 50, 56, 62)“

FINISHED CHEST MEASUREMENT:
96 (112, 128, 144, 160, 176) cm/38.5 (44.75, 51.25, 57.5, 64, 70.5)“

PATTERN NOTES:
• The sweater is worked in one piece top down. You start with the neckband, work short rows for neck shaping and then continue with colorwork and cable charts with increase rounds in between.
• After all yoke increases have been made, you separate the sleeves and the body, and continue working them separately.

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