“This sweater is designed to be gender neutral! Women, men, or nonbinary folks, this design is for people regardless of gender identity! Thank you, Serendipitous Wool, for collaborating with me on this design!”

CONSTRUCTION: top-down sweater with crop or full body length mods, no seaming.

SKILLS: 2-color stranded colorwork, yoke increases, sleeve decreasing, German short rows, pick-up stitches, knitting in the round.

NEEDLES: US 6/4.0 mm circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge

· Choose circular needle length according to chest circumference.

· Use two sizes smaller needles for neck collar for more crew neckline than boat neckline.

NOTIONS: stitch markers, tapestry needle, measuring tape, gauge ruler if needed

GAUGE: 22 sts & 26 rows/rounds per 4”/10 cm (in 1x1 colorwork pattern, *MCk1, CCk1*, in the round, or stockinette stitch, after blocking)

YARN: DK weight

Samples knit in: Serendipitous Wool “Agni”, 4 ply DK weight, 100% Superwash Merino, 231 yd/211 m per 100g

Yardage is based on schematic measurements. Adding/reducing length to body and sleeves will change yardage usage.

CROPPED Body Length:

MC: 600, 650, 700, 750 (800, 850, 910, 970) [1030, 1090, 1160] yd/549, 594, 640, 686 (732, 777, 832, 887) [942, 997, 1061] m

CC: 120, 140, 160, 180 (200, 230, 260, 290) [320, 350, 390] yd/110, 128, 146, 165 (183, 210, 238, 265) [293, 320, 357] m

FULL Body Length:

MC: 750, 800, 900, 1000 (1100, 1200, 1300, 1400) [1500, 1600, 1700] yd/686, 732, 823, 914 (1006, 1097, 1189, 1280) [1372, 1463, 1554] m

CC: 200, 220, 240, 270 (300, 330, 360, 400) [440, 480, 520] yd/183, 201, 219, 247 (274, 302, 329, 366)\ 402, 439, 475 m

SIZES: 1, 2, 3, 4 (5, 6, 7, 8) [9, 10, 11]

SEE TABLE FOR FINISHED MEASUREMENTS (worn with negative 2” to 6” of positive ease at chest).

Pattern has been test knitted. Examples of other knitters who have knit this pattern during test knit are in the Blog.

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