Le Rouge

Le Rouge – The Sweater

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SPRÅK NORSK SVENSK DANSK ENGELSK TYSK

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Yarn in this pattern

Fluff HipKnitShop · 50 g = 100 mSimilar yarn: Tjukk Mohair, Mohrino, Påfugl in Paris

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Always In · Level: Beginner plus

A light mohair sweater in two colours: deep berry red in the body and sleeves, light peach in the whole yoke. Lace pattern, three-quarter puff sleeves and a wide boat neck. Knitted bottom-up.

Warm. Airy. Feminine.

The story behind the design

Le Rouge is the same sweater as Le Lilac – and so the same construction as Woods – Always in My Head. The difference is the colours.

Body and sleeves in Berrylicious, a deep berry red that leans towards rust in sunlight. The whole yoke in Peach cream, the lightest peach in the series. The change sits exactly where the lace pattern starts, so the light section and the texture arrive at the same time — and the eyelets show best in the light colour.

The name of the original comes from the Coldplay song Always in My Head.

Sizes

XS (S) M (L) XL

Chest width, half	42 (46) 50 (54) 58 cm
Length	49 (55) 60 (67) 72 cm
Armhole depth	21 (23) 24 (27) 28 cm
Underarm sleeve length	25 cm, all sizes
Sleeve width	43 cm, all sizes
Neck opening	42 (45) 48 (52) 55 cm

The armhole depth is also the height of the light section – the whole yoke is knitted in Peach cream.

The sleeve is the same in all sizes. It is the armhole depth that grows.

Yarn & equipment

Yarn – both colours are Fluff from HipKnitShop

Body and sleeves, Berrylicious: 6 (6) 7 (7) 8 balls
The yoke, Peach cream: 3 (3) 3 (3) 4 balls

Fluff is 50 g = 100 m. Buy both colours from the same dye lot – the change is visible, and both sides of it should be even.

Needles

Circular needle 7 mm, 80 cm for the body
Circular needle 7 mm, 40 cm for the sleeves

You will also need
5 stitch markers, scissors, darning needle, tape measure

Gauge

12 stitches × 17 rounds = 10 × 10 cm on a 7 mm needle.

If you knit more loosely, go down to needle 6. If you knit more tightly, go up to needle 8.

Construction

The body is knitted bottom-up in the round, in stockinette, in Berrylicious. The sleeves are knitted separately, also in Berrylicious.

When all three pieces are on the same needle, the colour is changed to Peach cream and the yoke is knitted — this is where the lace pattern and the raglan decreases run at the same time. The sleeves are gathered into a puff at the very end.

The lace pattern is on the body only. The sleeves are stockinette all the way.

What you learn

Stretchy cast-on · twisted knit stitch · using markers · colour change in the round · lace pattern · raglan decreases · puff sleeve

Techniques explained in Knittipedia: Boat neck and off-shoulder · Lace pattern · Raglan · Puff sleeves

About the pattern

Mobile format, made to be read on your phone while you knit: one step per page, tick-off boxes, links to technique videos, and an A4 sheet at the back with the whole pattern collected for printing.

All five sizes are in the same file. The pattern is available in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, English and German — choose your language above.