Sunspell – The Sweater

Fold the neck down double, so it matches the deep edges at the cuffs and hem. The sweater is short enough to go over a high waist, and the colour can carry being the only thing going on – try it against grey, denim or dark brown.

• A sweater with one detail instead of a pattern
• To learn a join that is bound off into a visible edge
• High neck that can be folded double
• One yarn, one colour, one needle size throughout
• A project with no chart to keep track of

• Digital knitting pattern (PDF) in mobile format
• One step per page with a tick-off box
• All five sizes in the same file
• Cosy Cues with useful technical tips
• Links to help videos where the technique is used
• A4 print sheet and notes page at the back

The yarn came home with my two eldest children. They had stopped at the colour, because it was the same as the fleece jacket they wore when they were small – the one neither of them wanted to take off.

Solsikke 33 from Hjelholts Uldspinneri is not a cautious yellow. It is the yellow a child points at. The join could have been hidden on the wrong side. It was allowed to stay.

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XS (S) M (L) XL

Length from shoulder 48.8 (49.6) 50.4 (51.2) 52.1 cm
Width flat 38.2 (41.2) 44.1 (47.1) 50.0 cm
Neck width 44.7 (48.2) 51.8 (55.3) 58.8 cm
Sleeve length from armhole 45.4 cm in all sizes
Neck height 17.5 cm

The neck is folded double. The measurements are calculated from the stitch and round counts for each size, and checked against the finished garment in size M.

Recommended yarn

Hjelholts Uldspinneri Håndverksgarn, colour 33 Solsikke
100 g = 200 m

You need 5 (5) 5 (6) 6 balls.

Hjelholts is a small spinning mill – buy the whole amount from the same dye lot.

Needles
Circular needle 40 cm, 5 mm
Circular needle 80 cm, 5 mm

Four markers, two stitch holder cables, darning needle and tape measure.

17 stitches × 24 rounds = 10 × 10 cm in stockinette on 5 mm needles

The gauge is what determines the measurements. Check it before you start.

The sweater is knitted in two parts. The upper part is worked top-down from the high neck, with raglan increases on both sides of four markers every other round. The sleeves are put on cables, and the upper part stays on the needle.

The lower part is cast on separately and knitted bottom-up, from the ribbing. It is deliberately wider than the upper part.

Finally the two parts are knitted together and bound off in the same movement. That bind-off becomes the horizontal stripe below the armhole, and the difference in width is taken up by knitting every fifth stitch of the lower part on its own. The sleeves are picked up at the end and knitted downwards with decreases every fifth round.

• Top-down raglan increases
• Knitting a garment in two parts that meet
• A join bound off into a visible stripe
• Picking up stitches for the armholes
• Even sleeve decreases on both sides of a marker

Techniques explained in Knittipedia: Raglan

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