Foliage Sweater

Description

Foliage Sweater is a short sleeve sweater with a circular yoke in a blend of merino and linen, which gives it a very special and fluid touch. This sweater is light, fluid and very classic in its construction but still with a touch of modernity that gives it its sleeves reaching the elbow and its short cut. The yoke is knitted with mosaic knitting technique so it's a great way to dive into the world of colorwork knt without having to start with stranded colorwork.

Yarn

You will need fingering weight yarn to knit this sweater.

I used Woolissime Inès (90% superwash merino, 10% linen) 400 m / 100 g, which I had already used for the Inès shawl and in two colors:
CP: 746 [850, 957][1062, 1166][1287, 1402, 1487] m or 2 [3, 3][3, 3][4, 4, 4] skeins in Burnt Sienna color
CC: 142 [162, 182][202, 222][245, 267, 283] m or 1 [1, 1][1, 1][1, 1, 1] skein in Pesto color

Gauge

26m. / 38 rows in stockinette stitch in the round

Notions

• 3.25mm circ. needle 40cm long
• 3.5 mm circ. needle 100cm long
• 5 double-pointed needles 3.25 mm and 3.5 mm for small circumferences (ribbing and sleeves) if necessary.
• 1 tapestry needle
• 14 [16, 18][20, 22][24, 25, 26] markers if necessary.

Final measurements

83 [95; 106][116; 127.5][138.5; 146; 154] cm

Construction

This sweater is worked from the top with the circular yoke method, starting with the neckband. Back, front and sleeves are worked together before separating them to work the body and finally add the sleeves.
This sweater is worn with a positive ease of 12 to 20 cm.

Level

3/5

Used techniques

• 2x2 ribbed CO
• German Short Rows
• Cable Cast-On
• Mosaic knitting
• Lori's Twisted Bind-Off method