Awakening

Awakening is a top-down, circular-yoked sweater. Around the majority of the yoke a pattern of stranded knitting is worked, with a motif inspired by Art Deco designs.

CONSTRUCTION

This garment is worked top-down, in the round. After the rolled stockinette neckband, short row shaping is incorporated to optimise fit. The majority of the yoke features a stranded colourwork pattern. Once the yoke is completed, stitches are separated into body and sleeves, which are each worked separately and in the round. Stockinette body and sleeves are finished with half-twisted ribbing.

SIZING GUIDE

This garment is graded into sizes 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9, 10). Recommended positive ease is 3+” / 7.5+ cm at the chest circumference.

Finished Garment Chest Circumference:

33.25 (37.75, 41.75, 45.75, 49.25) (54.25, 57.75, 60.5, 65.25, 69.25)“

83 (94.5, 104.5, 114.5, 123) (135.5, 144.5, 151.5, 163, 173) cm

SAMPLE

The wearer is 5’10” / 178 cm with a 37” / 92.5 cm chest circumference. The sample has been worked in size 4, giving the wearer 8.75” / 22 cm of positive ease at the chest. To accommodate the height of the wearer, an extra 0.5” / 1.5 cm of depth has been added to the yoke, and an extra 2” / 5 cm of length has been added to the body and sleeve length.

GAUGE

Using 3.25 mm / US size 3 needles, or needle size required to meet gauge, 28 stitches over 34 rounds in both stockinette stitch and colourwork, wet blocked, creates a 4x4” / 10x10 cm square.

Neckband, waistband and cuff circumferences assume you are working 7.5 sts per 1” / 2.5 cm.

YARN

The sample has been worked using Ainsworth and Prin’s Merino Silk Single 4ply base (70% Superwash Merino / 30% Silk; 400 m / 438 yds per 100 g) with Doodle as the Main Colour and Bonfire as the Contrast Colour.

YARDAGE (includes ~10% excess)

Main Colour:

985 (1088, 1187, 1277, 1403) (1531, 1663, 1765, 1920, 2016) metres

1077 (1190, 1299, 1397, 1534) (1675, 1819, 1931, 2100, 2206) yards

246 (272, 297, 319, 351) (383, 416, 441, 480, 504) grams

Contrast Colour:

140 (153, 163, 174, 186) (209, 220, 234, 247, 259) metres

153 (167, 179, 190, 204) (229, 240, 257, 270, 284) yards

35 (38, 41, 43, 47) (52, 55, 59, 62, 65) grams

TOOLS & NOTIONS

2.75 mm / US size 2 circular needles (to work neckband, cuffs and waistband; varying cable lengths would be helpful)

3.25 mm / US size 3 circular needles (to work yoke, body and sleeves; varying cable lengths would be helpful)

1 marker

scrap yarn

tapestry needle to weave in ends

SKILLS REQUIRED

-long tail cast on

-joining and working in the round

-working half-twisted ribbing

-working left and right lifted increases

-German short row shaping

-reading colourwork charts

-working stranded colourwork with two colours

-long tail cast on with two colours

-working a repeating pattern of decreases

-decreasing using K2tog and SSK

-standard bind off

-(optional) Ladder Back Jacquard