SISYMBRIUM SWEATER :: .pdf knitting pattern

A playful, lightweight sweater featuring open crossed stitches, bobbles, and simply textures. This yoke sweater is knit from the top-downwards, in the round. 

The SISYMBRIUM sweater features:

• Top-down sweater, knitted in the round
• Loose, cropped fit with positive ease
• Textures, and open crossed-stitch yoke

SIZES

9 sizes available. Choose a size 5-8cm/2-6” larger than your full-chest circumference.
Full-chest circumference: 85.5 (99, 108.5, 118, 129.5) (137, 146.5, 160, 167.5)cm / 33¾ (39, 42¾, 46½, 51) (54, 57¾, 63, 66)"

YARN

Approx 910 (1010, 1100, 1360, 1515) (1665, 1865, 2015, 2270)m/1000 (1105, 1215, 1490, 1660) (1825, 2040, 2205, 2485)yd 4-ply/fingering weight yarn.

Black Isle Yarns Killen Sock 4-ply 2020 Clip (80% Blue Faced Leicester, 20% Mohair; 400m/437yd per 100g)
3 (3, 3, 4, 4) (5, 5, 6, 6) hanks in shade Rust or Denim

The featured yarn is a worsted-spun 4-ply/fingering weight yarn, knit at a very loose tension to create a drapey fabric.

Swatch carefully if substituting yarns; choosing a heavier-weight yarn at this gauge will produce a much more robust fabric.

GAUGE

21 stitches and 30 rows = 10cm/4” in Stocking Stitch in the round
Use the relevant needle sizes to achieve this gauge.
Block your swatch before measuring, as the fibres will bloom and the yarn may shrink.

NEEDLES

Gauge-size needles: 4.5mm/US7
• 60-100cm/24-40” circular needle for knitting in the round
• DPNs or preferred needle for knitting small
circumferences

Below-gauge-size needles: 4mm/US6
• 60-100cm/24-40” circular needle for knitting in the round
• DPNS or preferred needle for knitting small
circumferences

This pattern has been professionally tech-edited, and gone through user-testing