Chocolate Soufflé

It’s light, airy, warm, luscious, satisfying and delightful - like a chocolate soufflé, only without the calories! This pullover combines a modified drop shoulder with narrower sleeves and ever-so-slight waist shaping – if you so choose, along with a scoop neck for a comfortable fit while reducing the amount of volume that could make a sweater look a tad boxy. Knit up in alpaca for warmth on those cold winter days, along with sufficient drape that helps the fabric from bulking up.

Chocolate Soufflé is knit in stockinette with accents of cables in a contrasting colour and splashes of texture just above the cuffs and under the neckband.



The sweater is knit flat from the bottom up and seamed, then finished off with the neckband. The pattern is both fully written and charted.

Finished bust measurements:

36 (38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50)”

91 (96, 101, 106, 111, 117, 122, 127) cm

Designed with approx. 3-4”/7.5-10 cm of positive ease.

(Sample shown in size 40”/101 cm on size 37”/94 cm model.)

Yarn requirements - DK weight:

MC: approximately 1320 (1320, 1440, 1560, 1680, 1680, 1800, 1800) yards. / 1210 (1210, 1320, 1430, 1540, 1540, 1650, 1650) metres.

CC: approximately 60 yards/55 metres.

Shown in DROPS Puna (100% alpaca, 120 yards/110 m per 1.8 oz./50 g skein) in colour 03/Brown (MC), 11 skeins and 04/Taupe (CC), 0.5 skein.

Needles:

US 2.5/3 mm needles (circulars or straight, required for the neckband I-cord BO only)

US 4/3.5 mm needles (the neckband is more manageable to knit with 32”/80 cm circulars)

Or appropriate size needed to obtain gauge.

Notions:

Cable needle, stitch markers, tapestry needle.

Skills:

Cables

Intarsia

I-cord bind off

Lace

Increasing/decreasing

Short rows (w&t)