Liora Sweater Pattern

Liora is a seamless top-down sweater with round yoke made in the very beautiful Malabrigo Arroyo yarn. The eye-catcher of this sweater is the complicated-looking but easy to make lace pattern on the yoke, while the rest is made in stockinette.
The picture shows size S.

YARN:
Malabrio Arroyo (100 % merino wool), 306 m/335 yd in 100 Gr, 330 (385, 455, 525, 600) Gr/1010 (1180, 1390, 1610, 1840) m/1110 (1300, 1530, 1760, 2010) yd. I used colorway “Pearl” *(AR036).

NEEDLES:
3 mm 100 cm/40” circular needles
3 mm 60 cm/24” dpns or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the round (neck)
3.5 mm/U.S. size 4 100 cm/40” circular needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
3.5 mm/U.S. size 4 dpns or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the round (sleeves)

NOTIONS:
Stitch holders or waste yarn, Main Marker and smaller markers for chart sections, tapestry needle or crochet hook to weave in ends, cable needle

GAUGE:  
22 sts/30 RNDs = 10 cm/4” square in stockinette stitch on 3.5 mm/U.S. size 4 needles after blocking
SIZES:
XS (S, M, L/XL, XXL)
Garment chest measurement: 76 (89, 109, 127, 142) cm / 30.5 (35.5, 43.5, 51, 57)“

PATTERN NOTES:

·       I recommend swatching for the lace pattern and if you notice that it is looser than the stockinette stitch, please use smaller needles for working the lace section of your sweater!
·       The sweater is worked in one piece top down. You start with 10 rounds of neck band/ribbing, then work neck shaping with short rows and then continue working in the round. After the round yoke, you separate the sleeves and the body and continue working them separately.

SKILLS REQUIRED:
* basics (cast on/bind off, knit/purl, increase/decrease)
* short rows
* working in the round
* working from a chart