Luxury Lounge

Luxury fibers and a relaxed silhouette combine to make this your new favorite sweater. A simple broken fisherman’s rib stitch creates the texture; a split hem in two lengths and plenty of positive ease create the modern, easygoing shape.

Holding a strand each of laceweight mohair and fingering weight alpaca together makes for an airy, lightweight fabric that traps a lot of air to keep you warm on the chilliest of winter days.

Worked bottom up and seamed, this sweater has short row shoulder shaping and a visible 3-Needle Bind Off to add design interest at the shoulders. But the real highlight is the generous cowl, which is worked in the round, bringing all that gorgeous softness up around your neck for full enjoyment.

Size inclusive to a 74.5” / 189 cm finished chest measurement.

This knitting pattern includes written directions, front and back images, and schematic with measurements.

Sizes
Sizes: XS (S, M, L, 1X)(2X, 3X, 4X, 5X, 6X).

Finished Measurements
Finished chest circumference: 41 ¾ (44 ¾, 47 ¾, 50 ½, 55)(59 ½, 62 ½, 67, 71 ½, 74 ½)" / 106 (113.5, 121.5, 128.5, 139.5)(151, 159, 170, 181.5, 189) cm.
Back length: 23 ½ (24, 24 ½, 25, 25 ½)(26, 26 ½, 27, 27 ½, 28)" / 59.5 (61, 62, 63.5, 65)(66, 67.5, 68.5, 70, 71) cm.
Upper arm circumference: 11 ¼ (12, 12, 13 ½, 13 ½)(14 ¼, 14 ¼, 14 ¼, 15 ¾, 15 ¾)" / 28.5 (30.5, 30.5, 34.5, 34.5)(36, 36, 36, 40, 40) cm.
Garment is meant to be worn with approximately 10”(25.5 cm) of ease.

Yarn
Laceweight plus fingering weight yarn held together for an overall DK weight;
Fingering 965 (1045, 1110, 1190, 1265, 1355, 1405, 1485, 1580, 1635) yd / 885 (955, 1015, 1085, 1155, 1240, 1285, 1360, 1445, 1495) m;
Laceweight 1040 (1120, 1190, 1275, 1360, 1455, 1505, 1595, 1700, 1755) yd / 950 (1025, 1090, 1165, 1240, 1330, 1380, 1460, 1555, 1605) m.
 
Shown in:
Knit Picks Alpaca Cloud Fingering (affiliate)(100% Superfine Alpaca; 200 yards/50g) in Bennet.
Knit Picks Aloft Super Kid Mohair (affiliate)(72% Super Kid Mohair, 28% Silk; 260 yards/25g) in Kenai.

Substitution Notes
To achieve the halo effect of the mohair, pair a strand of lace weight mohair with a wool or alpaca blend fingering weight yarn.  This pullover may be made with a single strand of heavy fingering, sport or DK weight yarn. Swatch for desired fabric/hand and gauge.

Needles + Notions
4.5 mm (US 7) Needles; 
3.25, 3.75 & 4.5 mm (US 3, 5 & 7) Circular Needle, 24" (60 cm) long; 
Locking Stitch Markers;
Stitch Holder or Scrap Yarn;
Yarn Needle.

Gauge
10.75 sts and 34 rows = 4" (10 cm) over Broken Fisherman’s Rib pattern, holding a strand of each yarn together with US 7 (4.5mm) needles, blocked.

Skills
Increases/decreases, German short rows, three needle bind off, working broken fisherman's rib from written instructions, Russian bind off (explained), basic drop shoulder sweater construction, worked flat, bottom up, seaming, picking up stitches.