Oscillating

Oscillating is a circular yoke sweater featuring a delicate, undulating pattern of eyelet lacework. The lacework can be worked throughout the garment, or only in the yoke, with the upper body and sleeves gently transitioning to stockinette. Either way, the finished result is a comfortable yet elegant sweater that makes a versatile addition to your wardrobe from Autumn through to Spring.

Both written instructions and charts are provided for knitting the lacework pattern.

CONSTRUCTION

This garment is worked top-down, in the round. Within the neckband, short row shaping is incorporated to optimise fit. The yoke features an eyelet lace pattern that continues into the body and sleeves. Once the yoke is completed, stitches are separated into body and sleeves, which are each worked separately and in the round. The knitter can choose whether to continue the eyelet lace pattern throughout the body and sleeves, or transition into stockinette.

SIZING GUIDE

This garment is graded into sizes 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9, 10). Recommended positive ease is 5+” / 12.5 cm at the chest circumference.

Finished Garment Chest Circumference:

35 (39.25, 43.75, 48, 50.25) (54.5, 59, 63.25, 65.5, 70)“

87.5 (98, 109, 120, 125.5) (136.5, 147.5, 158, 163.5, 174.5) 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 11” / 27.5 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 1.75” / 4.5 cm of length has been added to the body and sleeve length. The back lengthening option when splitting the for body and sleeves has been worked.

GAUGE

Using 4 mm / US size 6 needles, or needle size required to meet gauge, 22 stitches over 28 rounds in the lacework stitch pattern, wet blocked, creates a 4x4” / 10x10 cm square.

YARN

The sample has been worked using Pigment & Ply’s NSW Alpaca Cotton DK base (51% Suri Alpaca / 49% Cotton; 300 m / 328 yds per 100 g) in colourway Nothing New.

YARDAGE (includes ~10% excess)

879 (1022, 1074, 1188, 1220) (1358, 1479, 1568, 1600, 1729) metres

962 (1118, 1175, 1299, 1335) (1485, 1618, 1716, 1750, 1891) yards

293 (341, 358, 396, 407) (453, 493, 523, 533, 576) grams

Please note: the above yardages include a 10% excess based on usage of the recommended yarn; test knitters who substituted another yarn found that a greater yardage was required, typically an additional 10% above what is listed here.

TOOLS & NOTIONS

3.25 mm / US size 3 circular needles (to work neckband, cuffs and waistband; varying cable lengths would be helpful)

4 mm / US size 6 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

-knit and purl stitches

-working left lifted increases

-working make one left and right increases

-German short row shaping

-reading lacework charts OR following lacework written instructions

-working yarnovers

-cable cast on method

-decreasing using K2tog and SSK

-standard bind off