Annika is a traditional yoke sweater with a happy tulip motif. This is an excellent first sweater. It knits up quickly. Knit bottom up in the round, and has the option of short or 3/4 length sleeves (or longer if you wish). Knit in either cotton or wool. Pattern includes instructions and yarn quantities for a short-sleeve version knit with the lovely Quince and Co Whimbrel or the 3/4 length version knit with fabulous Brooklyn Tweed Shelter. Knit at either 4.5 stitches per inch or 4 stitches per inch depending on what size you would like to knit.

Short-sleeved Cotton Annika

Yarn: Quince and Co Whimbrel
Main color: Pelagic 300 (300, 400, 400, 400, 500) grams.
Contrasting color: White 100 (100, 100, 100, 100, 100) grams.
Needles: 32 (32, 32, 40, 40, 40) inch circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge in colorwork and single color. Flexiflips or 16-inch needles for sleeves in the same size to obtain gauge. Tapestry needle.

Gauge and Swatch
18 stitches = 4 inches or 10 cm
Please swatch in the round to determine needle size.
Note: Swatch in both one color and in colorwork. You may need to knit the single-color part of the sweater with a smaller needle than the colorwork section. The gauge is the same throughout the sweater. I knit it all on one needle.

Sizes:
XS , S (pictured), M, L, XL, XXL, XXXL
3-inch positive ease
Finished Measurements
Chest: 32.8 (35.5, 38.2, 40.8, 43.5, 46.2, 48) inches
Body length to underarm: 13 (13.5, 14, 14, 15, 15.5, 16) inches
Sleeve length: 13 (13.5, 14, 14.5, 15, 15.5, 16) inches
Yoke depth: 8 (8, 8.25, 8.25, 8.5, 8.75, 9) Inches
Total length: 21 (21.5, 22.75, 22.75, 23.5, 24.25, 25) inches

Optional Gauge 4 inches and 24 rows = 4 inches
Finished chest measurements at Optional gauge equals
37 (40, 43, 47, 50, 53) inches
All length measurements are the same

Annika
3/4 length sleeve

Materials
Yarn: Brooklyn Tweed Shelter
Main color: Camper 250 (250, 300, 350, 350, 400, 450,) grams.
Contrasting color: Fossil 50 (50, 50, 50, 50, 100,) grams.
Needles: 32 (32, 40, 40, 40, 40) inch circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge in colorwork and single color. DPNs/Flexiflips/ and 16-inch needles for sleeves in the same size to obtain gauge. Tapestry needle.

Skills used in Annika

Long-tail cast on
knit
purl
binding off
stranded color work
Catching floats
SSk decrease
K2tog decrease.
duplicate stitch