From ‘Knitting Out of Africa’: “The geometric blocks in this sweater were inspired by a collage of patterns printed on cloth by the Asante people of Ghana. The front and back are worked in stockinette stitch from the lower hemmed edge to the shoulders. Knitted in garter stitch, four different blocks of intarsia slip-stitch motifs decorate the center front; another block decorates the upper back. To prevent the garter-stitch motifs from drawing in vertically, there are extra short-rows in each motif – four rows are worked for each motif for every two rows worked for the rest of the body. The sleeves are fashioned in stockinette stitch from the hemmed lower edges to the notched armholes. A stand-up collar, worked double thickness (gray on the outside, white on the inside) is topped off with a tiny rolled edge.”

There are two colours used in this design – Main colour (MC1 and MC2) of two different yarns and Contrasting colour (CC).

SIZES: Small (Medium, Large).

FINISHED CHEST/BUST CIRCUMFERENCE: 40½ (44, 48)”/ 103 (112, 122) cm

SIZE SHOWN: Large 48” (122 cm)

YARN REQUIREMENTS: Fingering-weight (CYCA Super Fine #1) yarn, MC1 – 1116 (1674, 1674) yds / 1020 (1530, 1530) m / 2 (3, 3) balls, MC2 – 1334 (1334, 2001) yds / 1220 (1220, 1830) m / 2 (2, 3) balls, CC – 558 yds / 610 m / 1 ball. Note: The Main colour yarns are held together throughout the work.

SHOWN IN: MC1 - Isager Tvinni Alpaca, #4s Charcoal Heather, MC2 - Isager Spinni, #47 dark Blue-Gray and CC – Tvinni Alpaca, #0 Natural White.

MC – one strand of Alpaca and one strand of Spinni, CC – 1 strand of Alpaca.

NEEDLES REQUIRED: US 2 (3.0mm) and US 4 (3.5 mm) 16” / 40cm and 24” / 60cm circular needles.

ADDITIONAL GAUGE INFORMATION: 25 sts and 34 rows equal 4” in stockinette stitch with MC using 2 strands held together. 45 sts. equals 7” wide in slip-stitch pattern from charts.

CHARTS INCLUDED: 5 slip-stitch colourwork charts.

GERMAN PATTERN TRANSLATIONS: Isager-Stitches; Note these are translations only, you will need to purchase a book as well.