’Aua’ means ‘air’ in Kazakh, a fitting name for this light and airy pullover that features a puffy, textured stitch pattern in the yoke. The puffiness of the stitch pattern is then mirrored in the sleeve shaping, keeping the pullover as fluffy as ever.

Construction: This wide-neck pullover is worked from the top down: first as a regular round yoke, then with raglan increases. You will work round yoke with Textured Stitch Pattern and the rest of the pullover in stockinette.
The sleeves feature a ¾ length puffy shape.

Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5)(6, 7, 8, 9), shown in Size 2 on a person with full bust of 35” / 89 cm and hip circumference of 39” / 99 cm

Finished Measurements: 36½ (40½, 44¼, 47¾, 50¾)(54¼, 57¾, 61¼, 65)“ / 93 (103, 112.5, 121, 129)(138, 147, 155.5, 165) cm of chest circumference,
with recommended positive ease of 5-7” / 13 - 18 cm

Yarn: fingering weight, non-superwash wool yarn, approximately 450 yards / 410 meters per 100g

Yardage: 1200 (1300, 1420, 1580, 1720, 1880, 2140, 2360, 2600) yards / 1100 (1200, 1300, 1450, 1570)(1720, 1960, 2160, 2380) meters

Gauge: 27 sts x 40 rounds = 4” / 10 cm in stockinette
20 sts of Textured Stitch Pattern = 4” / 10 cm
32 rounds Textured Stitch Pattern = 2¼“ / 6 cm

Needles: 16” / 40 cm and 32” / 80 cm circulars in size necessary to obtain gauge
(US 3 / 3.25 mm recommended)

Notions: removable stitch markers (5), tapestry needle

Low Vision Accessibility: This pattern is written in 22 point sans serif font (Arial) in all black text. It has no italics. All of the directions are fully written out. There is no chart in this pattern.