A breezy sweater for breezy days. The Erinome sweater was designed to showcase the beauty of fine yarns to their full potential, using an elongated stitch pattern that makes for a deceptively quick knit. Mindful knitting at its finest (literally and metaphorically)!

YARN
heavy lace / light fingering weight yarn, approximately 916 (1020; 1139; 1256; 1381) (1509; 1644; 1779; 1920) metres / 1003 (1116; 1246; 1374; 1511) (1651; 1799; 1947; 2102) yards.

Sample shown in The Fibre Company Meadow in shade Red Clover (40% Merino, 25% baby llama, 20% silk, 15% linen). If using this yarn, you will need 2 (3; 3; 3; 3) (4; 4; 4; 4) skeins.

Note: for my size 2 sample, I actually only used 2 skeins, but had very little leftover. Adding the standard 5% to my yardage calculations bumped this up to 3 skeins. However if you’re willing to play yarn chicken as I did, 2 should just about do it.

GAUGE
21 stitches and 32 rows to 4 inches / 10cm in stocking stitch on 3.75mm needles, blocked.

NEEDLES & NOTIONS
3.75mm circular needles for main body and sleeves (suggested 24” / 60 cm for body and 16” for sleeves)
3.25mm needles for cuffs, neckband, and waistband (must be long circular needle for waistband to go around bend, suggested length 40” / 100cm)
Waste yarn
Stitch markers
Tapestry needle

SIZING
1 (2; 3; 4; 5) (6; 7; 8; 9) detailed below, designed to be worn with between 10 - 12 inches / 25 - 30 cm positive ease. Sample shown is a size 2 worn on a 34” bust with around 10” / 25 cm positive ease.

To fit bust: 28-30 (32-34; 36-38; 40-42; 44-46) (48-50; 52-54; 56-58; 60-62) inches / 71-76 (81-86; 91-97; 102-107; 112-117) (122-127; 132-137; 142-147; 152-157) cm.

Finished bust: 40 (44; 48; 52; 56) (60; 64; 68; 72) inches / 102 (112; 122; 132; 142) (152; 163; 173; 183) cm.

NOTES
Construction: the Erinome Sweater is worked seamlessly from the top down with dropped shoulders, a tie waistband, and gathered cuffs.

Yarn choices: a heavy laceweight or light fingering weight yarn is knitted to a loose gauge for an airy fabric. The sample yarn used is a combination of animal and plant fibres with a good amount of drape. It is worth keeping in mind that a heavier yarn will make for a weightier fabric, therefore you may need to shorten the body and sleeves to account for stretching.

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