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Let your creative juices flow with this playful, feminine design. Choose a main colour and 4 complementary ones and have fun arranging them in a sequence that will make your heart sing!
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Fairwyn is my grown-up take on my favourite dress from my childhood. Growing up behind the Iron Curtain of Soviet Russia, pretty dresses were hard to come by. One day, my mum surprised me with the most beautiful dress I’d ever seen. (To this day, I don’t know where she managed to find it.)
It had a smocked yoke embroidered with tiny, bright flowers and big clusters of French knots.

Fairwyn is a top-down round yoke pullover. It begins with a nod to the smocking but without all the work--a simple slip-stitch pattern does the trick. The girlish embroidery is replaced with a more sophisticated lace design and Japanese bobbles complete the look of the French knots.

The sweater has a less common method of raising the back. A unique but straightforward technique that I absolutely love, as it doesn’t disrupt the neck area with short rows, yet produces the desired end result. If you are not familiar with this method I’m sure you’ll love this nifty addition to your knitting techniques arsenal!

Once the yoke is done, the sleeve stitches are separated and put on hold until the body is complete.
The rest of the body is worked in plain stockinette, perfect for your knit night or for a spot of TV knitting. The hem and cuffs finish off with a band of ribbing (sleeves’ ones are much longer than the hem’s) and a pop of colour at the end.

The variety of fingering yarn in the market today allows for lots of colour options. Bright, contrasting colours will express your cheerful spirit; soft, muted colours will show your gentle, romantic side.

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This pattern has been professionally tech edited and tested.

FINISHED BUST CIRCUMFERENCE
93 (95.5, 105, 115, 127, 138, 145.5, 156.5) cm / 36.5 (37.5, 41.5, 45.5, 50, 54.5, 57.5, 61.5)”
Sample shown: Size 3 on a model with 13 cm / 5 “ ease around bust.
Please note, that this amount of ease will give the sweater a slightly oversized look. If you wish to achieve a more fitted silhouette, do choose a size with a FINISHED BUST CIRCUMFERENCE that is only a few cm bigger than your actual bust measurement.

GAUGE
28 sts x 36 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” in stocking stitch after blocking
29 sts x 58 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” in slipped stitch pattern after blocking
28.5 sts x 35 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” in lace pattern after blocking

YARN
Light fingering weight yarn which gives you the required gauge and approx. 246 m / 270 yd per 50 g.
Colour 1 (C1) – grey in sample: 1015 (1065, 1165, 1290, 1425, 1555, 1670, 1820) m / 1110 (1160, 1275, 1410, 1560, 1695, 1830, 1990) yd
Colour 2 (C2) – beige in sample shown: 70 (75, 80, 85, 85, 95, 100, 105) m / 80 (85, 90, 95, 95, 105, 110, 115) yd
Colour 3 (C3) – light blue in sample: 10 (10, 10, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15) m / 15 (15, 15, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20) yd
Colour 4 (C4) – dark blue in sample: 25 (25, 25, 25, 30, 30, 30, 35) m / 30 (30, 30, 30, 35, 35, 35, 40) yd
Colour 5 (C5) – pink in sample: 45 (45, 50, 50, 55, 60, 60, 65) m / 50 (50, 55, 55, 60, 65, 65, 75) yd
Shown here: JC Rennie Supersoft lambswool 4ply.
Please note that yardage is an estimate.

NEEDLES
Body & Sleeves – circular needle at least 80 cm / 32” long in size needed to obtain the correct gauge (main needle).
Suggested size: 3.5 mm / US 4.
Neck rib – circular needle 40 cm / 16“ long and two sizes smaller than main needle.
Suggested size: 3 mm / US 2.5
– circular needle 40 cm / 16” long and four sizes smaller than main needle (for Tubular CO).
Suggested size: 2.5 mm / US 1.5
Needle(s) suitable for working small circumferences in the round in main needle size and one size smaller for cuff ribbing.

NOTIONS
Tapestry needle, stitch markers, smooth scrap yarn, crochet hook size 3.5 mm / US E (for making bobbles and if using crochet chain for provisional CO).

SKILL LEVEL
Intermediate
Techniques used:
Tubular CO of knitter’s choice, increasing, decreasing, making crochet bobbles, regular BO of knitter’s choice.
Links to video tutorials for Tubular CO and Japanese Bobbles are included in the pattern.