Pattern will be available for purchase tomorrow! 7/26

I plucked this yarn out of the stacks in February; not sure where I’d go with it. I figured it’d be sweater-bound, and planned to squish it together with another skein. Once I started swatching with it, though, I found it was sturdy enough to stand on its own. I expected the swatches to be sheer, like other lace weight yarns behave when worked at a relaxed gauge. Instead, I found that this yarn’s halo is abundant. It yields a decadent garment that isn’t see-through. I added my own peek-a-boo lace panels to this sweater in the center, trailing the length of the sleeves and along the sides. You’ll cruise through the top-down, raglan construction in no time, with options for perfecting your fit as you go.

CONSTRUCTION The sweater is worked from the top down and primarily in the round. You will start by working your rows back and forth until you have created a bit of neck depth. Then the sweater will be joined and worked in the round. The sweater has a boxy shape. There is no waist shaping. FINISHED BUST MEASUREMENTS
35.5 (39.5, 43, 45.5, 48.75) (53, 58, 62, 66.5)”/ 90 (100.5, 109, 115.5, 124) (134.75, 147.5, 158.25, 169) cm

YARN
La Bien Aimée Kumo, Laceweight (74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Mulberry Silk) 328 yards / 50 grams. Colorway used for Sample: “Hella” (neon orange). 3 (3, 3, 3, 4) (4, 4, 4, 5) Skeins

OR
Approximately 735 (810, 892, 982, 1082) (1192, 1312, 1444, 1590) yards / 672 (741, 816, 898, 989) (1090, 1200, 1320, 1454) meters of Lace Weight Yarn with a Substantial Halo.

GAUGE
19 stitches and 32 rounds = 4” / 10 cm in Stockinette Stitch on larger needles and knitted in the round.

22 stitches and 32 rounds = 4” / 10 cm in 1 x 1 Ribbing on smaller needles and knitted in the round.

NEEDLES*
US Size 5 / 3.75 mm circular needle, 16” / 40 cm length for the neckband AND 24 - 40” / 60-100 cm length (depending on the size you’ve chosen) for the hem ribbing.
US Size 6 / 4 mm 16” / 40 cm 24 - 40” / 60-100 cm length (depending on the size you’ve chosen) for the sweater yoke and body.
Double pointed needles of the same sizes suitable for small circumference knitting for the sleeves or use a long needle and the Magic Loop Method.
Always choose the needle size that you need in order to obtain the pattern’s gauge.

TECHNIQUES USED

• Long Tail Cast On Method
• Small Circumference Knitting in the Round
• Knitting in the Round on a Circular Needle
• Increasing and Decreasing
• Picking Up Sts Around a Neckline