Sweater in regular and tunic lengths featuring fish motif inspired by a woven carpet in a museum in Lima, Peru. Sweater is worked in stranded two-color knitting in the round to the shoulder line, with steeks for the armhole openings. Front neck shaping is stitched and cut during finishing. Sleeves are worked in the round with facings at the upper edges to cover the raw edges of the steeked armhole openings.

Yarn: Fingering-weight, super fine yarn

• About 225 (250, 275, 300) grams of a light color (A)
• About 150 (175, 200, 225) grams of a dark color (B)
• About 40 (50, 60, 70) grams of an accent color (C)
• Model in book used 5 (5, 6, 6) skeins for Color A and 1 (1, 2, 2) skein for Color B of Isager Alpaca 2 (50% merino, 50% alpaca; 247m / 270yds; 50g / 1.76oz); and 3 (4, 4, 5) skeins for color B of Isager Highland (100% wool; 279m / 305yds; 50g / 1.76oz)

Needles:

• Body and sleeves - size 3.0 mm / US 2, 40 cm / 16” and 60 cm / 24” circular needles, and set of 4 or 5 double-pointed needles.
• Facings and ribbing - size 2.5 mm / US 1, 40 cm / 16” and 60 cm / 24” circular needles, and set of 4 or 5 double-pointed needles
• Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain correct gauge

Notions:

• Markers
• Stitch holders
• Tapestry needle
• Sharp-pointed sewing needle or sewing machine
• Contrasting basting thread
• Matching sewing thread