Flo Po (short for Flower Power) is an oversized, retro hippy inspired short-sleeved sweater. I often think I was born in the wrong decade…I’m definitely a flower child at heart. Sweater is worked top down and in the round. Flower and chevron motifs are enhanced by using Spincycle yarn to create effortless, trippy color changes! Groovy baby!

Beginning with raglan increases at the neckline, sweater then converts to a traditional colorwork yoke, with short rows at the neck and mid-back to create a nice fit, and increases interspersed throughout. Sweater is divided into body and sleeves and each are worked separately, creating a seamless garment. Colorwork is charted.

Size: 1,2,3,(4,5,6),7,8,9,(10,11,12),13,14,15

Gauge: 29 sts x 34 rnds = 4” in stockinette stitch in the round after blocking.

Measurements: Finished bust circumference of 38.5,41,42.5,(45,47,49.5),50.75,53.25,55.25,(57.75,59,61.5),63.5,66,67.25”. Shown in size 1 with 5.5” of positive ease.

Yarn: Fingering weight non-superwash wool in 3 colors.

Suggested yarn: Main Color (MC): The Farmer’s Daughter Fibres Soka’pii in Mountain Man (50g/248yds) 5,5,6,(6,7,7),8,8,9,(9,10,10),11,12,13 skeins. Contrast Colors (CC1 and CC2): Spincycle Yarns Dyed in the Wool (50g/200yds) in Bright Idea (CC1) 1,1,1,(1,1,1),1,1,1,(1,1,1),1,2,2 skeins, and Dirty Little Secret (CC2) 1,1,1,(1,2,2),2,2,2,(2,2,2),2,3,3 skeins.

Yarn requirements: 218,225,256,(271,305,321),358,374,416,(433,477,495),543,563,613g/1082,1116,1269,
(1340,1512,1589),1773,1855,2059,(2147,2362,2455),2691,2788,3036yds MC.
20,21,23,(25,28,29),33,34,38,(39,43,45),49,51,55g/80,81,92,(97,110,115),129,135,150,
(156,171,178),195,202,220yds CC1.
40,41,46,(49,55,58),65,68,75,(78,86,89),98,101,110g/160,162,184,(194,219,230),257, 269,299,(311,342,356),390,404,440yds CC2.

Suggested needles: US 4 32” circular needles for main fabric, US 3 for ribbing or sizes needed to get gauge. Longer circular needles in larger size may be useful as yoke grows. Longer circular needles for Magic Loop or DPNs in both sizes for sleeves.

Notions: 9 Stitch markers, waste yarn, scissors, row counter (optional).