The Leaves Sweater is a feminine sweater knitted in an interesting and elegant leaves pattern. It has a slightly raised collar and dropped shoulders. The sweater is knitted top-down. First the neckline is formed using short rows.Then stitches are increased along the shoulder lines for the body. When the required shoulder length is reached, front and back are knitted separately in rows
until the armhole length is reached. After connecting front and back the body is knitted in rounds to the desired length.
For the sleeves stitches are picked up along the armholes and the sleeve cap is formed using short rows. Finally the sleeves are knitted in rounds.

Sizes

XS / S / M / L / XL / 2XL / 3XL / 4XL / 5XL
78/84/90/96/101/108/114/120/126 cm bust circumference

The sweater is pretty fitted and is designed to have approx. 5 cm of positive ease, so the finished sweater will be approx. 5 cm wider than your actual bust circumference.

If your bust circumference is between two sizes, please orientate on the measurements of the finished sweater. You can knit either a size smaller for a fitted sweater or a bigger size for a looser fit.

Measurements of the finished sweater

Bust circumference: 83/89/95/101/107/113/119/125/131 cm
Total length (from the front neckline): individual (on the photo the sweater is about 50 cm long)
Armhole length: 17/17/17/17/19/19/19/22/22 cm
Sleeve length: individual

Yarn

single thread Coast from Holst Garn (ca. 350 m/50 g) + single thread Kid Silk by Austermann (225 m/25g)
Coast: approx. 145/155/165/175/185/195/205/215/225 g – 1015/1085/1155/1225/1295/1365/1435/1505/1575 m
Kid Silk: approx. 115/120/130/140/145/155/160/175 g – 1030/1080/1170/1250/1305/1390/1440/1485/1575 m

Tip: For a longer sweater you´ll need 1-2 skeins more of each yarn!

Needles

circular needles
4,0 mm (80 cm)
4,0 mm (40 cm)

Gauge

two threads held together
27 sts x 30 r = 10 cm in leaves pattern knitted flat on 4,0 mm needles after blocking

Level

intermediate

If you have any question please feel free to ask!

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