The patterns in Líepa sweater are inspired by traditional northern and eastern European folk motifs. Líepa means July in Lithuanian.

Difficulty: ★★★ (3 out of 5)

XS S M L XL 2X 3X 4X 5X
UK 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22
US 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18

Finished bust circumference:
86 100 106 116 126 136 151 156 166 cm;
34” 39.25” 41.75” 45.5” 49.75” 53.25” 59.25” 61.25” 65.5”.
Note: 10 cm / 4” positive ease is included in the finished bust circumference

Construction: Knit in the round

4.0 mm (US 6) 40 cm (16”) & 80 cm (31”) circular needles;
3.5 mm (US 4) 80 cm (31”);
3.0 mm (US 2.5) DPNs, short circular needles or magic loop;
or size to obtain gauge.

300 300 300 400 450 450 500 550 550 grams of Light/Fingering weight yarn (50 g ~ 175 m) in your main colour, such as Filcolana Pernilla, Rosa Pomar Mondim, Sandnes Garn Tynn Merinoull, DROPS Baby Merino;

held together with

125 125 150 175 175 175 200 225 225 grams of Lace weight yarn (25 g ~ 200 m) in your main colour, such as Filcolana Tilia, Sandnes Garn Tynn Silk Mohair, DROPS Kid-Silk.

100 grams (XS-L) or 150 grams (XL-5XL) of Light/Fingering weight yarn (50 g ~ 175 m) in your accent colour, such as Qing Fibre Merino Single, La Bien Aimée Mondim, Malabrigo sock.

Sample is in size M, Filcolana Pernilla (Marzipan) held with Filcolana Tilia (Snow White) as the main colour, LitYarn (on Etsy) hand-dyed 100% fingering weight wool as the accent.

Written instructions and colourwork chart.

The pattern is written in English.

This pattern is available exclusively for home, non-commercial use. It may not be used for commercial sale.

DIFFICULTY LEVELS:

1 ★ – BEGINNER
The patterns in this category are written for absolute beginners. They are first project friendly.

2 ★★ – EXPERIENCED BEGINNER
The patterns in this category are slightly more complicated but still easy to take on. These patterns are made for knitters that have completed a project before and can confidently read a pattern. They are also comfortable reading abbreviations. I always list the abbreviations and their meanings on the last page of my patterns.

3 ★★★ – INTERMEDIATE
You can confidently take on patterns in this category if you have experience with and feel confident using basic knitting techniques. These patterns will use more advanced techniques in addition to basic ones. These techniques will be listed on the first page of the pattern. These patterns may require you to read simpler charts, use the more advanced cast-on and bind-off techniques, short rows, knit with more than one colour at a time and so on.

4 ★★★★ – EXPERIENCED INTERMEDIATE
These patterns are written for an experienced knitter. You may need to keep track of multiple things happening simultaneously.

5 ★★★★★ – ADVANCED
The patterns in this category are written for a seasoned knitter who is confident using most advanced techniques.