Greta and Little Greta

Little Greta is a happy sweater! I love this cheerful little yoke sweater. It reminds me of the flowery wreaths and joyful primary colors of Midsommar. It’s the type of sweater that you can knit in the dark of winter, to remind you that summer is just around the corner, or you can wear it in the summer when you early mornings or chilly evenings when the sun goes down and you don’t want it to look like your are ready for Christmas. There is a Greta and Little Greta in The Nordic Knitting Primer, so you can knit this one for your little one, and one for you, too.

Little Greta has four colors, but only 2 colors are worked at once.

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SIZES
Child’s S (M, L) to fit US 4–6 (7–10, 12–14) / 110
(120–130, 140) cm
A generous fit of 3–9 inches (7.5–23 cm) positive
ease (built-in growing room)
MATERIALS
YARN: Aran | Biches & Bûches Le Gros Lambswool
| 100% Scottish Lambswool | 210 yards (192 m) per
3.5-ounce (100-g) skein
MAIN COLOR (MC): Undyed Off-White | 3 (3, 4)
skeins 450 (525, 625) yards / 411 (480, 571) m
CONTRASTING COLOR 1 (CC1): Medium Blue |
1 skein 30 (32, 34) yards / 27 (29, 31) m
CONTRASTING COLOR 2 (CC2): Medium Red |
1 skein 28 (30, 32) yards / 25 (27, 29) m
CONTRASTING COLOR 3 (CC3): Dark Yellow | 1 skein
12 (13, 14) yards / 11 (12, 13) m
NEEDLES: One 32-inch (80-cm) or 40-inch (100-cm)
circular needle for the body and one set of doublepointed
needles (DPNs), FlexiFlips, or a 16-inch (40-cm)
circular needle for the sleeves in size needed to
obtain gauge in colorwork and single color
SUGGESTED NEEDLE SIZE: US 7 (4.5 mm)
One 32-inch (80-cm) or 40-inch (100-cm) circular
needle for the body ribbing and one set of doublepointed
needles (DPNs), FlexiFlips, or a 16-inch
(40-cm) circular needle for the ribbing on the
sleeves one size smaller than gauge-size needle
SUGGESTED NEEDLE SIZE: US 6 (4 mm)
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
Stitch marker, measuring tape, scissors, and
tapestry needle
GAUGE AND SWATCH
16 stitches and 19 rounds = 4 inches (10 cm)
Please swatch in the round to determine needle size.
NOTE: Swatch in both one color and in
colorwork. You may need to knit the singlecolor
part of the sweater with a smaller
needle than the colorwork section. The
gauge is the same throughout the sweater.
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
CHEST: 29½ (31½, 33½) inches 75 (80, 85) cm
BODY LENGTH TO UNDERARM: 10½ (13, 14) inches
26.5 (33, 35.5) cm
SLEEVE LENGTH: 9¾ (12½, 13½) inches 25 (32,
34.5) cm
YOKE DEPTH: 5¼ (5¾, 6¼) inches 16.5 (14.5, 16) cm
TOTAL LENGTH: 15¾ (18¾, 20½) inches 40 (47,
51.5) cm

SKILLS YOU’LL PRACTICE
Long-tail cast on
Duplicate stitch join
Joining in the round seamlessly
Working 1x1 ribbing (k1, p1)
DPN work for the sleeves
Backward loop increase
Splicing yarn
Joining body andsleeves onto one needle
Weaving a new yarn colorin (and out)
Knitting two colors in the round, left and right together
Reading a chart
Catching floats
K2tog decrease
Ssk decrease
Kitchener stitch
Duplicate stitch for extra colors