“You’re strong-willed and agile, like the scorpion.” Inspired by Vanessa Ives from the hauntingly beautiful Penny Dreadful series, Little Scorpion is a top-down colorwork yoke sweater featuring a high/mock-neck worked in corrugated ribbing, intricate 3-color motifs through the yoke and bottom of the 3/4 length sleeves, and stockinette body. I am so incredibly excited to share this design with you, and I hope you love it as much as I do!

If you need any help choosing colors or have any other questions regarding the pattern or sizing, send me an email and I’m happy to assist!

Details:

• Intermediate/Advanced level
• Written in English and US terms
• Skills to know: Cast on, knit, purl, join and work in the round, 3-color stranded colorwork, catching/trapping floats, lifted and make one increases, decreases, backwards loop cast on, pick up and knit
• You’ll need: US size 2 (2.75mm) needles or as needed to achieve gauge
• 16-40” circulars recommended for the yoke/body; 12” circulars, DPNs, or longer cable for magic loop for the sleeves, waste yarn to place stitches on hold, stitch markers, pins for blocking, and a tapestry needle. Knit blockers and mats recommended but not necessary for blocking; a Norwegian knitting thimble can be helpful as well!

Yardage estimates, sizes 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8) — 3 contrasting colors of fingering weight yarn that works up to gauge (see schematic for finished measurements):

TOTAL - Approximately 1437 (1633, 1900, 2126, 2427) 2723, 3057, 3276 yds / 1316 (1495, 1739, 1945, 2221) (2492, 2797, 2997) m

• Main Color (MC, pale green in sample) - 1027 (1168, 1356, 1510, 1715) (1913, 2157, 2307) yds / 940 (1069, 1240, 1381, 1569) (1750, 1973, 2110) m
• Contrast Color 1 (CC1, orange in sample) - 151 (178, 198, 226, 258) (289, 310, 331) yds / 139 (163, 182, 207, 236) (265, 284, 303) m
• Contrast Color 2 (CC2, dark brown in sample) - 259 (287, 346, 390, 454) (521, 590, 638) yds / 237 (263, 317, 357, 416) (477, 540, 584) m

Check out others’ projects for more yarn/fiber/color combo inspiration! Please note: Yardage is estimated and your requirements will vary depending on your yarn, gauge, and if you modify the pattern.

You’ll receive the following:

• Two PDF files (one with the original/light MC charts, one with inverted/dark MC charts) with complete written instructions on how to knit Little Scorpion in 8 different sizes. Each PDF is 11 total pages, including the cover pages and colorwork charts for yoke/sleeves for all sizes
• Links to helpful tutorials

Notes on sizing:

This pattern is written for 8 sizes, ranging from 32-74.25 in/81.5-188.5 cm finished bust, and 2-6 in/5-15 cm positive ease is recommended. The sample shows size 2 on a 33.5 in/85 cm bust (positive ease of approx. 4.5 in/11.5 cm at the bust). Schematic with measurements included in the product photos.

Pattern gauge (worked in the round, measured over 4”/10cm):

• Stockinette - 30 sts/34 rounds
• K1, p1 corrugated ribbing - 40 sts/48 rounds

Taken after wet blocking, using US size 2 (2.75mm) needles. Note, you may need to use different needle sizes for plain stockinette vs colorwork sections depending on your tension.

Note: All measurements are approximate and taken after blocking. Inches are rounded to the nearest 0.25 in and centimeters to the nearest 0.5 cm.