Maja Pullover (Top Down)
Details

To celebrate the Top-Down Maja Launch, Maja is 30 % off until July 4, 2022.

Materials
Yarn: Worsted | Brooklyn Tweed Shelter | American Targhee-Columbia Wool | 140 yards (128 m) per 1.75 o z(50-g) skein
Main Color (MC): Sweatshirt | 6 (7, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) skeins 812 (901, 970, 1050, 1218, 1320, 1450, 1610) yards / 742 (832, 886, 960, 1113, 1207, 1325, 1472) m
Contrasting Color (CC): Fossil | 2 (2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3) skeins 234 (252, 270, 288, 306, 324, 342, 360) yards / 213 (230, 246, 263, 280, 296, 312, 329) m
Needles: One 24-inch (60 mm) for yoke and one 32-inch (80-cm) or 40-inch (100-cm) circular needle for the body and one set of double-pointed needles (DPNs), FlexiFlips, or a 16-inch (40-cm) circular needle for the beginning of the yoke and sleeves in size needed to obtain gauge in colorwork and single color.
Suggested needle size: US 9 (5.5 mm)
One 16-inch (40 cm) and one 24-inch (60 cm) circular needle one size smaller than gauge-size needle and one set of DPNs to use for the ribbing neckband, cuffs and hem.
Suggested needle size: US 8 (5 mm)
Additional materials: Stitch marker, measuring tape, and tapestry needle.

Gauge and Swatch
16 stitches and 20 rounds = 4 inches (10 cm)
Please swatch in the round to determine needle size.
Note: Swatch in both single color and in colorwork. You may need to knit the single-color part of the sweater with a smaller needle than the colorwork section. The gauge is the same throughout the sweater.

Sizes:
XS (S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL)
3-5 inches (7.5-13 cm) positive ease
Finished Measurements
Chest: 37 (40, 43, 46, 49, 52, 55, 58) inches 94 (101.5, 109.25, 117, 124.5, 132, 139.75, 147.5) cm
Body Length to Underarm: 15¼ (15½, 16, 16½, 17, 18¼, 20, 21¼) inches 39 (39.5, 40.5, 42, 43, 46.5, 51, 54) cm from hem
Sleeve Length: 18 (18½, 19, 19, 19½, 20, 20, 20¾) inches 46 (47, 48.25, 48.25, 49.5, 51, 51, 53) cm
Yoke Depth: 9½, (9½, 9½, 9½, 10¾, 10¾, 10¾, 10¾, inches) 24 (24, 24, 24, 27, 27, 27, 27) cm
Total Length: 24¾ (25, 25½, 26, 27¾, 29, 30¾, 32) inches 63 (63.5, 64.75, 66, 70.5, 73.5, 78, 81.25) cm

If you would need an adult size that is not listed above, please contact me and I can help you with that.

Introduction
Maja is the perfect cozy weekend sweater. Whether it’s your first sweater or your hundredth, it’s a fun and rewarding knit. Originally from chapter two of my book The Nordic Knitting Primer, this version of Maja was rewritten for top-down knitting. The extra-deep Icelandic yoke draws on iconic X and O Setesdal motifs to create a whimsical blend of Norwegian and Icelandic knitting traditions that is both classic and timeless. I hope you will be wearing it many years from now.

Skills Used to make Maja

Long-tail cast on
Backward loop increases
Knitting
Purling
1x1 rib
Stranded colorwork knitting
Chart reading skills
Catching floats on two rows
DPN/Flexiflip or other small circumference skill.
Knitting in the round
1x1 rib worked flat

This is a great first colorwork sweater! Jump in to colorwork with Maja! The bottom up version of Maja is in The Nordic Knitting Primer.