Maligar is a contemporary take on traditional stranded colourwork garments. The Yoke section is full of excitement with two different colour patterns happening simultaneously! A simple and easy to memorise one on the sleeves and a more complex one on the body. Perfect opportunity for some focused, concentrated knitting that gives your mind a chance to stay quiet and centered for a while.
But there is also plenty of plain stockinette! After all the hard work (not really! ;) is done you can relax working the familiar knit stitches in the round, which you can probably do with your eyes closed, while completing the garment.
In terms of construction, Maligar is a seamless sweater, worked from the top down. It features the contiguous set-in sleeves method as developed by Susie Myers.
Neck finishing concludes the project, which consists of picking up stitches around the neck and working an I-cord bind-off all the way around.

Yarn:
Fingering weight lambswool yarn which gives you the required gauge and approx. 280 m per 50 g.
Colour 1 (C1) – grey in sample shown: 625 (675, 710, 755, 825, 920, 1035) m / 685 (735, 775, 830, 900, 1005, 1135) yd
Colour 2 (C2) – blue in sample shown: 750 (805, 850, 905, 985, 1100, 1240) m / 820 (880, 930, 990, 1080, 1200, 1355) yd
Shown here: JC Rennie Supersoft lambswool 4ply.

Alternative yarns:
BICHES & BÛCHES LE PETIT LAMBSWOOL
ISAGER ALPACA 2
ISAGER HIGHLAND
Cascade 220 Fingering
BC Garn Semilla Fino
Lang Yarns Cashsoft Baby

Gauge:
26 sts x 39 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” in stocking stitch after blocking

35 sts x 36 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” in Yoke patt after blocking

34 sts x 34 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” in Sleeve patt after blocking

Needles:
Main needle: circular needle 80 cm / 32” long in size needed to obtain the correct gauge.
Suggested size: 3.5 mm / US 4.
Circular needle 60 cm / 24” long, one size smaller than main needle.
Suggested size: 3.25 mm / US 3

Needle(s) suitable for working small circumferences in the round in main needle size.

Finished Bust Circumference:
85 (89, 94, 98, 103, 114, 124) cm / 33.5” (35”, 37”, 38.5”, 40.5”, 45”, 48.75”)
Sample shown: Size 3 with 2 cm / 0.75” ease around bust on the model.

Skill Level:
Intermediate/Advanced
Techniques used: CO of knitter’s choice, increasing, decreasing, stranded colourwork with two colours, I-cord BO, regular BO of knitter’s choice.