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The Māls Sweater pattern can now be purchased as a single pattern (October, 2024). Please note that this pattern is not eligible for discounts.

Throughout history and around the world, people have developed the art of forming clay to make ceramic objects, or pottery. Just as clay becomes art in a potter’s hands, the Māls Sweater gives you the feeling of sculpting and molding the textured stitches into a fiber masterpiece. The vertical bars and post stitch diagonals form an intricate yoke that balances with repetitive post stitch lines on the body.

Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)

Finished bust: 30 (34, 38, 42, 46) (50, 54, 58, 62)“ / 76 (86, 97, 107, 117) (127, 137, 147, 157) cm

Designed to fit with no ease.

Gauge
18 sts x 11 rows = 4” / 10 cm in dc after blocking

Yarn
Fingering weight, Quince & Co. Tern (75% Wool, 25% Silk), 221 yds (202 m) per 50-g skein, or use any fingering weight wool-silk blend to achieve a similar effect

Yardage/Meterage
1505 (1635, 1925, 2080, 2325) (2545, 2810, 3030, 3250) yds / 1375 (1495, 1760, 1900, 2125) (2325, 2570, 2770, 2970) m

Shown in Colorway Terra Cotta

Hooks
7 / 4.5 mm for the main sections of the Yoke, Body and Sleeves, or size needed to obtain gauge
G/6 / 4 mm for ribbing, or one size smaller than size needed to obtain gauge

Notions
Tapestry needle, 4 stitch markers

Skills
Experience with making crocheted top-down
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