Maren Sofie Pullover

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Introduction
Maren-Sofie is a top-down yoke sweater with seamless construction The top-down construction lets you begin with the fun part. This construction also makes it easy to try on your sweater as you knit so you can tailor fit the yoke depth and length of your body and sleeves. You can opt in or out of short rows to lower the neckline if you like. You can go wild with colorwork and knit a multi-color yoke, or simply make a two-color version (as photographed). Knit with wool or cotton/wool. Maren Sofie (like her sister-pattern Fie) has a magical fit that is super comfortable and flattering. Seriously! I designed this sweater and Fie or a workshop hosted by North Light Fiber on Block Island and the focus of the workshop was colorwork (of course) and knitting sweaters that fit. Every knitter loved even the fit of the sample sweater. Later in the summer 30 knitters in Brazil made Fie in a workshop (which has this same construction) and they were also thrilled with the fit. The pattern is written with hints on where to add length if needed and how to tailor-fit the sleeves to fit you perfectly. In the workshop on Block Island, inspired by all the colors of North Light Fibers, the knitters played with the colorwork chart and knit with 3, 4, and 5 colors and their sweaters were gorgeous. I hope you love making this beautiful sweater!

P.S. The little sweater in cover photo is Lille Lars which will be released next week.

Materials
Biches & Bûche Le Gros Lambswool | Aran | 210 yards (192 meters) per 100 g (3 ½ oz) skein or North Light Fiber Seaside | Worsted weight: 50% Supima Cotton and 50% Super Fine Merino | 3 ply | 250 yards per 3.5 oz (100 g) skein
Main Color - Long-sleeve version: Biches & Bûches Le Gros Lambswool Blue-Green 4 (4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6 ,7) or North Light Fiber’s Seaside Cat Rock Cove (blue) 3 (3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6 ,6) skeins or approx. 664 (692, 750, 787, 810, 840, 890, 1067, 1089, 1160, 1250, 1310, 1400) yards
Main Color- Short-sleeve version: Biches & Bûches Le Gros Lambswool. 3 (4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6) or North Light Fiber Seaside Cat Rock Cove (blue) 3 (3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6) skeins or approx. 612 (657,677,700,762, 820, 915, 987, 1016, 1080,1132, 1250, 1300) yards
Contrasting Color: Biches & Bûches Le Gros Lambswool Undyed White 1 skein for all sizes or Seaside Mouse Cove (white) 1 skein for all sizes or 100 (110,120, 125, 130, 140, 150, 160, 165, 170, 175, 180, 200) yards
Needles: 32 or 40 – inch/ 80 or 100 cm circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge in colorwork and single color, DPNs/Flexiflips for cuffs and 16-inch circular gauge-size needles for sleeves, and a tapestry needle.
Suggested Needle Size: US 7 (4.75 mm)
Gauge and Swatch
18 stitches and 23 rows = 4 inches
Swatch in colorwork, in the round, to determine needle size. And Yes, the entire sweater with one size of needle.
Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13) with a 3-5-inch positive ease.

Finished Measurements
Chest circumference: 32 ¾ (35 ½ ,38 ¼, 40 ¾, 43 ½ ,46 ¼ ,48 ¾, 51 ½, 57 ¼, 60, 62 ½, 65) inches
Body length from cast on edge to underarm: 13(13 ½ ,14, 14, 15,15 ½ ,16, 16, 17, 17, 17, 18, 18) inches
¾ Sleeve length: 13 (13 ½ ,14,14 ½ ,15,15 ½ ,16, 16, 17, 17, 18, 18 19) inches
Yoke depth without neckband: 8 (8 ,8 ¼, 8 ½ ,8 ½ ,8 ¾ ,9, 9 ½, 10, 10 ½, 10 ½, 10 ½, 10 ¾) inches
Total length: 21 (21 ½, 22 ¼, 22 ½ ,23 ½, 24 ¼ ,25, 25 ½, 27, 27½ ,27 ½, 28½, 28 ¾) inches

Skills used to make Maren Sofie
Long-tail cast on
Colorwork Chart reading
Knitting
Purling
Knitting in stranded colorwork
Catching floats,
Backward Loop increase
K2p2 rib
Picking up and kniting stitches
Knitting in the round
Duplicate stitch