The Melí sweater is a classic round yoke design with a beautiful floral stranded coloreork motif. Its high neck, relaxed fit, and generously sized sleeves make it a garment that you can layer over other pieces. Inspired by the Melí tree from southern Chile, which blooms with stunning white flowers each summer, this sweater seeks to pay homage to the beauty of nature and provide a knitting experience that gives you serenity and companionship during the colder months.

CONSTRUCTION:
Melí is a round yoke sweater worked top-down, in the round, seamlessly. The high neck is started with an italian cast on worked in 1x1 rib. German short rows are introduced to shape the back of the neck. Then, the round yoke is worked, featuring a stranded colorwork design all around. Body and sleeves are separated at the underarm. Both body and sleeves are worked straight in stockinette stitch, with a colorwork detail at the bottom and a hem worked in 1x1 rib and finished with a tubular bind off.

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

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:
Intended to be worn with a 5-15 cm positive ease at the bust.

Bust circumference: 85 (94.5, 101, 108) (119, 127, 143) (150, 155) cm/ 33.5 (37.25, 39.75, 42.5) (46.75, 50, 56.25) (59.25, 61) in
Body length (from underarm): 23.5 cm / 9.25 in
Yoke depth (from neckline to underarm): 25 (25, 29, 30) (30, 30, 30.5) (30.5, 30.5) cm/ 9.75 (9.75, 11.5, 11.75) (11.75, 11.75, 11.75) (12, 12) in
Sleeve length (from underarm to cuff): 37 (38, 38, 38) (38, 38.5, 38.5) (39.5, 39.5) cm/ 14.5 (15, 15, 15) (15, 15.25, 15.25) (15.5, 15.5) in

YARN REQUIREMENTS:
The following are estimates that may change depending on the yarn you use, your personal knitting gauge and any modifications you decide to make.

Sport weight yarn (100% wool) in two contrasting colors:
Main color: 892 (1001, 1155, 1272) (1408, 1556, 1740) (1868, 1948) m/ 975 (1094, 1262, 1391) (1539, 1701, 1902) (2042, 2129) y.
Contrast color: 251 (281, 325, 357) (396, 437, 489) (525, 547) m/ 274 (307, 355, 391) (432, 478, 534) (573, 598) y.

SUGGESTED YARN:
For this design, I chose a soft non-superwash merino yarn. Its rustic feel gives the garment a really classic and natural look, which compliments the design very well.

Main color: 2 (3, 3, 3) (4, 4, 4) (5, 5) skeins of Mía Hilados (100% merino wool, Sport weight, 450 m/ 150g) in Chocolate colorway.
Contrast color: 1 (1, 1, 1) (1, 1, 2) (2, 2) skeins of Mía Hilados (100% merino wool, Sport weight, 450 m/ 150 g) in Crudo colorway.

SUGGESTED NEEDLES:
Size A: 4 mm/ US 6 needles for body and sleeves.
Size B: 4.5 mm/ US 7 needles for yoke and and colorwork details
Size C: 2.75 mm/ US 5 needles for neckline.
Size D: 3.5 mm/ US 4 needles for hem and cuffs.

GAUGE:
25 stitches and 32 rounds with Size A needles in 10 cm, in Stockinette stitch, in the round, after blocking.

Make a swatch before knitting your garment and, if necessary, change your needle size to match the gauge.

NOTIONS:
Waste yarn or stitch holder, tapestry needle, stitch markers.

TECHNIQUES:
Knitting in the round, tubular cast on, tubular bind off, german short rows, reading colorwork charts, working stranded knitting, magic loop, picking up stitches.