The Lovely Sweater is an elegant, round-knit sweater with a refined fair isle motif. Knitted from top to bottom with a round yoke, this pattern combines traditional Scandinavian influences with a modern twist. The use of soft colors creates a subtle and timeless appearance. Whether you are an experienced knitter or this is your first fair isle project, this sweater offers a wonderful challenge and a beautiful end result. Perfect for cold days and cozy moments!

Also available as a complete kit!

Technique: Circular knitting, from top to bottom. We’ve made some helpful videos to knit a top-down sweater here.

Level: Medium
You need to know how to knit fair isle with 2 colors!
There are no fair isle video’s included in this pattern

Yarn and colors
You knit with 1 strand: MYPZ Aran Merino, MYPZ Super Soft Merino or MYPZ Chunky kidmohair DK. Sometimes we add a strand MYPZ kidmohair for a more hairy effect.

HOW MANY METERS PER COLOR DO YOU NEED? for size XS/S (S/M) (M/L) (L/XL) (XL/XXL) (3XL):
COLOR 4: ±120 meter MYPZ hand-dyed Aran Merino (100% Superwash Merino Wool | 115 g | ± 190m /207YD) or any other Aran merino - weight yarn (+25m S/M) (+35m M/L) (+50m L/XL) (+60m XL/XXL) (+70m 3XL)
COLOR 6: ±500 meter MYPZ Kidmohair (80% kidmohair, 20% polyamide | 25 g | ±210 m)
or any other lace - weight yarn (+80m S/M) (+160m M/L) (+175m L/XL) (+250m XL/XXL) (+280m 3XL)
COLOR 1: ±500 meter MYPZ Super Soft Merino (100% Extrafine merino wool | 50g - 90m)
or any other DK merino - yarn (+80m S/M) (+160m M/L) (+175m L/XL) (+250m XL/XXL) (+280m 3XL)
COLOR 5: ±72 meter MYPZ Super Soft Merino (100% Extrafine merino wool | 50g - 90m)
or any other DK merino - yarn (+4m S/M) (+6m M/L) (+10m L/XL) (+14m XL/XXL) (+14m 3XL)
COLOR 2: ±125 meter MYPZ Chunky kidmohair DK SE (78% Mohair, 13% Wool, 9% Nylon | 50g - 90m)
or any other hairy DK - weight yarn (+20m S/M) (+25m M/L) (+30m L/XL) (+35m XL/XXL) (+45m 3XL)
COLOR 3: ±82 meter MYPZ Chunky kidmohair DK (78% Mohair, 13% Wool, 9% Nylon | 50g - 100m) 3 or any other hairy DK - weight yarn (+15m S/M) (+30m M/L) (+50m L/XL) (+90m XL/XXL) (+130m 3XL)

What do you need in total? (based on the sweater on the picture, size XS/S (S/M) (M/L) (L/XL)(XL/XXL and 3XL):
• 1 skein MYPZ hand-dyed Aran Merino Confetti Brown
• 3 balls MYPZ Kidmohair Light pink
• 6 balls MYPZ Super Soft Merino DK Warm Rosé (+1 S/M) (+2 M/L, L/XL,) (+3 XL/XXL, 3XL)
• 1 ball MYPZ Super Soft merino DK Powder Pink (+1 L/XL, XL/XXL, 3XL)
• 2 balls MYPZ Chunky kidmohair DK Mauve
• 1 ball MYPZ Chunky kidmohair DK Candy Pink (+1 S/M, M/L, L/XL,) (+2 XL/XXL, 3XL)

Sizes: XS/S, S/M, M/L, L/XL, XL/XXL and 3XL
XS/S: length: ± 61 cm | width: ± 45 cm
S/M: length: ± 62 cm | width: ± 52 cm
M/L: length: ± 66 cm | width: ± 56 cm
L/XL: length: ± 72 cm | width: ± 61 cm
XL/XXL: length: ± 77 cm | width: ± 66 cm
3XL: length: ± 77 cm | width: ± 70 cm

TIP > Are you knitting tight? Choose a size bigger!

You can extend the length and width of your sweater very easily!

Knitting needles:
Knitting needles (circular!):
• 4mm (UK 8 / US 6) circular wit a cable of 80 cm (only for the bands and collar)
• 6mm (UK 4 / US 10) circular wit a cable of 80 cm (almost the entire sweater)

Remaining materials :
• Tapestry needle
• Stitch markers
• Scissors