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Gather a colorful palette of colors in DK weight to knit this top-down sweater. The pattern is knit seamlessly in the round for easy enjoyable knitting. Stripes and slipped stitches create the graphic brick motif and you only work with one color at a time. You can use as many contrast colors as you like combined with one main color to frame the painted bricks. Folded hems and ribbed cuffs frame the edges for this modern and stylish sweater.

Sizes: XS (S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL)

Finished Measurements
36 (39.5, 43.5, 47.5, 51, 56, 60, 64, 68)” / 91 (100, 110, 121, 130, 142, 152, 163, 173)cm finished chest circumference. Measurements taken before blocking.

L size shown with about 4” / 10cm of positive ease.

Sleeve and body lengths are customizable.

Yarn
DK weight

Yardage
MC - 850 (950, 1050, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1450, 1500) / 777 (869, 960, 1006, 1097, 1189, 1280, 1326, 1372)m
CC - Approximately 550 (600, 650, 700, 750, 800, 850, 900, 950) / 503 (549, 594, 640, 686, 732, 777, 823, 869)m total

The Yardage estimates are rounded up to make sure you have plenty of yarn for your size. Yardage may vary depending on the length of your sleeves and body of the sweater.

MC - Approximately 4 (4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6) skeins of West Wool Tandem
CC - The multi-color sample features 8 CC’s. If you have 4 or 5 skeins of DK weight yarn for the CC’s, that will be plenty for all sizes.

Shown in
West Wool Tandem

Multi-color Sample Burgundy
MC - Corduroy
CC’s - Green Olive, Pickle Juice, Kardemumma, Sea Mist, Morgaine, Canal House, Dijon, Tiger

Multi-color Sample Navy
MC - Marinière (dark blue)
CC’s - White Peach, Roswitha, Beatrix, Glow, Aquamarine, Green Olive, Cornflower, Prince

Blue Sample
MC - True Blue
CC’s - White Peach, Aquamarine, Glass, Cornflower, Prince

Needles
US 5 / 3.75mm circular in 40” / 100cm length or 1 size smaller than the main larger needle
US 6 / 4mm circular in 40” / 100cm length or size needed to obtain gauge

Magic loop method is used for knitting smaller circumferences in the round.

Notions
1 stitch marker, tapestry needle

Gauge
22 sts & 40 rows = 4” / 10cm in brick pattern before blocking (4 rows stockinette + 4 rows garter)

Update
12-09-22: I updated the Painting Bricks Sweater PDF to include a new video tutorial to help you with the folded hem collar technique. You can download this updated PDF called “painting_bricks_sweater_2.pdf”.

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