ABOUT THIS PATTERN
Simone sweater light, a simpler and thinner version of Simone sweater which became a favourite with you. Simone sweater light is a bit more beginner friendly, because the fair isle pattern is only knitted in the round, not back and forth. And it gives a more minimalist expression, since the fair isle pattern is only at the bottom of the body and sleeves. It is knitted in a lighter yarn, witch makes it lighter and thinner.

Even though it’s an easier edition in many ways, there’s still a good amount of statement. You can knit it in earth tones for a basic version, or you can use bright colours which will give the sweater its own distinctiveness.

The sweater is knitted from the bottom up. It starts with a ribbed edge, before knitting fair isle pattern on a large part of the body. You will then divide the body into front piece and back. While knitting back and forth you will decrease first towards the sleeves, to give the sweater a better fit for your body, and not lumping under the sleeves. The front piece will be divided and shaped for the neck. The back is knitted almost as long as the front pieces before dividing and knitting the shoulders separatley a few cm/in, to make the neck fit nicely. The shoulders is knitted together while binding off – I use the 3 needle bind-off method, but you can weave the shoulders together instead. You can find good instruction videos for both techniques on YouTube. You’ll then pick up stitches for the neck and the sleeves and knit as described in the pattern.
You can find the charts on the second to last page.

SIZES: XS (S) M (L) XL (XXL) XXXL

GAUGE: 18 STS / 25 ROWS = 1010 CM (44 IN)
Remember to knit a swatch before you start. If you get too many sts per 10 cm/4 in try with a bigger ndl, if you get too few sts switch to a smaller ndl size. Parts of the sweater is knitted by number of rows/rnds, not cm/in. If your gauge is wrong both the length and width will be wrong.

NEEDLES
4,5 mm/US 7 (circular needle 80 cm/32 in + double pointed needles if you don’t knit with magicloop) for ribbed edges
5 mm/US 8 (circular needle 40 cm/16 in, 80 cm/32 in + double pointed needles if you don’t knit with magicloop) for stocking stitch
5,5 mm/US 9 (circular needle 80 cm/32 in + double pointed needles if you don’t knit with magicloop) for fair isle
(I have reserved that the fair isle pattern is knitted with a larger ndl than the stockinette stitch, because this part has multiple strands and often gets tighter than the part with just one strand)

MATERIALS
LONG MODEL
Colour A (Light gray 300): 350 (350) 400 (450) 400 (450) 500 g Fivel from Rauma garn (50g=100 m)
Colour B (Pink 13): 150 (150) 200 (200) 200 (200) 250 g Fivel from Rauma garn (50g=100 m)
Colour C (Dark grey 400): 200 (200) 200 (250) 250 (250) 300 g Fivel from Rauma garn (50g=100 m)

SHORT MODEL
Colour A (Light grey 300): 300 (350) 350 (350) 400 (400) 450 g Fivel from Rauma garn (50g=100 m)
Colour B (Pink 13): 50 (150) 150 (150) 200 (200) 250 g Fivel from Rauma garn (50g=100 m)
Colour C (Dark grey 400): 150 (200) 200 (200) 250 (300) 350 g Fivel from Rauma garn (50g=100 m)

MEASUREMENTS
Bust circumference: 102/40 (111/43,5) 115,5/45,5 (124/49) 129/50,5 (133,5/52,5) 138/54,5 cm/in
Length from cast on till shoulder:
Long version: ca. 66/26 (66/26) 66/26 (69/27) 69/27 (69/27) 69/27 cm/in
Short version: ca. 56/22 (56/22) 56/22 (58/23) 58/23 (58/23) 58/23 cm/in
Length from cast on till under arm:
Long version: ca. 43/17 (43/17) 43/17 (44/17,5) 44/17,5 (44/17,5) 44/17,5 cm/in
Short version: ca. 34/13,5 (34/13,5) 34/13,5 (35/14) 35/14 (35/14) 35/14 cm/in
Sleeves: 48/19 (48/19) 48/19 (48/19) 48/19 (48/19) 48/19 cm/in (if you want longer sleeves, knit more rib rows).

ABBREVATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS
K = knit P = purl CO = cast on BO = bind off PM = place marker m = marker WS = wrong side RS = right side st/sts = stitch/stitches ndl/ndls = needle/needles rnd/rnds = round/rounds beg = beginning k2tog = knit 2 together SSK = slip slip knit g = gram
Edge stitch = The st at the end of each rnd is knitted. At beg slip first st purlwise.

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