A perfect, casual sweater with that “little extra” for any day of the year.

Design and construction
This all year round sweater features lots of lovely lace on both front and back, a scalloped, lace-patterned hem, flattering crew-neck, slightly slooping shoulders for a great fit, narrow sleeves.
The lace-pattern features eyelets, honey-comb and clusters.
The sweater is worked top-down and seamlessly.
The upper back and front are worked back and forth, starting from the shoulders (shaped by shortrows) to underarms.
The lower body is worked top-down and in the round.
The lace-patterned hem is worked bottom-up and attached to the lower body from WS using the 3-needle bind-off.
The sleeves are worked top-down from picked-up sts.

This pattern is tested.
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Sizes
Finished chest circumference (after washing/blocking and worked at gauge): 94/105/116/128/140/152/163 cm = 37/41/45.5/50/55/60/64”.
The sample is worked in size 1, with 12.5 cm/5” positive ease.
I suggest 7.5 - 20 cm/3 - 8” positive ease.

Materials
Yarn: I recommend that you choose a fingering weight yarn (or a yarn weight that knits up to gauge) with great stitch-definition to work your top. I used the fingering weight yarn “Tosh Merino Light” from Madeline Tosh to work the sample. This yarn comes in skeins of 384 m/420 yards. You will need a total of 1000/1150/1300/1450/1600/1750/1900 m = 1090/1255/1420/1580/1750/1910/2075 yards of this specific yarn to work the sweater. For further information about colour choices read below. Needles: straight (or circular) needles 3.5 mm/US4 to work the upper back and upper front, a circular needles 80 – 100 cm/32 – 40” long, size 3.5 mm/US4 to work the lower body, as well as a second circular needle in the same size to work the lace-patterned hem.
A set of DPNS (or a circular needle, if working the magic loop), size 3.5 mm/US4 to work the sleeves.
A circular needle 40 – 60 cm/16 – 24” long, size 3 mm/US2.5 to work the neckline. Important: choose needle size to obtain gauge. Notions: 1-2 removable stitch-marker(s), separate holder (s), cable-needle, blunt tapestry needle, blocking tools.
Colour choices: You may work the top in one colour only, or in as many colours as you like. You need to think about that the upper back and upper front should be worked in one strand at the time only. When working in the round (the lower body and sleeves) it is easier to change colours. I choose the following 3 colours: A: Calligraphy (the soft pink), B: Beautiful Liar (the crimson) and C: Medieval (the purple). I used a bit more of the soft pink and crimson than the purple.

Gauge
24 sts and 32-34 rows/rounds in stockinette/lace-pattern =
10 x 10 cm/4 x 4”.

The pattern
The pattern is tested.
The lace-pattern is charted, as well as written out row-by-row/
There is a schematic.
Measurements are given in cm’s, as well as in inches.
All necessary stitch-counts are given.
Techniques involved:
Cable cast-on, backwards cast-on, long-tail cast-on,
simple short-rows, picking up sts, 3-needle bind-off, clusters,
lace, honey-comb-pattern.
Skill level: intermediate.