Sunlit Sweater is an oversized and comfy style sweater.
Sweater was designed with round neck, cropped body, ¾ length for sleeves and oversized fit for comfortable wear.
Lace pattern on yoke and sleeves gives this sweater light and airy look.
This sweater was designed for thick cotton yarn to wear it during warm days and would be perfect for light blown alpaca yarn to wear it in colder days too.
Sweater is worked pretty fast using aran weight yarn and large needles.
It’s perfect for everyday wear over your favorite dresses or with jeans.

Sweater is worked top down seamlessly in the round with raglan increases on the yoke. Once yoke is ready, sleeves stitches are placed on hold and body continues to work in the round to the hem. Optionally - a few short rows are worked after yoke is ready to shape back longer for better fit. Sleeves are worked in the round after the body is ready. Both sleeves and body are finished with delicate half twisted ribbing. The length of body and sleeves can be easily adjusted to desired length.

Sizes
XS (S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL)

Finished measurements
Bust circumferences – 94 (104, 111, 118, 125, 132, 141) cm / 37.0 (41.0, 43.75, 46.5, 49.25, 52.0, 55.5)’’;
Intended to be worn with 10-20 cm / 4 - 8’ of positive ease already included in the bust circumferences;
Yoke depth (below the neckline) – 18 (20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 29) cm / 7.0 (8.0, 8.75, 9.5, 9.75, 10.25, 11.5)’’;
Body length (from hem to underarm) – 28 (28, 28, 29, 29, 30, 30) cm /11.0 (11.0, 11.0, 11.5, 11.5, 11.75, 11.75)’’;
Upper arms circumferences –29 (34, 38, 41, 42, 46, 51) cm / 11.5 (13.5, 15.0, 16.25, 17.0, 18.25, 20.0)’’;
Sleeve length (from underarm) – 31 cm /12.25’’;
Length of the body and sleeves can be easily adjusted to desired length.
Sample shown on 86 cm / 33.75’’ bust; yellow and grey sweater, size S with 18 cm / 7’’ of positive ease.

Needles
Circular 4 mm (US 6) 40-50 cm (16-20)’’ and 80-100 cm (32-40)’’ long for magic loop;
Circular 5 mm (US 8) 40-50 cm (16-20)’’ and 80-100 cm (32-40)’’ long for magic loop;
Dpns 4mm (US 6) and 5 mm (US 8) for sleeves if you prefer this method (optional).
Or needle size needed to obtain the correct gauge.
Notions: tapestry needle, 4 stitch markers, scrap yarn or stitch holders.

Original yarn
Approx 8 (9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17) balls / 400 (450, 500, 600, 625, 750, 850) g of Drops Paris (100% cotton, 50g / 1.8 oz – 75 m / 82 yds, color 35 Vanilla);
If you decide to make sweater longer, you need more yarn than estimated.
Yardage: approx 600 (650, 750, 850, 970, 1090, 1220) m / 656 (711, 820, 930, 1061, 1192, 1334) yds of similar aran weight yarn.
Suggested yarn: fingering or sport weight yarn worked double-stranded or worsted or aran weight yarn worked single-stranded in case to obtain the required gauge.

Gauge
17 sts x 22 rnds = 10cm (4’’) in St st in the rnd on larger needles after blocking.
Take time to check your gauge before starting your project.

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Techniques used: Long tail cast on, knitting in the round, yo and p2tog, M1R and M1L increases, k2tog and ssk decreases, backward loop cast on, German short rows (optionally), stretchy bind off.