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Meet the Sweet Violet Sweater, a seamless top-down yoke design inspired by the lovely violet flower. Just like these little blooms that thrive in the wild, this sweater comes alive with intricate details and a graceful display of stranded colourwork that dances across the yoke and beyond

Made using fingering weight yarn, the Sweet Violet Sweater promises knitters a joyous journey where the thrill of colourwork continues even after the sleeves are separated. Whether you opt for a light or dark background, the pattern provides charts for both, ensuring a seamless and enjoyable knitting experience.

This pattern recommends using the Ladderback Jacquard method to catch long floats, ensuring a smooth, polished look. The pattern describes all the techniques and includes links to video demos.

A detailed pattern deep-dive video is available on our YouTube channel. This video covers the construction, techniques, and possible customisations in greater detail.

This sweater isn’t just a project—it’s an experience, inviting you to immerse yourself in colour and technique, stitch by stitch. Trust that you’ll find the knitting process as enjoyable as the compliments you’ll get.

Difficulty: Intermediate

Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)

Finished chest circumference:

• 91.5 (100.5, 111.5, 120.5, 131.5, 139.5, 151.5, 159.5, 170) cm
• 36½ (40¼, 44½, 48¼, 52½, 55¾, 60½, 63¾, 68)”

Designed to be worn with 10-15 cm / 4-6” positive ease around the chest.

To choose the most appropriate size, measure the wearer’s chest and add the preferred ease. Or measure the circumference of an already-owned sweater that fits well. Then find the closest finished chest circumference.

Gauge: 28 sts & 34 rows = 10 cm / 4” in Stockinette stitch and colourwork in the round on larger needles, blocked.

Yarn: Fingering weight, depending on the length of the pullover, allow approximately:

Main colour (MC):

• 860 (935, 1005, 1090, 1170, 1250, 1340, 1425, 1505) m
• 940 (1025, 1095, 1195, 1280, 1365, 1465, 1555, 1645) yds

Contrast colour (CC):

• 370 (395, 430, 450, 480, 510, 555, 575, 630) m
• 405 (430, 470, 490, 525, 555, 605, 630, 685) yds

Yarns used in sample (size 2) is 6 balls of Hobbii Soft Alpaca (100% Alpaca; 165 m 180 yds / 50 g) in colourway Champagne (45) as main colour and 1 ball of Hobbii Dream Colour (100 % wool; 400 m 437 yds/ 100 g) in colourway Foxy (23) as contrast colour.

Suggested needles:

• 2.75 mm (US 2) or size that obtain the required gauge; circulars 60-100 cm / 24-40” long and/or DPNs for small circumference knitting
• 2.25 mm (US 1) circulars 60 cm / 24” long / 24-40” long and/or DPNs for small circumference knitting

Notions: Stitch markers, locking stitch markers or bobby pins, row counter, stitch holder, tapestry needle.

Techniques used: Knitting in the round, short rows, trapping floats in stranded knitting, lifted increases, Tubular bind-off.

Notes: The pullover is worked seamlessly in the round from the top down.