The Lost City is a top-down colourwork sweater that takes inspiration from the beautiful ruins of Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire, UK.

SAMPLE
The wearer is 5’10” / 178 cm with a 37” / 92.5 cm chest circumference.

The green sample has been worked in size L, giving the wearer 8.5” / 21.5 cm of positive ease at the chest. To allow for the height of the wearer, the yoke has been split for body and sleeves after Colourwork 5.

The black and white sample has also been worked in size L, but with modifications to allow for the height of the wearer. The yoke has been split for body and sleeves after Colourwork 6. For the sleeves, 6 extra stitches have been picked up at the underarm to work the sleeves as for size XL. The sleeves have been lengthened by working 5 rounds between each colourwork section instead of 4.

SIZING
This garment is graded into sizes XS (S, M, L, XL) (2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL). Recommended positive ease is 4-10” / 10-25 cm at the chest circumference and a minimum of 2” / 5 cm of positive ease at the upper sleeve circumference.
Finished Garment Chest Circumference:
33.5 (36, 40.75, 45.5, 48) (52.75, 57.5, 60, 64.75)“ /
84 (90, 102, 114, 120) (132, 144, 150, 162) cm.

CONSTRUCTION
This garment is worked top-down, in the round. After casting on stitches for the yoke, short row shaping is incorporated to optimise fit. The majority of the yoke features sections of stranded colourwork patterns. Once the yoke is completed, stitches are separated into body and sleeves, which are each worked separately and in the round. Stitches for the neckband are picked up and worked in the round.

GAUGE
Using 4 mm / US size 6 needles, or needle size required to meet gauge, 20 stitches over 26 rounds in both stockinette stitch and colourwork, blocked, creates a 4x4” / 10x10 cm square.
Neckband, waistband and cuff circumferences assume you are working 5.5 sts per 1” / 2.5 cm.

YARN
Sample 1: Green and Gold
Sample 1 has been worked using Stylecraft’s Highland Heathers DK base (100% Acrylic; 272 m / 297 yds per 100 g) in colourways Moss as the Main Colour and Lichen and Gorse as the Contrast Colours.

Sample 2 Monochrome
Sample 2 has been worked using Stylecraft’s Life DK base for the Main Colour (75% Acrylic / 25% Wool; 298 m / 326 yds per 100 g) in colourway Charcoal. The Contrast Colour is Stylecraft’s Batik DK base (80% Acrylic / 20% Wool; 138 m / 151 yds per 50 g) in colourway Graphite.

YARDAGE (includes ~10% excess)
MC:
706 (741, 812, 871, 908) (1010, 1077, 1132, 1170) metres
773 (811, 888, 953, 993) (1105, 1178, 1238, 1280) yards
260 (272, 298, 320, 334) (371, 396, 416, 430) grams

CC:
324 (338, 370, 397, 412) (464, 496, 519, 538) metres
354 (371, 404, 434, 451) (507, 543, 568, 589) yards
119 (125, 136, 146, 152) (171, 182, 191, 198) grams

TOOLS & NOTIONS
3.5 mm / US size 4 circular needles (to work neckband, cuffs and waistband; varying cable lengths would be helpful)
4 mm / US size 6 circular needles (to work yoke, body and sleeves; varying cable lengths would be helpful)
1 marker
scrap yarn
tapestry needle to weave in ends

SKILLS REQUIRED
-long tail cast on
-joining and working in the round
-working half-twisted ribbing
-working left and right lifted increases
-German short row shaping
-reading colourwork charts
-working stranded colourwork with two colours
-cable cast on
-working a repeating pattern of decreases
-decreasing using K2tog and SSK
-standard bind off