Diagonal lines of feathery vines
make this tunic really flattering to wear. Plus, pockets!
But wearing it is the icing on the cake after lots of fun knitting, with dramatic cable decreases and construction that works the top upward, and the bottom downward, for the best of both worlds.
And you’re going to love the charted colorwork, which is designed to eliminate any jogs whatsoever. It uses my own candy-cane stripe method, which, if I do say so myself, is pretty darned clever.

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Pattern Info:

Size of finished sweater, measured at full chest:
32 (35, 37, 40, 43) (48, 53, 59, 64)“
2-6” positive ease recommended. Shown in size 4 worn with 4” ease on a 36” dress form.

Needles and notions:
Needles size 8 US (5 mm) circular needles for gauge and size 6 US (4.0 mm) for ribbing;
cable needle, tapestry needle, 4 markers;
for provisional cast on: crochet hook a couple sizes larger than 5 mm, scrap yarn.

Gauge:
18 sts and 24 rows = 4” in stockinette stitch (single color) using larger needles.

Yarn:
Sunday Knits 5 ply (worsted weight) in Nirvana (merino cashmere), Eden (merino), Brigadoon (merino tweed) or Angelic (merino angora); 125 m / 137 yd per 50 g skein:
Top Color: 4 (5, 5, 5, 6) (7, 7, 8, 9) skeins.
Bottom Color: 4 (4, 4, 4, 5) (5, 6, 7, 7) skeins .
Shown in Brigadoon Stone (top color) with Eden grey (bottom color).

Yarn available at sundayknits.com.

Substitute any light worsted weight yarn that works nicely to gauge:
Top color: 460 (500, 550, 590, 650) (750, 840, 950, 1070) yds.
Bottom color: 430 (470, 510, 550, 600) (690, 760, 860, 960) yds; includes allowance for pockets.

Skills used:
Provisional cast-on, stranded knitting, reading charts, cable decreases, short rows, afterthought pockets.