The “true colors sweater” is a light and soft raglan-sweater with a fun, messy color accent. You pick a main color and three contrasting colors to create your “true color”-palette.

Follow exactly the charted color pattern, or add your personal touch by creating your own through the blank chart which is included in the pattern. The clear instructions on intarsia don’t require previous experience with this technique.

The yoke is worked back and forth, the body and sleeves are worked in the round. The neckband is added by picking up stitches around the neckline.

The pattern went through tech editing by Frauke Urban (@urbanyarning) and went through testing for all sizes.

Sizes

(XS, S), M, (L, XL, XXL)

The sweater has a positive ease of 10 cm / 4 in. That means it’s intended to have a slightly loose fit.

Yarn

Main color: (5, 5), 6, (6, 7, 8) skeins of Drops Air Mix (65% Alpaca, 28% Polyamide, 7% merino-wool; 150m / 164yds per 50g / 1.8oz). The sample uses color 03 (light grey).

Contrast colors: 1 skein of 3 contrasting colors each of Drops Air Mix. The sample uses colors 25 (raspberry), 22 (yellow) and 17 (denim-blue).

Gauge

17 stitches x 24 rounds per 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4 inches in stockinette.