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A circular yoke striped sweater with a textured design

This circular yoke sweater is knit in the round and from the top down, beginning with a collar that is immediately decreased to accommodate the stitch pattern. You work increases across the yoke, which includes a front and a back body panel and the beginning of two sleeve panels. When your yoke is long enough to reach your armpits, you separate the sleeve panels from the body panels, holding the sleeve stitches on scrap yarn. You will join the body panels on the sleeve separation round, then finish the body of the sweater down to the waist. Sleeves are worked individually and fall at 3/4 length.

The sweater uses the Waffle Stitch with repeating color block sections. The Waffle Stitch is very stretchy, so be sure to check your gauge carefully when the garment has been blocked and is laying flat, but not stretched.

Skill Level:
Advanced Beginner

Size:
XS (S, M, L, XL) (2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL)

Finished Measurements:
The pattern is designed to have 2 inches of positive ease. Select a size based on your actual bust width plus the 2 inches of positive ease, totaling the bust width in (A).

(A) Bust Width: 31.5 (35.5, 39, 42.5, 47) (49.5, 54.5, 59.5, 64.5) inches or 80 (90, 99, 108, 119) (126, 138, 151, 164) cm

(B) Sleeve Length: 9.5 (9.5, 9.5, 9.5, 9.5) (9.5, 9.5, 9.5, 9.5) inches or 24 (24, 24, 24, 24) (24, 24, 24, 24) cm

(C) Total Length: 19 (19, 19, 19.5, 20) (20, 20.5, 20.5, 20.5) inches or 48 (48, 48, 50, 51) (51, 52, 52, 52) cm

(D) Yoke Length: 9 (9.5, 9.5, 10, 11) (11, 11.5, 12, 13) inches or 23 (24, 24, 25, 28) (28, 29, 30, 33) cm

(E) Waist Length: 10 (9.5, 9.5, 9.5, 9) (9, 9, 8.5, 7.5) inches or 25 (24, 24, 24, 23) (23, 23, 22, 19) cm

(F) Upper Sleeve Width: 12 (12, 13, 14, 15.5) (17.5, 19, 20.5, 21.5) inches or 30.5 (30.5, 33, 35.5, 39.5) (44.5, 48.5, 52, 54.5) cm

Gauge:
17 sts x 32 rows = 4 inches (10 cm) in Waffle Stitch pattern

Suggested Needles:
Size 4 (US), 3.50 mm circular needles
Size 4 (US), 3.50 mm double pointed needles or small circular needles

Suggested Yarn:
2 (2, 2, 3, 3) (3, 4, 4, 4) skeins Hobbi Highland Wool in Ash Tree Bark (Color A)

2 (2, 2, 3, 3) (3, 4, 4, 4) skeins Hobbi Highland Wool in Cherry Blossom (Color B)

2 (2, 2, 3, 3) (3, 4, 4, 4) skeins Hobbi Highland Wool in Slate (Color C)

or 861 (963, 1097, 1230, 1394) (1573, 1752, 1945, 2123) yards or 787 (880, 1003, 1124, 1274) (1438, 1601, 1778, 1940) meters total of fingering weight yarn

or 287 (321, 366, 410, 465) (524, 584, 648, 708) yard or 262 (293, 334, 375, 425) (479, 534, 593, 647) meters in Color A, Color B, and Color C

Notions:
Stitch markers
Scrap yarn
Tapestry needle