Description
No.5 Sweater Pattern
Another beautiful sweater pattern designed using a combination of 5 colours from the wonderful le petit lambswool colour palette. Let your imagination go wild on this one.
By Astrid Troland
techniques : knit stitch + purl stitch + knitting with one color at a time + picking up stitches + 3-needle cast off + sewing using mattress stitches
construction :Â the sweater is knit flat bottom up, in four pieces, and sewn together, beginning with a provisional cast-on.
Sizes
small / medium / large / x-large / xx-large
Finished Measurements
small :Â chest width 47cm [18.5″] / length 56cm [22.1″] / sleeve length 43cm [17″] / armhole 18cm [7.1″]
medium :Â chest width 52cm [20.5″] / length 58cm [22.9″] / sleeve length 44cm [17.3″] / armhole 20cm [7.9″]
large :Â chest width 57cm [22.5″] / length 61cm [24″] / sleeve length 45cm [17.7″] / armhole 22cm [8.7″]
x-large :Â chest width 62cm [24.4″] / length 61cm [24″] / sleeve length 43cm [17″] / armhole 25cm [9.8″]
xx-large :Â chest width 67cm [26.4″] / length 61cm [24″] / sleeve length 42cm [16.5″] / armhole 27cm [10.6″]
Yarn
biches & bûches “le petit lambswool”, a natural and 100% lambswool from scotland
Needles
2.5mm (US 2)
3mm (US 3)
as well as an optional needle for the 3-needle bind off on the shoulders 3.5 mm (US 4)
“how to determine your size: take a sweater from your wardrobe that you love and measure its dimensions. it may not have the exact same shape, but it will give you an idea of the size to choose. biches & bûches designs are intended loose, we suggest choosing a size a bit bigger than smaller !”
