I’ve eyeballing some of the prettiest sweater from LE KNIT on Ravelry this week … she designs delicious sweaters with simple shapes and elegant colourwork. The Rosie Sweater and Facet Sweater are making my hands itch to knit! Combine Drops Alpaca and Drops Kid-Silk to make these delicious tops.
Rosie Sweater by LE KNIT
Who doesn’t appreciate a bouquet of roses? The Rosie Sweater has simple, wearable elegance!
Construction
The sweater is worked top down. First, work the upper part of the back piece from the slanted shoulders and 9 cm down on the back. Then, pick up stitches for the upper part of the front piece along the slanted shoulders on the back piece. Once the upper part of both the back and front pieces are completed, stitches are picked up for the sleeve tops on each side and the yoke is worked in the round with raglan increases. Body and
sleeves are then worked separately. Finally, stitches are picked up along the neckline, and the neckband is worked in rib.
Note
- The entire sweater is worked with two strands of yarn, 1 of each quality. Wash and block the swatch before measuring the gauge.
- Make sure the gauge is the same in width (21 sts in 10 cm /4“), whether you knit in single colored stockinette stitch or colorwork pattern. Use a larger needle for the colorwork if the colorwork is tighter than the stockinette stitch. I recommend the larger needle size if you are unsure about your gauge.
Size
Rosie Sweater is designed to have approx. 20-32 cm 7.75-12.5” of positive ease. The sweater is designed with a large amount of positive ease in the smallest sizes and gradually less positive ease in larger sizes. Rosie Sweater is shown with approx. 30 cm 11.75” of positive ease, meaning the sweater is shown on a model with a bust circumference that is 30 cm 11.75“ smaller than the sweater’s bust circumference.
The length is measured at the center back excl. the neckline.
- (XXS/XS) S (M/L) XL/2XL (3XL/4XL) 5XL
- Finished Bust Circumference: (103) 114 (126) 137 (149) 160 cm OR (40.5) 44.75 (49.5) 54 (58.75) 63 inches
- Length: (54) 55 (55) 57 (58) 59 cm. OR (21.25) 21.75 (21.75) 22.5 (22.75) 23.25 inches
Materials
- Drops Alpaca: Main Colour (6) 6 (7) 8 (8) 9 balls; Contrast Colour (2-3) 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 balls
- Drops Kid-Silk: Main Colour (5) 5 (5-6) 6 (6) 7 balls; Contrast Colour (1-2) 2 (2) 2 (2) 2 balls
- 3mm/US2.5 – 16″ AND 32″ circular needles
- 3.5mm/US4 – 16″ AND 32″ circular needles
- 4mm/US6 – 16″ AND 32″ circular needles
- 4.5mm/US7 – 16″ AND 32″ circular needles
- 3.5mm/US4 double-pointed needles for the smallest sizes (unless you use the magic loop method).
- Stitch markers
- PATTERN
Facet Sweater by LE KNIT
I love the mod, classic 60s style of the Facet Sweater … so simple, so gorgeous!
Facet Sweater is a raglan sweater with a small, graphic pattern. The pattern uses three colors but is worked with only two colors at a time. Floats are kept short, making it easy to knit. Since you don’t need much of the contrast colors, Facet Sweater is perfect for using up leftover yarn. You can also play with the pattern and use more than two colors.
Size
- (XXS) XS (S) M (L) XL (2XL) 3XL (4XL) 5XL
- Finished Bust Circumference: (91) 95 (105) 111 (119) 129 (135) 143 (148) 153 cm OR (35.75) 37.5 (41.25) 43.75 (46.75) 50.75 (53.25) 56.25 (58.25) 60.25”
- Finished Length: (52) 53 (54) 55 (56) 57 (58) 59 (61) 62 cm OR (20.5) 20.75 (21.25) 21.75 (22) 22.5 (22.75) 23.25 (24) 24.25”
Materials
- Drops Alpaca: Main Colour (4) 4 (4) 5 (5) 5 (6) 6 (6) 6 balls; Contrast Colour A (2-3) 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 (3) 3-4 balls, Contrast Colour B (2-3) 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 (3) 3-4 balls
- Drops Kid-Silk: Main Colour (3) 3 (3) 4 (4) 4 (5) 5 (5) 5 balls; Contrast Colour A (1-2) 2 (2) 2 (2) 2 (2) 2 (2) 2-3 balls, Contrast Colour B (1-2) 2 (2) 2 (2) 2 (2) 2 (2) 2-3 balls
- 3.5mm/US4 – 16″ AND 32″ circular needles
- 4.5mm/US7 – 16″ AND 32″ circular needles
- 3.5mm/US4 double-pointed needles (unless you use the magic loop method).
- 4.5mm/US7 double-pointed needles (unless you use the magic loop method).
- Stitch markers
- PATTERN
