Description

The Celeste Sweater is worked from the top down and has a circular yoke. First the neck edge is worked. then the yoke is worked in the round in the charted colorwork pattern using 5 different colors. Short rows are worked after the stranded pattern has been completed to raise the back and create a nice fit. The body and sleeves are worked in the round in stockinette stitch and finished with a rib edge.

Please note that stranded knitting often needs to be worked on a needle 0.5-1 mm larger to maintain the same gauge as the stockinette stitch sections worked in one color. For this reason. you need to work a swatch in both the stranded colorwork pattern and in solid stockinette stitch before starting your sweater.

This pattern contains charts with the colors of the brown Celeste Sweater alongside blank charts that can be colored with your own chosen colors.

Size guide

The Celeste Sweater is designed to have approx. 15 cm 6 inches of positive ease. meaning it is designed to be approx. 15 cm 6 inches larger in circumference than your bust measurement. The sizes XXS (XS) S (M) L (XL) 2XL (3XL) 4XL (5XL) are designed to fit a bust circumference of 75-80 (80-85) 85-90 (90-95) 95-100 (100-110) 110-120 (120-130) 130-140 (140-150) cm 29-31 (31-33) 33-35 (35-37) 37-39 (39-43) 43-47 (47-51) 51-55 (55-59) inches.

The measurements for the finished sweater are listed on the front page of the pattern. Begin by measuring yourself before starting your project. to determine which size will fit you the best. For example. if you measure 85 cm 33 inches around your bust (or around the widest part of your upper body) you should knit a size XS. A size XS sweater has a bust circumference of 100 cm 39 inches which in the given example would give you 15 cm 6 inches of positive ease.

Sizes: XXS (XS) S (M) L (XL) 2XL (3XL) 4XL (5XL)

Bust circumference: 96 (100) 107 (111) 115 (123) 134 (142) 152 (160) cm 37 (39) 42 (43) 45 (48) 52 (56) 59 (63) inches

Length: 56 (57) 58 (60) 63 (64) 66 (68) 70 (72) cm 22 (22) 22 (23) 24 (25) 26 (26) 27 (28) inches (measured mid back excl. neck edge)

Gauge: 20 sts x 30 rows = 10 x 10 cm 4 x 4 inches in stockinette stitch on a 4 mm US6 needle

20 sts x 20-22 rows = 10 x 10 4 x 4 inches in colorwork pattern on a 4.5 mm US7 needle

Needles: Circular needles: 4.5 mm US7 and 4 mm US6 / 60. 80 and/or 100 cm 24. 32 and/or 40 inches. 3.5 mm US4 / 80 or 100 cm 32 or 40 inches and 3 mm US2 / 40 cm 16 inches; Double-pointed needles: 4 mm US6 and 3.5 mm US4 (unless the Magic Loop technique is used); Optionally: A larger needle size for knitting the colorwork pattern

Materials: Main color: 450 (450) 500 (550) 600 (650) 700 (700) 700-750 (750) g Peer Gynt by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 91 m 98 yds)

Contrast color: 50 g Peer Gynt by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 91 m 98 yds) of each of the 4 colors (excl. swatch)

Difficulty:★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (5 out of 5)

See the classification of difficultyhere.

This pattern is digital and will be sent as a pdf-file to your e-mail.

You can try combining different colors by filling in the chart that can be downloaded here.

The brown Celeste Sweater is knitted in Peer Gynt by Sandnes Garn in the colors Cacao nibs 3091 (main color). Perfect purple 5012 (contrast color 1). Muskat melange 3070 (contrast color 2). Night sky 5591 (contrast color 3) and Shell melange 2710 (contrast color 4).

The white Celeste Sweater is knitted in Peer Gynt by Sandnes Garn in the colors Almond 2511 (main color). Shell melange 2710 (contrast color 1). Mellombrun melert 2652 (contrast color 2). Charcoal melange 1065 (contrast color 3) and Muskat melange 3070 (contrast color 4).

Video

Fair isle knitting / Jacquard:

Italian cast-on:

Yarn over:

Knit through the back loop:

Skp:

K2tog:

German Short Rows:

Put the sleeves to rest:

Backwards loop method:

Italian bind-off:

Quick and easy italian bind-off:

Avoid hole at startup on sleeve: