Le Knit - Porcelain Damask Sweater - Paper

Porcelain Damask Sweater has 3 nice borders on the body and 2 on the sleeves. The pattern borders are knitted according to the diagram, using only knit and purl stitches. Between the borders, knit stockinette stitch. Porcelain Damask Sweater is knitted from the top down with slanted shoulders.

Sizes

(XXS/XS) XS/S (M) L (XL/2XL) 3XL

The sweater's measurements

Overall width: (91) 103 (114) 126 (137) 149 cm

Length*: (52) 52 (52) 54 (56) 58 cm

Yarn

Sandnes Garn Sunday (100% wool, 50 g = 235 m) knitted together with

Sandnes Yarn Thin Silk Mohair (57% mohair, 28% silk, 15% wool), 25 g = 212 m).

Yarn quantity

Sunday 5811 or 1015: (250) 250 (300) 300 (350) 400 g

Thin Silk Mohair 5811 or 1012: (125) 125 (150) 150 (175) 200 g

Recommended needles: Circular needles 3 and 4 mm (40 and 80 cm).

Double pointed needles 3 and 4 mm. If you use magic loop, you don't need double pointed needles.

Knitting strength

21 stitches x approx. 28 rows stockinette stitch = 10 x 10 cm on 4 mm needles.

21 sts of textured pattern = 10 cm in width on 4 mm needles.

Note: Everything is knitted with 2 strands of yarn, 1 strand of each quality. Wash the sample before measuring the knitting tension.

Size selection

The Porcelain Damask Sweater is intended to have a range of motion of approximately 15-25 cm. It is shown here with a range of motion (positive ease) of 17 cm. The sweater is therefore shown on a model who has an upper width that is 17 cm less than the upper width of the sweater. The sweater shown in natural has a range of motion of 22 cm.

Find your personal chest measurement by measuring around your chest (or the largest part of your upper body). Then look at the measurements first in the pattern (these are the finished measurements of the sweater). Positive ease is the difference between your personal measurement and the sweater's measurement. For example, if your chest measurement is 94 cm, a size M will give you a range of movement of 20 cm (114 cm – 94 cm = 20 cm). *Length is measured at the center back, excluding the neckline.

Construction

The sweater is knitted from the top down. First, the top of the back piece is knitted from the sloping shoulders down to the bottom of the armhole. Then, stitches are knitted along the shoulders of the back piece to the top of the front piece. This is formed with reverse knitting needles. The neckline is formed with increases. When both sides of the top of the front piece are knitted, the front piece is gathered into one piece. When the top of both the back piece and the front piece are knitted, the two parts are gathered, and the body is finished in the round on circular needles. Then, stitches are knitted along the armhole, and the sleeve is knitted on double pointed needles (or using magic loop) from the top down. Finally, stitches are knitted along the neckline, and the neckline is knitted and folded down.