Holiday Slipover - Paper

Holiday Slipover is a chunky slipover with a deep armhole. Holiday Slipover is knitted top down in stocking stitch. First the back piece is knitted, then the shoulders and front piece and finally the body. At the bottom of the body a two-part rib edge is knitted, where the back piece is knitted longer than the front. Finally, rib edges are knitted along the neckline and armholes and finished with Italian bind-off for a beautiful finished look.

Knit a swatch before you start. Note that you knit with three strands (two of the thick yarn and one strand of silk mohair).

Size guide

The Holiday Slipover should have a positive ease of approx. 6 cm in relation to your chest measurement. The sizes XS (S) M (L) XL (2XL) 3XL (4XL) 5XL correspond to a chest measurement of 80-85 (85-90) 90-95 (95-100) 100-110 (110-120) 120-130 (130-140) 140-150 cm. Measure yourself before you start knitting to assess which size will fit you best. For example, if you measure 90 cm around your chest (or the widest part of your upper body), you should knit size S, which has a chest width of 96 cm. This will give a positive ease of 6 cm in the example above.

If you want a more oversized fit, you can go up one size from your usual size.

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

Vest measurements: Overall width: 92 (96) 102 (106) 116 (126) 136 (146) 156 cm

Back width at top, incl. rib edge: 36 (36) 37 (39) 42 (43) 44 (44) 46 cm

Armhole depth: 27 (27) 28 (29) 30 (31) 31 (33) 34 cm

Length center back: 56 (57) 58 (59) 60 (62) 63 (63) 64 cm, measured center back including rib edge at neck

Knitting tension: 10 stitches x 14 rows in stocking stitch on 10 mm needles with two strands of the thick yarn and one strand of silk mohair knitted together = 10 x 10 cm after washing and blocking

Recommended needles: Circular needle 10 mm (60, 80 or 100 cm), circular needle 9 mm (40 and 60 cm)

Materials: 250-300 (300) 300 (350) 350 (400) 450 (450) 500 g Snowflake from CaMaRose (50 g = 110 m) or Alpaca 3 from Isager (50 g = 125 m) or 200-250 (250) 250 (300) 300 (350) 350 (350-400) 400-450 g Kos from Sandnes Garn (50 g = 150 m) together with 50 (50) 50 (50) 50 (50) 25 (75) 75 g Silk Mohair from Isager (25 g = 212 m) or Thin Silk Mohair from Sandnes Garn (25 g = 212 m) or Tilia from Filcolana (25 g = 210 m) or Brushed Lace from Mohair By Canard (25 g = 212 m) or Kid Seta from Gepard Garn (25 g = 212 m)

Difficulty: ★ ★ (2 out of 5)

See description of difficulty level here.

The Holiday Slipover in the picture is knitted in Snefnug (Light beige) from CaMaRose and Silk Mohair (colour 6) from Isager.