Stockholm Sweater V-Neck - Paper
The Stockholm Sweater V-neck is knitted from the top down in stockinette stitch in double thread silk mohair. First, the upper part of the back piece is knitted, where stitches are then picked up along the cast-on edge of the back piece to the shoulders. The shoulders are knitted separately and with reverse needles, so that a wedge is formed. The front and back pieces are gathered under the armhole, and the body is knitted in the round on circular needles. Along the arm openings, stitches are picked up for sleeves, which are knitted in the round on double pointed needles or with Magic Loop. Finally, stitches are picked up along the neck opening, where a rib edge is knitted with decorative decreases on the right side at the tip of the V-neck and corresponding increases on the wrong side. This neck edge is finally folded and sewn to the wrong side. The Stockholm Sweater V-neck is therefore assembly-free, if you ignore the fold in the neck edge.
Knit a swatch to find the needle size that gives the right knitting tension.
Size guide
The Stockholm Sweater V-neck should have a positive ease of approx. 15 cm in relation to your chest measurement (i.e. the sweater should be approx. 15 cm larger than you in circumference). The sizes XS (S) M (L) XL (2XL) 3XL (4XL) 5XL correspond to a chest measurement of approx. 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 body), you should knit size S, which has an upper width of 105 cm. This gives you a range of movement of 15 cm.
Please note that there are decreases on the body and that the sweater therefore measures approx. 5 cm less around the hips than around the chest. You can omit these decreases if you do not want the sweater to be narrower at the bottom.
Sizes: XS (S) M (L) XL (2XL) 3XL (4XL) 5XL
Overall width of the sweater: 100 (105) 110 (115) 125 (135) 145 (155) 165 cm
Length: Measured center back, including folded rib edge at neck: 56 (58) 60 (62) 65 (67) 68 (70) 71 cm
Knitting tension: 21 stitches x 31 rows in stocking stitch on 4 mm needles with two strands of silk mohair = 10 x 10 cm
Recommended needles: Circular needles 4 mm and 3.5 mm (80 or 100 cm), circular needles 3 mm (40 cm), double pointed needles 4 mm and 3.5 mm (if you are not knitting sleeves with Magic Loop)
Materials: 225 (225) 250 (250-275) 275-300 (300) 325 (350) 375 g Silk Mohair from Isager Yarn (25 g = 212 m) or Brushed Lace from Mohair by Canard (25 g = 210 m) or Tilia from Filcolana (25 g = 210) or Kid Seta from Gepard Yarn (25 g = 210 m) or Thin Silk Mohair from Sandnes Garn (25 g = 212 m), sewing thread thin elastic cord for neckline
Difficulty: ★ ★ ★ ★ (4 out of 5)
The blue Stockholm Sweater V-neck is knitted in Silk Mohair from Isager in color 44.