This sweater gives you endless opportunities to start your yarn stash, as well as get creative with pattern customization to make your sweater truly unique. No special yarn is required to get started – you can mix and match qualities and thicknesses, as long as you stick to the knitting gauge.

The cut is timeless and gender neutral. You can choose whether you want to finish with a boat neck, round neck or high neck. Maybe you don't want that many colors, or maybe you want more? Will there be too much pattern, or maybe you want to repeat one of the pattern boards more often, and cut one of the others? Do you want it solid color with only a couple of pattern boards at the bottom of the body, sleeves with the colors in reverse order? One pink and one green sleeve?

This pattern is designed to be easy to adapt – both in terms of pattern repeat and sizes. There are 24 stitches between each size. There are 12 stitches in each pattern repeat, which is approx. 6 cm wide. This means you can easily subtract or add 12 stitches to get a width that suits you. I hope you enjoy this project, even though there may be some threads to fasten at the end.

I promise you that your sweater will be an eye-catcher in any case.

SIZES:

A (B) C (D) E (F) G (H) I

FINISHED DIMENSIONS OF THE SWEATER:

Overall width: 82 (93) 104 (115) 125 (136) 147 (158) 169 cm

Recommended additional width: 4-10 cm

Sleeve length: 45 (47) 49 (50) 50 (51) 52 (54) 55 cm or desired length

Total length: 58 (60) 62 (64) 66 (68) 70 (72) 74 cm or desired length

YARN USED ON THE MODEL:

Rauma Mitu (approx. 100 m per 50 grams)

Base color: 6 (7) 7 (9) 9 (10) 11 (13) 14 skeins SFN10

Pattern color 1: 2 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 6 (7) 8 balls 0184

Pattern color 2: 2 (2) 2 (3) 3 (3) 4 (5) 5 balls 6240

Pattern color 3: 1 (1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 4 (5) 5 balls 8287

Pattern color 4: 1 (1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 4 (5) 5 balls 1832

OR THE FOLLOWING AMOUNT OF YARN REQUIRED:

BF: 600 (700) 700 (900) 900 (1000) 1100 (1300) 1400 meters

MF1: 200 (200) 300 (300) 400 (400) 600 (700) 800 meters

MF2: 200 (200) 200 (300) 300 (300) 400 (500) 500 meters

MF3: 100 (100) 100 (200) 200 (300) 400 (500) 500 meters

MF4: 100 (100) 100 (200) 200 (300) 400 (500) 500 meters

YARN ALTERNATIVES: Petter or 3-ply knitting yarn from Rauma, (Skrantin Merino or Rultin Merino from Garnsurr)

KNITTING GAUGE: 22 sts = 10cm in stocking st pattern on needle size 5.0.

RECOMMENDED NEEDLES AND EQUIPMENT: Circular needles and double pointed needles size 3.5 for garter stitch. Circular needles and double pointed needles size 5.0 for stockinette stitch.

Markers, darning needle, scissors, stitch holders/yarn scraps and sewing machine.

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