Wednesday Sweater - Paper

Wednesday Sweater is knitted from the top down. First, the upper part of the back piece is knitted back and forth, and the slope of the shoulders is shaped with reverse knitting needles for a good fit. Then the shoulders are knitted back and forth on circular needles. These are gathered at the front to form the front piece. The front and back piece are then gathered to form the body, and knitted in the round on circular needles. The sleeves are knitted from open sts along the sleeve opening and knitted in the round on circular needles and double pointed needles or with the Magic Loop technique. Finally, the large polo collar of the neck is knitted from open sts, and rib is knitted with twisted stitches.

Knit a swatch to find the needle size that gives you the right gauge.

Size guide

Wednesday Sweater should have a positive ease of movement of approx. 25 cm in relation to your chest measurement. The fit is oversized. The sizes XS (S) M (L) XL (2XL) 3XL (4XL) 5XL correspond to a chest measurement measured on your own body of 80-85 (85-90) 90-95 (95-100) 100-110 (110-120) 120-130 (130-140) 140-150 cm. The measurements of the finished sweater are stated on the front of the pattern. Measure yourself before you start knitting, to consider which size will fit you best. For example, if you measure 90 cm around the chest (or the widest part of your upper body), you should knit size S. A sweater in size S has an upper width of 115 cm and in the aforementioned example will provide a range of movement (positive ease) of 25 cm.

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

Sweater width: 110 (115) 120 (125) 135 (145) 155 (165) 175 cm (measured just below the armhole)

Length: 57 (58) 59 (60) 65 (67) 68 (69) 71 cm (measured at the center back, excluding polo collar)

Knitting tension: 15 stitches x 24 rows in stocking stitch on 5 mm needles = 10 x 10 cm after washing and blocking

16-17 stitches x 24 rows in rib (1 twisted K, 1 twisted P) on 5 mm needles = 10 x 10 cm after washing and blocking (knitting tension for the polo collar and other rib edges)

Recommended needles: Circular needle 5 mm (40, 60 and 80 and/or 100 cm), double pointed needles 5 mm (if not knitting with Magic Loop technique)

Materials: 500 (500) 500-550 (550) 600 (650) 650 (700) 700-750 g Peruvian Highland Wool from Filcolana (50 g = 100 m) (here the color Marzipan is used) knit together with 150 (150) 150 (150) 150 (150) 150 (200) 200 g Silk Mohair from Sysleriget (50 g = 420 m) (here the color Daisy's Summer Dress is used) or 125 (125) 125 (125) 150 (150) 150 (175) 175 g Silk Mohair from Isager Yarn (25 g = 212 m) or Tynn Silk Mohair from Sandnes Garn (25 g = 212 m) or Tilia from Filcolana (25g = 212m)

Difficulty: ★ ★ ★ (3 out of 5)

See description of difficulty level here.