Lust for Life by Tone Cecilie

Lust for Life

Knitting
December 2023
both are used in this pattern
yarn held together
Lace
+ Fingering
= DK (11 wpi) ?
17 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette
US 10 - 6.0 mm
US 9 - 5.5 mm
722 - 1006 yards (660 - 920 m)
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
English
This pattern is available for kr.70.00 NOK buy it now

Materials & Tools:

  • Fingering weight yarn (356m/100gr)
  • Silk mohair (420m/50gr)
  • 6 mm/ US 10 circular needle (or size to give you correct gauge) and DPN’s for sleeves
  • 5.5mm/US 9 circular needle and DPN’s for ribbing
  • Cable needle
  • Tapestry needle

Shown in:
Kings Yarn Barn Kid Mohair (420m/50gr)
Kings Yarn Barn Merino non SW (365m/100gr)

Sizes:
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Circumference: 90 (97, 104, 114, 132, 156, 170)

Yardage:
660 ( 680, 700, 750, 820, 870, 920)
You need the recommended yardage for both yarns since you’re holding two yarns together.
Yardage is for a cropped version with ¾ sleeves, if you want to knit a longer version and/or longer sleeves you need more yarn.
Yardage may vary from knitter to knitter.

Gauge:
17 x 23= 10 cm (4 inches) in stockinette after blocking

Skills needed:
Provisional cast on, knit, purl, slip stitches, cables, German short rows, grafting stitches together.

Pattern notes:
The yoke is worked flat using short rows to create a curved cabled band. You can choose between 3 different yoke depths, all three fit all the different sizes of the sweater.
Due to the design of the yoke the larger sizes end up having a rather large circumference of the neckline. Thus a collar band may be added to the larger sizes if you want one, but not to the smaller sizes. If you knit one of the larger sizes and like a dropped shoulder, you just omit the collar band.
The pattern has only one length for body and sleeves, since people do not tend to get taller when they need to knit a sweater with a larger bust circumference.
The lengths used in the pattern are the ones I use. I am 175 cm tall and wear a size 3 sweater with a 14 cm positive ease.

Note: The two largest sizes has not been tested. If you want to knit one of these sizes, please send me a message, and you can test that size!