When the weather is dark and gloomy, think of summer, sun and sunflowers.

Sunflower is a fitted boat neck sweater worked top-down in one piece, and with a stripe pattern in balanced colours (“Sunflowers” gradient yarn set, hence the name of the pattern). After knitting up stitches around boat neck ribbing, front, back and sleeves are worked in rounds in one piece. At end of armholes work is divided, and body and sleeves are worked separately in rounds.
The top-down construction makes it easy to adjust length of body and sleeves.

Sizes: 36 (38, 40)
Will fit bust size 86 (90, 94) cm / 34 (35.5, 37) inches.
Sample is shown in size 36 on bust size 86 cm.

Finished measurements:
bust circumference 87 (91, 95) cm / 34.5 (36, 37.5) inches.
length from shoulder to hem 54 (54, 55) cm
length from underarm to hem 36 cm
sleeve length from underarm 45 cm

Yarn:
Fingering weight
MC: yardage 1083 (1083, 1444) m.
CC: 1 gradient set or 1 skein in single colour, yardage 365 m.

The sample was knit using Madeline Tosh Sock (115 g = 361 m) in colour Antler (MC) 3 (3, 4) skeins, and Miss Babs Gradient set, Yummy 2-ply Toes (730 m/115 g = 365 m) in colour ”Sunflowers” (CC), ie. Soraya, Vincent, Sunny, Kernel, Pericarp and Fierce.

Gauge:
26 sts and 36 rows/rounds = 10 cm in stocking stitch.
Needle size 3 mm.