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It’s no secret that I love color. From the first spark of an idea to the final woven-in end, choosing colors is my favorite part of the knitting journey. The Color Compass Pullover is my love letter to that process: a celebration of bold choices, surprising combinations, and the freedom to follow your own creative path.

Designed for playful exploration, this circular-yoke, colorwork pullover invites you to mix, match, and experiment. The Color Compass helps you bring your personal palette to life with built-in resources for color play—including digital or printable coloring pages and step by step guidance—you’ll have all the tools you need to make a sweater that feels unmistakably you. So grab your yarn, trust your eye, and let your compass lead you on your color journey!

The Color Compass Sweater is a circular-yoke stranded colorwork sweater, knit from the top down with optional short rows before the colorwork begins. The pullover has an earlier-than-usual sleeve split that gives extra flexibility through the upper body and arms. The yoke increases and colorwork are charted, and the colorwork continues after the split for sleeves, with optional increasing after the split for sleeves, (recommended for Sizes 6-11). There is optional waist shaping for the cropped body, which is finished with a simple 1x1 ribbed hem. The arms are knit straight until just before the cuffs, where there is a sharp decrease at the ribbing.

Gauge
22 stitches and 24 rows = 4” or 10cm in Stockinette stitch, after blocking.  Please note that colorwork sections may need to be knit in a different needle size to achieve gauge.

1N (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9, 10) 11
Which correlate to expected finished garment measurements at the full bust at recommended ease and using the standard increases:
35 (39, 40, 42.25, 45, 47.25) (53.5, 55.75, 56.75, 60, 61.25) 65.5 inches
89 (99, 102, 107.5, 114.5, 120) (136,142, 144, 152.5, 156) 166 cm
Please see Schematic and Size Chart for full
finished measurements and ease details.

Yarn:

Yarn: Sample 1 knit in Honer Och Eir Nutiden yarn, held single. Sample 2 knit in Sonder Yarn Sunday Lux Sport. One strand of a dense unspun yarn, or a sport-dk weight spun yarn is recommended.

Yardage by size: 1N (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9, 10) 11

Main Color (MC):
850 (850, 850, 925, 975, 1050) (1125, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500) 1575 yards
780 (780, 780, 845, 890, 960) (1030, 1100, 1190, 1280, 1370) 1440 meters

Contrast Colors (CC1–CC4):
This design uses four contrast colors in different amounts throughout the yoke. Because yarns in the sport-to-DK range vary widely in yardage per gram, and testers used a broad range of fibers, I recommend planning for up to 100 yards (90 m) per color for sizes 1N–7, and up to 120 yards (110 m) per color for sizes 8–11.

Needle Sizes & Lengths:

Yoke, Body, and Sleeves: US 5-7 (3.75-4.5mm) depending on yarn choice, circular needles in lengths of 16, 32 and/or 40 inches (40, 80 and/or 100cm), and/or magic loop or double pointed needles for sleeves.

Ribbing: US 4 (3.5mm) circular needles in lengths of 16, 32 and/or 40 inches (40, 80 and/or 100cm), and/or double pointed needles for sleeve ribbing.

Notions:

Notions: One unique beginning of round stitch marker, optional markers to divide colorwork.