I’m calling this the Urban Adventure pullover because lately, I’ve seen so many trendy outfits combining streetwear and traditional Icelandic-inspired sweaters. I wanted to create a sweater that can be used as an everyday sweater both in the city and on weekend trips to hiking trails and summer cottages (both very essential parts of the Finnish lifestyle!).

The Urban Adventure pullover is knitted seamlessly top-down, starting at the neckband. The sleeves and body are separated at the underarm and knitted separately.

The yoke is knitted in stranded colorwork with increases incorporated into the pattern. Choose 3 colors with enough contrast for the best result (ie. one that is very light, one that is medium contrast and one that is clearly darker). If you want to knit this sweater in two colors only, knit the patterns using MC and CC2 in one color and CC1 in another color.

Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Finished bust circumference: 81 (91, 101, 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161) cm / 32 (35.75, 39.75, 43.75, 47.75, 51.5, 55.5 59.5, 63.5) inches including the intended ease of 5-7.5 cm / 2-3 inches
Length from hem to underarm (adjustable): 25 (25, 25, 25, 27, 27, 27, 29, 29) cm / 10 (10, 10, 10, 10.75, 10.75, 10.75, 11.5, 11.5) inches
Yoke length: 25 (25, 25, 26, 26, 26, 27, 27, 28) cm / 9.75 (9.75, 9.75, 10.25, 10.25, 10.25, 10.75, 10.75, 11) inches
Sleeve length from cuff to underarm (adjustable): 44 (44, 44, 46, 46, 46, 48, 48, 48) cm / 17.25 (17.25, 17.25, 18, 18, 18, 19, 19, 19) inches
Upper arm circumference: 37 (38, 40, 42, 46, 51, 56, 59, 61) cm / 14.5 (15, 15.75, 16.5, 18, 20, 21.75, 23.25, 24) inches
Cuff circumference: 22 (22, 27, 27, 27, 27, 29, 29, 29) cm / 8.75 (8.75, 10.75, 10.75, 10.75, 10.75, 11.5, 11.5, 11.5) inches
Note: Please be aware that adjusting the lengths of the garment will also affect the amount of yarn needed to finish the project.

Yarn
MC: 3 (3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6) skeins of Cascade 220 Heathers (100 % wool; 201 m / 220 yards per 100 g) or 500 (550, 600, 675, 725, 800, 900, 975, 1075) m / 550 (600, 675, 725, 800, 875, 975, 1075, 1175) yards of similar worsted weight yarn, shown in colorway 8012 Doeskin, and

CC1: 1 (1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2) skeins of Cascade 220 (100 % wool; 201 m / 220 yards per 100 g) or 150 (175, 175, 200, 225, 250, 275, 300, 325) m / 175 (175, 200, 225, 250, 275, 300, 325, 350) yards of similar worsted weight yarn, shown in colorway 8010 Natural, and

CC2: 1 skein of Cascade 220 Heathers for all sizes (100 % wool; 201 m / 220 yards per 100 g) or 75 (75, 75, 100, 100, 100, 125, 125, 150) m / 75 (75, 100, 100, 100, 125, 125, 150, 175) yards of similar worsted weight yarn, shown in colorway 2453 Pumpkin Spice

Needles

Needle size A:
4.0 mm / US6 DPNs or a circular needle with a cable suitable for small circumference knitting for cuffs
4.0 mm / US6 circular needle with a cable length of 40 cm / 16 inches for the neckline
4.0 mm / US6 circular needle with a cable length of 80 cm / 32 inches for smaller sizes and 100 cm / 40 inches for larger sizes for the hem

Needle size B:
4.5 mm / US7 DPNs or a circular needle with a cable suitable for small circumference knitting for sleeves
4.5 mm / US7 circular needle with a cable length of 80 cm / 32 inches for smaller sizes and 100 cm / 40 inches for larger sizes for the main part

Needle size C:
5.0 mm / US8 circular needle with a cable length of 60 cm / 24 inches for smaller sizes and 80 cm / 32 inches for larger sizes for the colorwork
5.0 mm / US8 circular needle with a cable length of 80 cm / 32 inches for smaller sizes and 100 cm / 40 inches for larger sizes for the colorwork

Note: Always use the needle size that gets you the right gauge! I recommend knitting the colorwork using a needle one size larger than you would normally use for Stockinette stitch with the same yarn weight.

Gauge
18 sts and 22 rounds = 10 cm / 4 inches of colorwork on size C and Stockinette stitch on size B needles, in the round, after blocking

Notions
1 stitch marker
waste yarn
sewing needle
blocking tools