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The “Aprilwetter” pattern name reflects that the design is as versatile as the changeable weather in April: It is a modern sweater for spring featuring a funnel neck – which could easily be exchanged for a deep standard neck edge, as the sweater is optionally started with a (provisional) cast-on and worked top-down (and in the end, the cast-on is resolved to add the neck edge in the opposite direction).

The sweater itself is worked top-down with circular yoke increases, which creates a round yoke where the neck is a bit lower on the front side than on the back – so you start with the stripe sequence right away, without any short rows in the back neck. This is achieved by working twice as many increases per round on the front as on the back, but only half as often (like for my Sunnyside shirt, but at a different gauge) – which creates different curves for the necklines. Moreover, the front neck starts with a few stitches more, to be compensated later.

Yarn & gauge
Needles: Main needle size is 3,5mm (3,25mm for yarn without much elasticity); 3,0mm and 2,5mm used for folded hem, cuff and collar; 2,0mm for the turning ridges.

Gauge: 24 sts x 34 rows in Stockinette.

Approx. 1200/ 1350/ 1500/ 1650/ 1800 m of a Sport Weight (or thick Fingering Weight) yarn needed, evenly distributed between color C1 and C2, including 50m for contrast color edges.

Overview: The sweater is worked top-down, in the following order:
• Step 0: If you are already sure about the funnel neck, work folded collar top-down (option 0A).
Or, to keep neck options open, provisionally cast on stitches and add neck later in step 4 (option 0B).
• Step 1: Work yoke, with stripes and radial yoke increases (in different ways for back and fronts, to shape a deeper front neck).
• Step 2: Lower body: When you have reached the required width and yoke length, seperate into body and sleeves. Continue body in stripes, ending with a folded hem.
• Step 3: Work sleeves in stripes with a folded cuff.
• Step 4 (as alternative to step 0, option A): Undo provisional cast-on and add funnel neck as folded collar (or any other neck edge you prefer), bottom-up.

Sample 1 in blue/ light grey was worked as option 0A with funnel neck and folded hem/ cuff.
Sample 2 in 5 shades of purple was worked as option 0A with ribbed neck + ribbed hem + ribbed cuff.