Ariya Sweater by Valentina Bogdanova

Ariya Sweater

Knitting
February 2022
Sport (12 wpi) ?
25 stitches and 35 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
1360 - 2250 yards (1244 - 2057 m)
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) to fit chest circumference: 80 (90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150) cm/32 (36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60)"
English
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ARIYA is a seamless top-down sweater with an interesting lace pattern on the yoke while the rest is made in reverse stockinette (knitted on wrong side).

The range of ease across all the sizes is 6.5 – 12.5 cm/2.5 - 5”.

The picture shows size 2 with 9 cm/3.5” of positive ease.

YARN:
COMO TWEED by LAMANA, fingering weight (100% wool), 120 m/ yds in 25 Gr
Grams: 260 (275, 295, 350, 365, 390, 410, 430)
Metres: 1250 (1320, 1420, 1680, 1750, 1870, 1970, 2060)
Yards: 1360 (1440, 1550, 1830, 1910, 2040, 2150, 2250)

I used color 47T (Muskat)

NEEDLES:
• 2.5 mm/U.S. size 1.5 80 cm/32” circular needles
• 2.5 mm/U.S. size 1.5 60 cm/24” circular needles or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the round (neck)
• 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5 80 cm/32” circular needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
• 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5 circular needles or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the round (sleeves)

NOTIONS:
• stitch holders or waste yarn
• main marker and smaller markers for chart sections
• cable needle
• tapestry needle or crochet hook to weave in ends

GAUGE:
25 sts/35 RNDs = 10 cm/4” square in stockinette stitch on 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5 needles after blocking

SIZES:
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
to fit chest circumference: 80 (90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150) cm/32 (36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60)“

FINISHED CHEST MEASUREMENT:
92 (99, 106.5, 121, 128, 142.5, 149.5, 157) cm/36.75 (39.5, 42.5, 48.5, 51.25, 57, 59.75, 62.75)“

PATTERN NOTES:
• The sweater is worked in one piece top down. You start with neck band in garter stitch, then work the round yoke according to the lace charts. After the round yoke, you separate the sleeves and the body, work the neck shaping with short rows, then continue working the sleeves and the body separately.

SKILLS REQUIRED:
• basics (cast on/bind off, knit/purl, increase/decrease)
• short rows
• working in the round
• working from a chart