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Bravura Pullover
Bravura, noun: a florid brilliant style: a show of daring or brilliance
Bravura Pullover was born out of a desire to use up all those bits of yarn left from previous projects. It is an all over colorwork sweater with a circular yoke and a simple, repetitive repeat. The motif and the way it’s repeated allow for a wide range of colors, and for using up lots of small quantities of yarn. It is flexible in that one could truly find all the leftover bits of yarn and never repeat the same color twice, including upwards of 15+ colors. Or one could find 3-7 skeins in their stash and repeat colors throughout the sweater, using those favor¬ite skeins together in a way that is still very wearable.
The colorwork motif is intentionally not very ‘pixelated’ as so many fair isle motifs are. This means that one can mix and match colors with less chance of the colors getting too muddy. The motifs intentionally showcase the colors without breaking them up too much. This makes for endless and superbly fun color play. Included in the pattern is a coloring page that you can use to try out some color possibilities. You can also use the schematics for this purpose.
Construction is top down and in the round. Yoke is circular, with increases happening between colorwork rows.
Sizes
Finished chest measurement: 33.5 (38.5, 40.75, 43.25, 48, 50.5, 51.5, 55.25, 60, 64.75)” / 85 (98, 103.5, 110, 122, 128.5, 131, 140.5, 152.5, 164.5) cm
Designed to be worn with approximately 4-6” / 10-15 cm of positive ease.
Yarn
Sport/DK weight yarn, approx. 935 (1035, 1135, 1195, 1335, 1415, 1610, 1695, 1810, 1990) yards total
Color A: Good Karma Farm Sport Weight (60% Wool, 40% Alpaca; 400 yd / 100 g) Shown in Anchors Away, approx. 420 (465, 510, 535, 600, 635, 725, 760, 815, 895) yds
Color B: Spincycle Dyed in the Wool (100% American wool; 200 yds) Shown in Robin’s Egg, approx. 40 (45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 75, 75, 85, 90) yds
Color C: Quince & Co. Chickadee (100% American wool; 181 yds / 50 g) Shown in Honey, approx. 35 (40, 45, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75) yds
Color D: Jill Draper Makes Stuff Mohonk (100% Lambs wool; 370 yds / 113 g) Shown in Lilac, approx. 90 (100, 105, 110, 125, 135, 150, 160, 170, 185) yds
Color E: Jill Draper Makes Stuff Mohonk (100% Lambs wool; 370 yds / 113 g) Shown in Purple Emperor, approx. 140 (155, 170, 180, 200, 210, 240, 255, 270, 300) yds
Color F: Jill Draper Makes Stuff Mohonk (100% Lambs wool; 370 yds / 113 g) Shown in Chintz Rose, approx. 105 (115, 130, 135, 150, 160, 180, 190, 205, 225) yds
Color G: Jill Draper Makes Stuff Mohonk (100% Lambs wool; 370 yds / 113 g) Shown in Shell, approx. 70 (80, 85, 90, 100, 105, 120, 126, 135, 150) yds
Color H: Shibui Knits Pebble (48% Recycled Silk, 36% Fine Merino, 16% Cashmere; 224 yds / 25 g) held double with Shibui Knits Silk Cloud (60% Kid Mohair, 40% silk; 330 yds / 300m; 25g) Shown in Pebble, approx. 35 (40, 45, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75) yds
Needles
US 4 (3 mm) circular needle; 16” (40 cm) length
US 4 (3 mm) circular needle; 32” (80 cm) length
US 4 (3 mm) DPNs for sleeve
or size needed to obtain gauge
Notions
Stitch markers
Stitch holders or scrap yarn
Tapestry Needle
Gauge
20 stitches and 26 rows to 4” (10 cm) over stockinette stitch blocked and in the round
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