When there is a FIESTA (“party” in English) in Spanish towns, colorful decorations and flags are hung throughout the streets. This lively atmosphere inspired the design of this beautiful sweater, knitted in Rústica, 100% merino wool from the Spanish brand dLana.

The Fiesta sweater is a Danish design that is knitted top down, with raglan increases, only on right side. Special care has been taken to ensure that the stripes of the pattern meet at the raglan corners. The Fiesta Sweater is knit in the round, with short German rows to fit the neckline well.
The patterns doesn’t come with a fixed color diagram, which allows you to create your own pattern and color sequence, making this sweater entirely your own unique design.

Sizes: (1, 2) (3, 4, 5)

Measurements (after wash and shaping):
Chest circumference
(98, 107) (116, 125, 130) cm / (38’6, 42) (45’6, 49, 51) inch.
Length from the center front:
(50, 52) (55, 57, 58) cm / (19’6, 20’4) (21’6, 22’4, 22’8) inch.

Gauge (after shaping):
18 st x 25 rds with 5.5mm needles in a 10 x 10 cm square.
For a more oversized sweater with more positive ease, use 6.0 needle.

Notions: 9 markers

Yarn used for the design: Rústica -100 % Spanish Merino (100 g/193 m) from dLana. Comes in more than 40 colors.

The Fiesta sweater has been designed using a Main color (MC) and six contrasting colors (CC). For any color combinations you’ll need (200, 300) (300, 300, 300) g of MC. And 100g of each of the 6 CC.
We have made three great color combinations. See the chart below. The numbers refer to the color numbering of Rústica:

SAND: (MC) P1 + (CC) V1, V2, V3, V7, V9, V10
SAND+ TURQUOISE: (MC) P1 + (CC) V1, V2, V3, V7, V10, V14
DARK NATURAL: (MC) GR1 + (CC) V1, V2, V3, V8, V11, P1

“weave in ends as you go”
To avoid having to weave in all the yarn ends, we recommend securing them as you change colors. The pattern contains a description of this

Once you start knitting this FIESTA SWEATER, it’s hard to stop, because each stripe leads to the next. Get ready for this Fiesta — it’s a true celebration to knit!

Kind regards Lene, Le-Garn