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HELMY SWEATER
The Helmy Slipover is a round neck sweater with a sweatshirt fit knitted top-down in a version of broken rib.

Sizes: XS S M (L XL 2XL) 3XL 4XL 5XL
Bust circumference of garment: 90 96 102 (108 114 120) 132 144 150 cm 35.4 37.8 40.2 (42.5 44.9 47.2) 52 56.7 59.1 in
I recommend around 5-10 cm (2-4 inches) of positive ease.
See the last photo for detailed measurements of the finished sweater.

Gauge: 20 sts x 32 rows = 10x10 cm (4x4 inches) on 4.0 mm needles in textured pattern

Needles: Circular needles 4.0 mm (US 6) 80, or 100 cm
Circular needles 3.0 mm (US 2½) 80, or 100 cm for waist ribbing, and 40 cm for neck ribbing
Double pointed needles 4.0 mm (US 6) for sleeves (or long circular needles using magic loop, or short circular needles)
Double pointed needles 3.0 mm (US 2½) for sleeve ribbing (or long circular needles using magic loop, or short circular needles)

YARN
Option 1: Wool held together with silk-mohair 500 500 550 (600 600 650) 700 750 800 g approx. 10 10 11 (12 12 13) 14 15 16 skeins of wool yarn w. weight 100m/50g held together w. 112.5 125 125 (137.5 150 162.5) 175 187.5 200 g ca 4.5 5 5 (5.5 6 6.5) 7 7.5 8 skeins silk-mohair w. weight 210m/25g
1 a: Järbo Alpe or Svarta Fåret Ulrika Natur, held tog. w. Järbo Fin Mohair Silke
1 b: Filcolana Peruvian, held tog. w. Filcolana Tilia
1 c: Drops Lima, held tog. w. Drops Kid-Silk
Option 2: Wool 475 550 575 (625 650 700) 750 800 850 g 4.8 5.5 5.8 (6.3 6.5 7) 7.5 8 8.5 skeins Järbo Select no 6 (180m/100g)
Option 3: Wool 500 550 575 (625 675 725) 775 825 875 g 5 5.5 5.8 (6.3 6.8 7.3) 7.8 8.3 8.8 skeins Rodens Ullbruk Tomtagarnet (175m/100g)
Option 4: Wool 550 600 650 (650 700 750) 850 900 950 g 11 12 13 (13 14 15) 17 18 19 skeins Rauma Fivel (100m/50g)
OR approx. 550 600 650 (650 700 750) 850 900 950 g of other (combination of) yarn(s) w. weight of approx. 80-90 m/50g. This corresponds to approx. 900 1000 1050 (1150 1200 1300) 1400 1500 1600 m.

PATTERN OVERVIEW
The sweater is worked from the top down with a European shoulder construction. The piece is worked in a version of broken rib in which two stitches are worked in stockinette stitch and one stitch is purled every third row.
First, the neck stitches are cast on, and the back piece is worked back and forth while increases are made first for the shoulders and later for the armholes. Stitches for the left and right front shoulders are picked up, and increases are made for the neck. Stitches are cast on at the bottom of the neckline, and the front is worked back and forth down to the armhole. The front and back are placed on the same circular needle, and the body is worked in the round, ending with a 1x1 rib at the bottom, bound off with Italian bind off. Stitches are picked up for the sleeves. These are worked with short rows and then in the round, ending with a 1x1 ribbing, bound off with Italian bind off. Stitches are picked up for a folded 1x1 ribbing around the neck, bound off with a crocheted bind off.

TECHNIQUES
Long tail cast on
Knits, purls
Left-leaning increase and decrease from the right side
Left-leaning increase from the wrong side
Right-leaning increase and decrease from the right side
Right-leaning increase from the wrong side
Italian bind-off VIDEO
Picking up stitches
German short rows
Folded neck-line VIDEO