Pattern Details

Difficulty: Advanced Beginner

The Interwoven Sweater is a top-down, seamless colourwork sweater. The pattern is fully customisable; you can use from 2-8 (or even more!) colours… it’s up to you! Only two strands are used at any one time, with the longest float of 3 stitches.

The pattern begins at the neckline, with ribbing. German short rows are then worked to add some additional length to the back of your sweater. The colourwork chart and a series of increases are worked until you have finished the yoke. Next the sleeves are put on hold, and the body is worked using the same repeated pattern, finishing with a 2x2 ribbed tubular bind-off. The sleeve stitches are then picked up and worked to a length of your choice and finished with a 2x2 ribbed tubular bind-off.

This pattern has been graded with 10cm of positive ease. I would recommend picking the finished size which is as close as possible to 10cm larger than your bust measurement.

Finished Bust sizes in cm & inches

Sizes: 1(2,3,4,5)6,7,8,9

82cm (93cm, 104cm, 115cm, 125cm)136cm, 147cm, 158cm, 169cm

32in (37in, 41in, 45in, 49in)53.5in, 58in, 62in, 66.5

Ease: This pattern has been graded with 10cm of positive ease. I would recommend picking the finished size which is as close as possible to 10cm larger than your bust measurement.

Samples

The pink and grey long sleeve sweater is a size 3 - with 7cm positive ease.

The short sleeve top is a size 4 - with 5cm negative ease

The brown and white long sleeve sweater, with cuffed sleeves, is a size 4 - with 17cm of positive ease

Yarn requirements in meters

All quantities below are approximate and based on: meeting gauge, doing a swatch and a small margin for different knitting styles. Therefore if your size just tips over to requiring another skein of yarn you might want to consider if you can reuse your swatch yarn.

Short Sleeve

MC: 269 (296,323,356,386)419,465, 494,528m
299 (332,364,404,441)(480,536, 570,612)yds
2 (2,2,2,2)(2,3, 3,3) 100g balls of 225m DK

CC: 237 (260,284,312,339)367,407, 432,462m
261 (288,317,351,383)(417,466, 495,531)yds
2 (2,2,2,2)(2,2, 2,3) 100g balls of 225m DK

Long Sleeve

MC: 466 (492,538,588,637)705,787, 833,886m
536 (569,623,683,741)(824,923, 978,1042)yds
3 (3,3,3,3)(4,4, 4,4) 100g balls of 225m DK

CC: 408 (431,470,514,556)616,687, 727,773m
466 (494,541,594,645)(716,802, 850,905)yds
2 (2,3,3,3)(3,4, 4,4) 100g balls of 225m DK

If you want to do more than two colours, I suggest keeping the MC the same throughout but alternating the CC

Needles

3.5mm (US 4) circular Needles for ribbing and cuffs

4.5mm (US 7) circular Needles for the main body and sleeves

Length of circular needles, 24cm, 40cm, 60cm, 80cm ( 9”, 16”, 24”, 32”).

Notions
Minimum of 4 stitch markers
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Tape measure
Scrap yarn, stitch holder or spare cable needles to hold your sleeve stitches

Special Techniques

• German short rows

• Stranded Colourwork

• Increasing

• 2x2 ribbed bind off

Many thanks to Faye Perriam-Reed for tech editing this pattern