Isadora Sweater by Millie Murphy

Isadora Sweater

Knitting
May 2025
both are used in this pattern
yarn held together
Light Fingering
+ Lace
= DK (11 wpi) ?
21 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
781 - 1736 yards (714 - 1587 m)
1 (2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7) (8, 9, 10)
low vision format available
English
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The Isadora Sweater is a showstopper with delicate and distinguished bishop sleeves. The lace is a six stitch repeat that makes for easy knitting while still creating a memorable finished sweater. It is knit as a top down raglan and in-the-round with seamless construction. The suggested positive ease is 2-6 inches (5-15 cm).

Yarn
The Isadora Sweater is knit in fingering weight yarn held together with lace weight mohair. The sample used Isager Alpaca 2 (50% alpaca/50% wool, 50g = 273 yds) and Isager Silk Mohair (75% kid mohair/25% silk, 25g = 232 yds).

Of the Alpaca 2, you will need:

  • 143 (163, 180, 198) (226, 246, 270) (296, 319, 332) grams OR
  • 781 (890, 983, 1081) (1239, 1347, 1478) (1621, 1747, 1815) yards OR
  • 715 (815, 900, 990) (1134, 1234, 1354) (1485, 1600, 1662) meters OR
  • 3 (4, 4, 4) (5, 5, 6) (6, 7, 7) skeins

Of the Mohair, you will need:

  • 100 (114, 125, 138) (158, 173, 189) (208, 224, 233) grams OR
  • 928 (1058, 1179, 1290) (1475, 1611, 1756) (1931, 2086, 2164) yards OR
  • 848 (967, 1077, 1179) (1348, 1472, 1605) (1764, 1906, 2069) meters OR
  • 4 (5, 5, 6) (7, 7, 8) (9, 9, 10) balls

Sample is knit in Undyed E0 for both yarns.

Size
Sizes 1 (2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7) (8, 9, 10) for a finished bust circumference of 32 (36, 40, 44) (48, 52, 56) (60, 64, 68) inches or 81 (91, 102, 112) (123, 132, 142) (152, 162, 173) cm.

Gauge
21 x 28 = 4 x 4 inches (10 x 10 cm) in stockinette on 4.0 mm (US 6).

Difficulty
This pattern is rated at an intermediate level. You will need to know how to track a lace chart (the chart is both charted and written), German Short Rows, decreases (k2tog), increases (M1L, M1R), and Italian Bind Off.

Low Vision Accessibility Purchase is for two PDF documents. One is the original with designer formatting and photos. The other is a PDF designed for low vision access. The LVA version has black font on white background, 24 point sans serif font, no italics, and all directions are fully written out (no abbreviations). The charts are still included at the end of the pattern but instructions for each is written out row-by-row with no abbreviations. It does not include centimeter measurements. Both PDFs are read only.