The Island Lover Sweater is inspired by vintage fishermen sweaters and the quiet island life, embodying practicality and resourcefulness in a timeless design. May this sweater connect you with a calm seaside spirit where ever you are.

This pattern is a colourwork sweater, worked top-down with an European Shoulder construction. The red slanted lines are worked in stranded colourwork.

The sweater has a classic fit, with 5 cm / 2 inches of ease.
Sizes range from chest: 71-172 cm / 28-68 inches in 11 sizes.
Modifications included in the pattern are body length, hip circumference and sleeve length.

Yarn:
Two strands held together or a single strand of yarn should be
225 meter per 100 g for this pattern.

Recommended yarn, two strands held together:
From Hjelholt Uldspinneri: Merinogarn 10/2 and Dansk Pelsuld 8/2.
Yarn for colour A and B should have the same weight.

Gauge:
20 sts to 25 rows to 10 cm x 10 cm over stockinette stitch and pattern. Needles size 4,5 mm / UK 7 / US 7 or to obtain the required gauge.

Needles:
Main needles, circular: size 4,5 mm / UK 7 / US 7.

• 1 Cable about 80-120 cm / 32-47 inches
• 1 Cable, about 20 cm / 12 inches or double pointed needles.

Detail needles, circular: size 2,5 mm / UK 2 / US 12.

• 1 Cable about 80-100 / 32-40 inches cm
• 1 Cable about 20 cm / 8 inches or double pointed needles.

The sweater is cast on at the back of the neck. The yoke is worked flat in sections and put on hold. While connecting front and back of the yolk, the sleeves stitches are picked up and work flat until the work is joined to knit in the round. The sweater is then increased before and between the first two stranded colourwork sections. Sleeves are separated and the colourwork pattern is continued on the body. Each sleeve is worked, decreasing between each stranded colourwork section. To finish off, the neckline is worked in ribbing.