Keala Sweater by Valentina Bogdanova

Keala Sweater

Knitting
December 2021
Aran (8 wpi) ?
17 stitches and 25 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
1080 - 1690 yards (988 - 1545 m)
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) to fit chest circumference: 80 (90, 100, 110, 120, 130) cm/32 (36, 40, 44, 48, 52)"
English
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KEALA means “path” in Hawaiian. I think it is a good name for this pattern because of the little “paths” of twisted stitches and lace columns running along the whole sweater.

As most of my patterns, Keala has a seamless top-down construction which allows you to adjust your desirable length of body and sleeves very easily.

The range of ease across all the sizes is 6-8 cm
/2.5-3.25”.

The picture shows size 2 with 6 cm/2.5” of positive ease.

YARN:
COTTON-MERINO TWEED by Katia Concept, (53% recycled cotton, 25% merino, 22% recycled polyester),
105 m/115 yds in 50 Gr
Grams: 470 (515, 575, 640, 680, 735)
Metres: 985 (1080, 1210, 1345, 1430, 1545)
Yards: 1080 (1185, 1325, 1470, 1565, 1690)
I used color 508 Blue

NEEDLES:
• 3.5 mm/U.S. size 4 80 cm/32” circular needles
• 3.5 mm/U.S. size 4 60 cm/24” circular needles or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the round (neck)
• 4.0 mm/U.S. size 4 80 cm/32” circular needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
• 4.0 mm/U.S. size 4 60 cm/24” circular needles or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the round (sleeves)

NOTIONS:
• stitch holders or waste yarn
• main marker and smaller markers for chart sections
• cable needle
• tapestry needle or crochet hook to weave in ends

GAUGE:
17 sts/25 RNDs = 10 cm/4” square in stockinette stitch on 4.0 mm/U.S. size 4 needles after blocking (1 repeat of CHART 4 is approximately 13 cm/5” wide and 1.5 cm/0.5” high)

SIZES:
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
to fit chest circumference: 80 (90, 100, 110, 120, 130) cm/32 (36, 40, 44, 48, 52)“

FINISHED CHEST MEASUREMENT:
87 (96, 108, 116, 126.5, 136.5) cm/34.75 (38.5, 43.25, 46.5, 50.5, 54.5)“
PATTERN NOTES:
• The sweater is worked in one piece top down. You start with neck band in 1x1 twisted rib, then work neck shaping with short rows, then the round yoke according to the lace charts. After the round yoke, you separate the sleeves and the body and continue working them separately.

SKILLS REQUIRED:
• basics (tubular cast on/bind off, knit/purl, increase/decrease)
• short rows
• working in the round
• working from a chart