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Maple Hollow is a seamless top-down sweater featuring a yoke of maple leaves that gently flow onto the body and sleeves.

Designed with flexibility in mind, you can easily adjust the yoke depth, body length, and sleeve length to create your perfect fit.

The pattern is written for both fingering and DK weight yarns, with all measurements provided for each version.

The ease across sizes is 5-15 cm/2-6”. The picture shows size 2 in DK weight yarn (with the gauge of 23 sts) with 9 cm/3.5” of positive ease.

YARN:

DK Weight Option:
MC: Cashmere 16 fine by Lana Grossa, DK light weight (80% merino extrafine, 10% polyamid, 10% Cashmere), 320 m/350 yds in 50 g
Grams: 160 (180, 200, 210) (235, 265, 295)
Meters: 1035 (1150, 1290, 1350) (1510, 1705, 1895)
Yards: 1130 (1255, 1410, 1475) (1650, 1865, 2075)
I used colorway No. 061 beige
CC: Strumpfwolle by Wolle Rödel, DK light weight (75% wool, 25% polyamid), 200 m/219 yds in 50 g
Grams: 110 (120, 135, 135) (145, 165, 175)
Meters: 450 (485, 535, 535) (580, 665, 695)
Yards: 490 (530, 585, 585) (635, 725, 760)
I used colorway No. 019

Fingering Weight Option:
MC:
Meters: 915 (1020, 1145, 1195) (1340, 1515, 1685)
Yards: 1000 (1115, 1250, 1305) (1465, 1655, 1845)
CC:
Meters: 400 (430, 475, 470) (515, 590, 615)
Yards: 435 (470, 520, 515) (565, 645, 675)

NEEDLES:
• for the fingering weight option: 2.25 mm/U.S. size 1 needles for neck, hem and cuffs, and 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5 circular needles (or your preferred needle size to obtain the required gauge)
• for the DK weight option: 2.5 mm/U.S. size 1.5 needles for neck, hem and cuffs, and 3.5 mm/U.S. size 4 circular needles (or your preferred needle size to obtain the required gauge)

NOTIONS:
• stitch holders or waste yarn
• markers
• tapestry needle or crochet hook to weave in ends

GAUGE:
fingering weight option: 26 sts/32 RNDS = 10 cm/4” square in stockinette stitch on 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5 needles after blocking
DK weight option: 23 sts/30 RNDS = 10 cm/4” square in stockinette stitch on 3.5 mm/U.S. size 4 needles after blocking

SIZES:
1 (2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7)
to fit chest circumference:
fingering weight option: 70 (80, 90, 97) (110, 122, 137) cm/28 (32, 36, 39) (44, 49, 55)”
DK weight option: 80 (90, 102, 110) (122, 135, 155) cm/32 (36, 41, 44) (49, 54, 62)”

FINISHED CHEST MEASUREMENT:
fingering weight option: 78.5 (87.5, 97, 104.5) (117, 129, 146) cm/31.5 (35, 38.75, 41.75) (46.75, 51.75, 58.5)”
DK weight option: 88.5 (99, 109.5, 118.5) (132, 146, 165) cm/35.5 (39.75, 43.75, 47.25) (52.75, 58.5, 66)”

PATTERN NOTES:
• The sweater is worked in one piece top down.
• You start with the neckband in GSt with smaller needles, then work increases and short rows for neck shaping, and then the circular yoke according to the charts.
• After the circular yoke, you separate the sleeves and the body and work them separately.

SKILLS REQUIRED:
• basics (knit/purl, increase/decrease)
• working in the round
• working from a chart for stranded colorwork