The Rain Shadow sweater is knit top down with a sport and fluffy lace weight yarns held together. The short row shaping is worked in the ribbing of the collar. A small-large repeating diamond pattern is featured on the front and twisted cables run between the raglan increases. After the first few increases, the smaller diamond pattern of the sleeves starts. The Suri alpaca yarn I used blooms to quite a large stitch gauge and creates loops that are sticky enough that I didn’t need to use a cable needle and made this a quick knit. Several testers used a worsted weight yarn held single.
The inductions are fully written out and and supplemental charts are provided for the cables.

Finished Chest Circumference
32 (36, 40, 44, 48) 52 {56, 60, 64, 68}”/81.5 (91.5, 101.5, 112, 122) 132 {142, 152.5, 162.5, 172.5} cm
Recommended ease is 2-8”/5-20.5cm of positive ease at the chest.
Sample is Size 3 with 2”/5cm ease on a 5’8” tall woman with a 38”/96.5cm chest.

Yarn
Lace -640 (770, 920, 1070, 1250) 1440 {1640, 1840, 2060, 2290} yds
590 (710, 840, 980, 1140) 1310 {1500, 1690, 1880, 2090} m
Sport -680 (810, 970, 1130, 1310) 1510 {1720, 1940, 2170, 2410} yds
620 (740, 890, 1030, 1200) 1380 {1580, 1780, 1980, 2210} m
Yardage may vary between knitters and yarn choice.

Suggested Yarn
Explorer Knits + Fibers Suri Alpaca Lace 3 (3, 3, 4, 5) 5 {6, 7, 7, 8} skeins in Rain Shadow
Explorer Knits + Fibers Earthy Sock 2 (2, 3, 3, 4) 4 {5, 5, 6, 6} skeins in Rain Shadow
May also substitute for a Worsted weight yarn held single.

Needles
Ribbing: US 6/4mm
Main: US 7/4.5 mm or needle size to obtain gauge, on long circular and preferred needles for small circumference knitting (long circular or DPNs).

Notions
Darning needle, 7 stitch markers (at least one unique), scissors, scrap yarn or stitch holders.

Gauge
18 sts & 26 rnds – 4”/10 cm on larger needles, measured over stockinette knit in the round after wet blocking.