Knitting pattern for the RAIN WAVES sweater

The RAIN WAVES sweater is a casual and comfortable women’s sweater. It has a minimalistic stripe pattern and hole structure on the lower body. It is made with Chain Twenty’s hand-dyed DK merino yarn.

This raglan sweater is worked in the round from the top down, with short rows to raise the back neck. It has a slightly lower arm opening. And a delicate rainfall stripe pattern decorates the lower body, running down into the ribbed hem.

The pattern requires basic knitting techniques like knit and purl, increasing and decreasing stitches and it works with a hole pattern and graphic instruction. All the required techniques are described in the pattern or are referring to a video tutorial. Therefore, the RAIN WAVES sweater can be knitted by beginners and intermediate knitters, who already have knitting experiences.

LANGUAGE

The knitting pattern is written in English.

SIZES & MEASUREMENTS

The RAIN WAVES sweater comes in five sizes, which are described as 1 (2, 3, 4, 5). These sizes correspond to the sizes S (M, L, XL, XXL). The pattern photos show a size 1 with 16 cm / 6.3 inches positive ease at the chest.

» positive ease chest: 16 cm / 6.3 inches
» Chest circumference: 96 (112, 128, 144, 160) cm / 38 (44, 50, 57, 63) inches
» Hem circumference: 88 (104, 120, 136, 152) cm / 35 (41, 47, 54, 60) inches
» Length to underarm: 36 (46, 50, 56, 55) cm / 14 (18, 20, 22, 21.6) inches
» Armhole depth: 22 (23, 24, 25, 26) cm / 8.5 (9, 9.5, 10, 10.5) inches
» Upper Arm circumference: 44 (46, 48, 50, 52) cm / 17 (18, 19, 20, 20.5) inches
» Back neck width: 16 (17, 18, 19, 20) cm / 6 (6.5, 7, 7.5, 8) inches
» Sleeve length: 39 (46, 48, 56, 56) cm / 15 (18, 19, 22, 22) inches
» Arm hem circumference: 24 (24, 24, 24, 24) cm / 9.5 (9.5, 9.5, 9.5, 9.5) inches

» Gauge: 20 st & 25 rows = 10 cm / 4 inches over gauge pattern on 4 mm / US 6‘‘ needles after washing and blocking

MATERIALS NEEDED

» Yardage needed: 1.125 (1.200, 1.300, 1.425, 1.575) meters = 1230 (1312, 1422, 1558, 1722) yards of DK weight

» Suggested yarn: Chain Twenty GUAPO DK or SUAVE DK weight

» Chain Twenty sells hand dyed yarn kits for this pattern, dyed up on SUAVE DK. Check the availability of the yarn kit here: https://www.etsy.com/de/listing/654248921/suave-dk-dyed-t...

» Needles: 3.5 mm / US 4 for the ribbing, 4 mm / US 6 for main fabric, circular needles
with cable lengths 20-60-80 cm / 8-24-32‘‘ (or use DPNs instead of shortest cable).

» Notions: Removable stitch markers, stitch holders or scrap yarn

PHOTO CREDITS
» Natalie Herlinghaus @natalie_herlinghaus
» Benjamín Mauricio Barrera Tejeda @benjamin_barrera

PLEASE NOTE

Shortly after purchase, you will be able to download the pattern as a PDF file.