Are you wanting a beginner friendly pattern with some fun colorwork embellishment? Rune is perfect for you!!

This sweater was designed with the newbie-garment knitter in mind. This top down, sport weight sweater is knit at a looser gauge, making it a great layering piece, as well as a breezy sweater to wear during those transitional seasons! (up to possibly 75 degree weather depending on the person!)

I wanted a well fitting sweater with the perfect amount of positive ease, easy to dress up or down. With the loose fit in the bodice, and the negative east through the upper arm of the sweater, it is a very flattering garment for all body types!

Adding just a bit of colorwork to the bottom of the sleeves, this garment is also perfect for those who wanted to dive into colorwork…. without the fear of trying out a colorwork yoke first. The colorwork chart is very straightforward, and with no increases or decreases in the chart itself, it is a great intro to your first stranded project.

(Smaller needle) Body: US size 5 / 3.75 mm circular needles between 16 and 40” / 40 and 100 cm circular needles to be worked in the round. Sleeves: 9” / 23 cm circular needle, DPNs or preferred method of small circumference knitting.

(Larger needle) Body: US size 8 / 5 mm circular needles between 16 and 40” / 40 and 100 cm to be worked in the round. Sleeves: 9” / 23 cm circular needle, DPNs or preferred method of small circumference knitting.
(Since the collar can be worked with a 16”/40 cm circular, as the knitting grows, you may want to transition to 24”/60 cm, then 32”/80 cm, then 40”/100 cm circular needle to be worked in the round.)
(Or needles to obtain gauge)

Gauge : 16 sts and 24 rows = 4” / 10 cm worked in stockinette in the rnd on Larger Body Needles, after blocking.
Sizes : 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Finished Bust Circumference Measurements :
37.5 (42.5, 44.5, 49, 52)56, 60, 62.5, 66.5, 69.5, 73.5”/95.5 (108, 113, 124.5, 132)142, 152.5, 159, 169, 176.5, 187 cm
Recommended finished ease is 8-10”/ of positive ease. Sample shown is on a size 2, with 10” positive ease.
Yarn:

MC: Sport Weight: 731 (806, 847, 935, 1019)1106, 1175, 1239, 1304, 1354, 1418 yards / 668 (737, 774, 855, 931)1011, 1074, 1133, 1192, 1238, 1296 meters OR 3 (3, 3, 3, 4)4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5) skeins
CC: Sport Weight: 37 (37, 37, 43, 43)43, 43, 49, 49, 49, 49 yards / 34 (34, 34, 39, 39)39, 39, 45, 45, 45, 45 meters OR 1 skein

Yarn Used :

MC: Dragon Hoard Yarn Nixie Sport Weight in Dorcas Colorway. 328 yards/300 meters per 100 grams

CC: Dragon Hoard Yarn Nixie Sport Weight in Fire Vixen Colorway; 328 yards/300 meters per 100 grams.

Notions :
Stitch markers (4 total; 1 unique for BOR, 3 to mark the raglans) ; scissors; row counter (suggested); darning needle to weave in ends; waste yarn or stitch holders to hold your sleeve stitches.
Notes :
This raglan-style sweater is knit top down, using circular needles worked in the round. The sleeves are put on holders, and the rest of the body is knit first.

I recommend, before starting this knit, you take out an oversized sweater that you enjoy the fit of, and measure across the front of it from underarm to underarm to determine the size (multiply the measurement by 2 to get the full circumference of your sweater). I would then take a look at the finished garment measurements and determine what size you would like to knit.

This is a perfect “first sweater” to knit. This sweater uses the basic raglan top down construction, adding just a little colorwork embellishment on the sleeves.

Colorwork chart found on page 7.

A Special Thank You

To all of my amazing test knitters, and my wonderful, and patient tech editor. All of whom without I could not create and write patterns. Thank you all so very much!