Snårvinda by Åsa Tricosa

Snårvinda

Knitting
September 2025
DK (11 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
820 - 1476 yards (750 - 1350 m)
(1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5) (6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10)
English

Snårvinda is one of 17 designs in Åsa Tricosa Ziggurats · Colour & Texture

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Snårvinda is not your typical Ziggurat pullover. I wanted
to knit a sweater with a colourful classical round yoke but with a rather more tailored shape. The solution is a fun mashup of circular yoke and classic Ziggurat increases – a top-up-down construction. You start with a provisional cast on below the colourwork, then work the sweater upwards and bind off at the neck. Now you knit top-down with slight body shaping and finish with a split ribbed
hem.

The mid-length sleeve picks up a simple motif from the yoke.

  • Ziggurat mashup: everything is knitted in one go, top-up-down
  • no seaming
  • very few ends to weave in
  • bold and simple stylized garland motif

As usual, there’s the Helpful Table to keep track of increases.

sizes
(1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5) (6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10)

finished shoulder width
(32.5 · 34 · 36 · 37 · 37.5) (38.5 · 40.5 · 41.5 · 43 · 44.5) cm
(12.75 · 13.5 · 14.25 · 14.5 · 14.75) (15.25 · 16 · 16.25 · 17 · 17.5)“

finished bust measurement with no to slight negative ease
(79 · 84.5 · 90 · 97.5 · 101) (104.5 · 112 · 117.5 · 128 · 135.5) cm
(31 · 33.25 · 35.5 · 38.5 · 39.75) (41.25 · 44 · 46.25 · 50.5 · 53.25)“

yarn
Ginger Twist Masham Mayhem DK, 240 m (262 yds) per 100 g
MC: Shortcake x (4 · 4 · 4 · 4 · 4) (5 · 5 · 5 · 6 · 6) skeins
C1: Crunchy Leaves, 1 skein
C2: Au Naturel, a few yards
C3: dark grey, a few yards

approx total yardage
(750 · 800 · 850 · 900 · 1000) (1000 · 1100 · 1150 · 1300 · 1350) m
(850 · 900 · 950 · 1000 · 1050) (1100 · 1200 · 1250 · 1400 · 1500) yds

sample size
red · Ginger Twist Masham Mayhem · size 4 · 342 g ·12 oz
(middling bust dart · without optional rear shaping)

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