Spring Leaves by Ágnes Kutas

Spring Leaves

Knitting
April 2011
Sport (12 wpi) ?
23 stitches and 27 rows = 4 inches
in pattern
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
30 ¾ (32 ¾, 37, 38 ¼, 43 ¼)
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A decorative sweater with an eye-catching all-over leafy pattern that keeps you warm on the rainy days of spring, even if the yarn-overs make it a bit breezy. Choose another colour, and you can turn the sweater into “Autumn Leaves”:)

Spring Leaves is knitted in the round from the bottom up – if seaming is not your favourite activity, you will love this project.

Finished measurements

Chest
78 (83.5, 94, 97, 109.5) cm
30 3/4 (32 3/4, 37, 38 1/4, 43 1/4) “

Length
55.5 (57, 60, 60, 63.5) cm
21 3/4 (22 1/2, 23 1/2, 23 1/2, 25) “

Shown in size 30 3/4 with about 3” negative ease

Yarn

weight: sport / DK
fiber: 100 % wool or wool blend
amount:
880 (960, 1090, 1140, 1320) meters
960 (1050, 1190, 1245, 1440) yards

  • Recommended and tested sport weight yarns: Madelinetosh Tosh Sport, Cascade Yarns 220 Sport, Barka Libikóka
  • recommended and tested DK weight yarn: Phildar Oxygene
  • The yarn I used for the sample project is SPORT weight (75% wool, 25% polyamide, 150 m / 50 g) knitted with slightly larger needles to get a light fabric. This gauge can be easily obtained with DK weight as well, however, in this case the sweater will be slightly heavier.

Needles

  • 3.5 mm (US 4) and 4 mm (US 6) circular needle, 60 and 100 cm (24 and 40 “) or longer
  • 3.5 mm (US 4) and 4 mm (US 6) dpn
  • or use needle size that gives you the correct gauge

Notions

  • Stitch markers
  • Round counter (optional but recommended)
  • Yarn needle

Gauge

  • 21 sts / 27 rounds = 10 cm / 4 “ in stockinette stitch, using 4 mm (US 6) needles
  • 23 sts / 27 rounds = 10 cm / 4 “ in pattern, using 4 mm (US 6) needles

Skill level

  • intermediate

Skills used

  • yarn-overs
  • working from a chart
  • increasing and decreasing
  • knitting in the round
  • knitting using double-pointed needles

Construction

  • in the round, bottom up

Pattern details

  • colour-coded easy-to-read pattern instructions

  • instructions include both US and metric measurements

  • photo page with shots of the sweater from different angles

  • easy –to-read chart (leafy pattern), yoke decrease rounds are written out in detail

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