Tessa Sweater by Valentina Bogdanova

Tessa Sweater

Knitting
December 2022
Mohair by Irida Design
both are used in this pattern
yarn held together
Fingering
+ Lace
= Fingering (14 wpi) ?
23 stitches and 31 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
2210 - 4125 yards (2021 - 3772 m)
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9, 10) to fit chest circumference: 70 (80, 90, 100, 110) (120, 130, 140, 150, 160) cm/28 (32, 36, 40, 44) (48, 52, 56, 60, 64)"
English
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TESSA is a cozy oversized seamless top-down sweater with a beautiful pattern on the circular yoke while the rest is made in simple stockinette. You can choose between two options for the yoke depth.
The range of ease across all the sizes is 20-22.5 cm /8-9”. The picture shows size 3 with 21.5 cm/8.5” of positive ease.

YARN:
LUXURY SOCK by FELIZ Y PUNTO, fingering weight, (70% Merino SW, 20% Silk, 10% Cashmere), 400 m/438 yds in 100 Gr
Grams: 280 (305, 330, 355, 390) (415, 435, 465, 485, 515)
Metres: 1120 (1220, 1320, 1420, 1560) (1660, 1740, 1860, 1940,
2060)
Yards: 1225 (1335, 1445, 1555, 1710) (1820, 1905, 2035, 2125,
2255)
I used colorway Sandstone

HELD TOGETHER WITH:

MOHAIR by IRIDA DESIGN, lace weight, (80% Mohair, 20% Polyamide), 225 m/246 yds in 25 Gr
Grams: 100 (110, 120, 130, 145) (155, 160, 170, 180, 190)
Metres: 900 (990, 1080, 1170, 1305) (1395, 1440, 1530, 1620, 1710)
Yards: 985 (1080, 1180, 1280, 1425) (1525, 1575, 1675, 1770,
1870)

NEEDLES:
• 2.5 mm/U.S. size 1.5 80 cm/32” circular needles
• 2.5 mm/U.S. size 1.5 60 cm/24” circular needles or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the round (neck)
• 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5 80 cm/32” circular needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
• 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5 circular needles or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the round (sleeves)

NOTIONS:
• stitch holders or waste yarn
• main marker and smaller markers for chart sections
• tapestry needle or crochet hook to weave in ends

GAUGE:
23 sts/31 RNDs = 10 cm/4” square in stockinette stitch on 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5 needles after blocking

SIZES:
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
to fit chest circumference: 70 (80, 90, 100, 110) (120, 130, 140, 150, 160) cm/28 (32, 36, 40, 44) (48, 52, 56, 60, 64)“

FINISHED CHEST MEASUREMENT:
90.5 (101, 111.5, 120, 130.5)(141, 151.5, 161.5, 172, 182.5) cm/36.25 (40.5, 44.5, 48, 52.25)(56.5, 60.5, 64.5, 68.75, 73)“

PATTERN NOTES:
• The sweater is worked in one piece top down. You start with neck band in twisted ribbing, then work the circular yoke according to the charts (written instructions for the charts are also provided).
• You can choose between two yoke depths (28.5 (28.5, 28.5, 30, 31.5) (31.5, 32.5, 33, 34.5, 35.5) cm/11.5 (11.5, 11.5, 12, 12.5) (12.5, 13, 13.25, 13.75, 14.25)“ like in my sample, using CHARTS 1 and 3A+3B, or 21.5 (21.5, 21.5, 23, 24.5) (24.5, 25.5, 26, 27.5, 28.5) cm/8.5 (8.5, 8.5, 9.25, 9.75) (9.75, 10.25, 10.5, 11, 11.5) using CHARTS 1 and 2).
• After the circular yoke, you separate the sleeves and the body, work the neck shaping with short rows, then continue working the sleeves and the body separately.

SKILLS REQUIRED:
• basics (cast on/bind off, knit/purl, increase/decrease)
• short rows
• working in the round
• working from a chart (written instructions have been provided)