A simple stranded pullover that I’ve snuck in, nice and easy and quick, that’s only taken a few weeks to knit and appeared as if by magic!

The dark grey/black and the turquoise Finullgarn yarn was bought when I was in Norway last year, staying with the lovely Annabel at Hvalø in the Oslo Fjord. I bought it with stranded work in mind, but kind of wanted it to stand out, especially the lovely seagreen shade: this pattern only uses 3 shades, so I think it works brilliantly in that respect.

The Midwinter Pirkkalanka complements the Finullgarn beautifully, though I only just managed to finish without buying extra (2 full skeins were used, every scrap); similarly with the dark grey Finullgarn, just managed it with one ball.

I didn’t quite get the gauge and so the 34.75” size has turned out probably more like about 36” around the bust. I knitted exactly as per the pattern, though I wasn’t quite sure if I’d knitted the yoke increases as suggested - which was ‘stagger the increases’… not quite sure what this meant. Anyway, it looks ok!

sweater #7, 2016