Knit pattern · sweater · Intermediate
Snowfall Yoke Sweater
Yarn weight 4 · 5.0 mm (US 8) circular needles, 16 and 32 in, and double-points
Directions
- Finished size: chest 36 (39, 43, 46) in; S (M, L, XL).
- Yarn: worsted wool, about 1,200 (1,350, 1,500, 1,650) yd: navy 900, cream 200, ice blue 100, silver 100 (more for larger sizes).
- Gauge: 18 stitches and 24 rounds = 4 in in stockinette; check the colorwork gauge too.
- Body: with navy and the long needle, cast on 160 (176, 192, 208). Join and work k2, p2 rib for 2 1/2 in. Knit every round until 15 in from the cast-on. Put 8 stitches at each side on hold for the underarms.
- Sleeves (make 2): on double-points, cast on 44 (44, 48, 48); rib 2 1/2 in. Increase 1 stitch at each side of the start every 8th round until there are 64 (68, 72, 76). Knit to 18 in. Put 8 underarm stitches on hold.
- Join the yoke: knit across the front, a sleeve, the back and the other sleeve: 256 (280, 304, 328) stitches. Knit 1 in in navy.
- Snowfall band: work the 13 rounds of the chart, repeating its 8 stitches all the way round (cream snowflakes, an ice blue rule above and below, a silver dotted line).
- Decrease 1: with navy, *k2, k2tog; repeat around (3/4 of the stitches remain). Knit 1 1/2 in.
- Decrease 2: *k1, k2tog; repeat around. Knit 1 in. Decrease 3: *k2tog, k2; repeat around until 96 (100, 104, 108) stitches remain; end with the round complete.
- Neck: change to the 16 in needle and work k2, p2 rib for 1 in. Bind off loosely.
- Finish: graft the underarms, weave in ends, and block the yoke flat so the snowflakes lie smooth.