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Gingerbread Sweater is my new favourite Christmas sweater! It’s just as pretty as tree decorations and the gentle colourwork is inspired by traditional gingerbread frosting.
This circular yoke sweater is worked in two different types of yarn: fingering weight merino and heavy lace weight suri alpaca for the stranded colourwork.
MATERIALS
Yarn:
- 3 (3, 3, 3, 4) (4, 4, 4, 5) skeins of Botanical Yarn 4ply Non Superwash 100g 400m in colour Hellebore Burgundy as MC. Approx. 960 (1040, 1120, 1200, 1290) (1370, 1450, 1540, 1630) yds / 880 (950, 1020, 1090, 1180) (1255, 1330, 1410, 1490) m of fingering-weight yarn.
- 1 (1, 1, 1, 1) (1, 1, 1, 1) skein of Botanical Yarn Suri Alpaca (74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Mulberry Silk; 328yds 300 m / 50g), in colour Hellebore Orientalis as CC. Approx. 130 (130, 130, 130, 150) (150, 150, 190, 190) yds / 120 (120, 120, 120, 140) (140, 140, 175, 175) m of lace-weight yarn.
Needles: US 4 (3.5 mm) and US 2½ (3 mm) circular needles, 32” (80 cm) long, and dpns in each size if not using magic loop method for small circumference knitting.
SIZING
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)
Finished Chest Circumference: 36 (40, 44, 48, 52) (56, 60, 64, 68)” / 90 (100, 110, 120, 130) (140, 150, 160, 170) cm. Choose a size with approx. 8” (20 cm) of positive ease. Sample shown in size 4.
GAUGE
24 sts and 36 rows = 4” (10 cm) on larger needles, in Stockinette stitch in MC, after blocking.
Size 1 - 4 is 3 x 100g skeins of MC 4ply NSW and 1 x 50g suri alpaca
Size 5 - 8 is 4 x 100g skeins of MC 4ply NSW and 1 x 50g suri alpaca
Size 9 is 5 x 100g skeins of MC 4ply NSW and 1 x 50g suri alpaca
