Maryland Sweater by Valentina Bogdanova

MARYLAND is where this beautiful yarn from indie yarn dyer Veronica of Inspired Fiberworx comes from.

The sweater is made from the bottom up, first, the body and the sleeves are worked separately and then joined together at the circular yoke.

The range of ease across all the sizes is 3.5-6.5 cm/1.5-2.5”. The picture shows size 2 with 4.5 cm/1.75” of positive ease.

YARN:
YAK SILK SINGLES by INSPIRED FIBERWORX (65% Merino, 20% Silk, 15% Yak), 478 m/523 yds in 100 Gr
Grams: 260 (310, 330, 380, 435, 485, 510, 535)
Metres: 1245 (1480, 1575, 1815, 2080, 2320, 2440, 2555)
Yards: 1360 (1620, 1725, 1985, 2275, 2535, 2665, 2800)
I used colorway Kalamata

NEEDLES:
• 2 mm/U.S. size 0 60 cm/24” circular needles or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the round (neckband)
• 2.5 mm/U.S. size 1.5 80 cm/32” circular needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
• 2.5 mm/U.S. size 1.5 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 and to graft the underarm stitches with Kitchener stitch

GAUGE:
one repeat of CHART 1: 18 sts = 5.75 cm/2.25”, 30 RNDS = 9 cm/3.5” on 2.5 mm/U.S. size 1.5 needles after blocking

SIZES:
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
to fit chest circumference: 75 (87.5, 100, 110, 120, 132.5, 145, 157.5) cm/30 (35, 40, 44, 48, 53, 58, 63)“

FINISHED CHEST MEASUREMENT:

80.5 (92, 103.5, 115, 126.5, 138, 149.5, 161) cm/32.25 (36.75, 41.5, 46, 50.5, 55.25, 59.75, 64.5)“

PATTERN NOTES:
The sweater is worked seamlessly from the bottom up. You start either with the body or sleeves and work them separately up to underarms, then join them together and work the circular yoke with neckband.

SKILLS REQUIRED:
• basics (cast on/bind off, knit/purl, increase/decrease)
• short rows
• working in the round
• working from a chart
• grafting with Kitchener Stitch

Silverlea

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