Sizes
(XXS/XS) XS/S (M) L (XL/2XL) 3XL
Measurements
Circumference: (91) 102 (114) 126 (137) 149 cm (35.75) 40 (45) 49.5 (54) 58.75 inches
Length*: (52) 52 (52) 54 (56) 58 cm (20.5) 20.5 (20.5) 21.25 (22) 22.75 inches
Yarn
Sandnes Garn Sunday (100% wool, 50 g = 235 m)
held together with
Sandnes Garn Tynn Silk Mohair (57% mohair, 28% silk, 15% wool, 25 g = 212 m).
Yarn quantities
Sunday 5811 or 1015: (250) 250 (300) 300 (350) 400 g
Tynn Silk Mohair 5811 or 2511: (125) 125 (150) 150 (175) 200 g
Suggested needles
3 and 4 mm [US3 and US6] circular needles, 40 and 80 cm [16 and 32”].
3 and 4 mm [US3 and US6] double-pointed needles. If using magic loop, you do not need the double pointed needles.
Gauge
21 sts x approx. 28 rows stockinette stitch = 10 x 10 cm [4 x 4] on 4 mm [US6] needles.
21 sts in pattern = 10 cm [4”] on 4 mm [US6] needles.
Note: The entire sweater is worked with two strands of yarn, 1 of each type. Wash and block your swatch before measuring gauge.
Selecting you size
Porcelain Damask Sweater has an intended positive ease of approx. 15-25 cm [6-10”]. The one pictured has 17 cm [6.75”] positive ease. This means the sweater has a circumference of 17 cm [6.75”] more than the model wearing it. The sweater in off white is shown with 22 cm [8.75”] of positive ease.
Find your personal bust circumference by measuring around your chest (or the largest part of your upper body). Then look at the measurements at the beginning of the pattern (these are the finished measurements of the sweater). Positive ease is the difference between your personal measurement and the sweater's measurement. For example, if your bust circumference is 94cm [37”], a size M will give you a positive ease of 20 cm [8”]
(114 cm – 94 cm = 20 cm). [45”- 37” = 8”]
*Length is measured mid-back, (excluding neck edge).
Construction
The sweater is worked from the top. You start at the top of the back, then form the back of the shoulders down to the bottom of the armholes. Then, the front section of the shoulders is worked, and the neckline is shaped. When the upper sections of the back and front sections are completed, they are joined in the round and the body is finished on a circular needle in the round. Stitched are then picked up along the armholes with double-pointed needles (or with magic loop) and the sleeves are worked top down. Finally, stitches are picked up around the neckline to make a folded neckband.
The pattern will be sent as a pdf-file to your e-mail.
When knitting Porcelain Damask Sweater you may find the following videos helpful.
Short row shoulder shaping
Pick up stitches with the yarn tail
Reading a chart - knit and purl patterns
Long tail cast on
M1T
M1R
M1L
Tubular bind off
Pick up stitches for the neckline
