Linea Sweater

Linea Sweater is knitted from the top down. The back is first knitted back and forth on needles with short rows to create the curved shape of the back piece. A line in a contrasting colour is then knitted along the cast-on edge of the back, highlighting the shaping. The shoulders and front piece are knitted from stitches picked up along this line. The sleeves are knitted from stitches picked up along the armhole. Finally, stitches are picked up along the neckline to knit a ribbed neckband.

Size guide

Linea Sweater should have a positive ease of approximately 30 cm. Sizes XXS (XS) S (M) L (XL) 2XL (3XL) 4XL (5XL) correspond to a bust measurement of 75-80 (80-85) 85-90 (90-95) 95-100 (100-110) 110-120 (120-130) 130-140 (140-150) cm. The measurements of the finished sweater are given on the front of the pattern. Measure yourself before you start knitting to determine which size will suit you best. If you, for example, measure 95 cm around the bust (or the widest part of your body), you should knit a size M. A size M sweater has a width of 127 cm and will give a positive ease of 32 cm in the above example. Measurement chart available here.

Sizes: XXS (XS) S (M) L (XL) 2XL (3XL) 4XL (5XL)

Width: 113 (118) 122 (127) 131 (140) 149 (158) 167 (176) cm

Length: 65 (67) 69 (70) 71 (72) 72 (72) 73 (73) cm measured at the centre back without the neckband

Gauge: 18 stitches x 26 rows in stockinette stitch on 4 mm needles = 10 x 10 cm

Knitting needles: 4 mm circular needles (40, 60 and 80 and/or 100 cm), 3.5 mm circular needles (60 and 80 cm), 3 mm circular needles (40 cm), 3.5 mm and 4 mm double-pointed needles

Materials: 600 (600) 650 (700) 750 (800) 850 (900) 900 (950) g Atlas by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 108 m) in the main colour and 50 g Atlas by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 108 m) in the contrasting colour

Difficulty level: ★ ★ ★ ★ (4 out of 5)

See the difficulty level classification here. 

The pink Linea Sweater is knitted in Atlas by Sandnes Garn in the colours Rosewater melange [4523] and Velvet fig [4682].