Purpurea sweater (light)

Purpurea is no ordinary cable sweater. With a beautifully accentuated scoop neck, a well fitting round yoke with a pattern of growing cables and a body with cute little side slits, it is a very modern and potentially timeless garment. Knit top-down in the round.

The pattern is written for eight sizes with a finished bust circumference of ca. 100 (110, 120, 133, 143) (153, 163, 173) cm // 40 (44, 48, 53, 57) (61, 65, 69) in incl. at least 25 cm (10 in) of positive ease.

The pattern calls for 1 strand of No.4 light fingering yarn from G-Uld, 75% Falkland Merino and 25% Gotland wool with ca. 650 m (711 yds) per 100 g skein, held together with 1 strand of lace weight silk-mohair; or any other fingering/sport weight yarn or combination of yarns with a matching gauge.

Gauge: 24 sts & 30 rnds in 10 cm (4 in) on 3.0 mm (US 2.5) needles measured over stockinette stitch worked in the round after blocking.