Please note that this listing is for a PDF knitting pattern and not the finished sweater.
With its batwing sleeves and gauzy mohair stripes, Vesper is a light and airy answer to a cool spring day or breezy summer evening. Vesper is very roomy and comfortable, while the silhouette remains tailored with the more fitted cuffs and waistband.
There are myriad possibilities with Vesper! Choose your favorite two color fingering weight/mohair combination. Or, work it up with fingering and lace weight scraps making each stripe a different color! Alternatively, knit it in the same color of mohair and fingering weight yarn for a low contrast stripe. Possibly sub in Suri Silk for mohair and your favorite single-ply for the fingering weight stripe. Or choose two bold colors and go for maximum brightness. The options are truly endless!
Note: While this sweater would be great worked up using mini skeins, remember that each yoke stripe is longer than the previous stripe. If using mini skeins, you may need more yarn for the longer stripes in the sweater.
Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4) [5, 6, 7, 8]
For Bust Sizes: 30/32 (34/36, 38/40, 42/44) [46/48, 50/52, 54/56, 58/60]” / 76/81 (86/91, 97/102, 107/112) [117/122, 127/132, 137/142, 147/152] cm
Finished Bust Circumference (incl sleeves): 56.25 (60.5, 63.5, 68.25) [71.75, 76, 79.75, 84.5]” / 143 (153.5, 161.5, 173.5) [182, 193, 202.5, 214.5] cm
This sweater is meant to be worn with approx. 20-26” of positive ease at the bust, since it includes sleeves.
Shown in size 2 on a 36”/91 cm bust, and worn here with 24.5”/62 cm of ease in the bust.
Sweater Body Gauge
26.5 sts/32 rows = 4” in stockinette stitch worked in the round using the larger needle size for each yarn, held singly
Yarn Requirements
Yarn A: Knitty McPurly Frankfurt Fingering (75% Superwash Merino | 25% Nylon | 463 yds | 423 m | 100g) or another fingering weight wool or wool blend. Shown in the Trinket colorway.
1243 (1379, 1525, 1684) [1878, 2050, 2262, 2481] yds / 1137 (1261, 1394, 1540) [1717, 1875, 2068, 2269] m or 3 (3, 4, 4) [5, 5, 5, 6] skeins
Yarn B: Knitty McPurly Munich Mohair (72% Kid Mohair| 28% Silk | 459 yds | 420 m | 50g) or another lace weight mohair or suri silk/alpaca blend. Shown in the Bougie colorway.
542 (606, 674, 751) [845, 928, 1031, 1137] yds / 496 (554, 616, 687) [773, 849, 943, 1040] m or 2 (2, 2, 2) [2, 3, 3, 3] skeins
Materials
- Highlighter or pen to mark directions for your size
- US2 / 2.75mm 16” and 24-32” circular needle for neck and waist ribbing and DPNs for sleeve cuffs
- US3 / 3.25mm 16” and 24-32” circular needle for sweater body
- Stitch markers (4)
- Tapestry needle
- Scrap yarn
