Yagmur Sweater

YAGMUR is a beautiful Turkish name meaning “rain”. The lace pattern on the circular yoke reminds me of warm summer rain falling on the flowers, and I thought it would be a perfect name for my new pattern. It is a seamless top-down sweater with a lace pattern on the yoke while the rest is made in simple stockinette. The range of ease across all the sizes is 8 cm /3.25”. The picture shows size 3 with 8 cm/3.25” of positive ease. YARN: MERLEN by Cecily Grove Yarns, fingering weight, (90% Merino, 10% Linen), 360 m/394 yds in 100 Gr Grams: 285 (305, 330, 370, 415) (445, 480, 510, 545) Metres: 1025 (1100, 1190, 1330, 1495) (1600, 1730, 1835, 1960) Yards: 1125 (1200, 1300, 1460, 1635) (1755, 1890, 2010, 2145) I used colorway Ocean NEEDLES: • 2.5 mm/U.S. size 1.5 80 cm/32” circular needles • 2.5 mm/U.S. size 1.5 60 cm/24” circular needles or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the round (neck) • 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5 80 cm/32” circular needles, or size needed to obtain gauge • 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5 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 GAUGE: 26 sts/38 RNDs = 10 cm/4” square in stockinette stitch on 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5 needles after blocking SIZES: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9) to fit chest circumference: 70 (80, 90, 100, 110) (120, 130, 140, 150) cm/28 (32, 36, 40, 44) (48, 52, 56, 60)" FINISHED CHEST MEASUREMENT: 78 (88, 98, 108, 118) (128, 138, 148, 158) cm/31 (35, 39, 43, 47) (51, 55, 59, 63)" PATTERN NOTES: • The sweater is worked in one piece top down. You start with neck band in garter stitch, then work the round yoke according to the lace charts. • After the round yoke, you separate the sleeves and the body, work the neck shaping with short rows, then continue working the sleeves and the body separately. SKILLS REQUIRED: • basics (cast on/bind off, knit/purl, increase/decrease) • short rows • working in the round • working from a chart (written instructions to charts are provided)