Antique Filigree

Antique Filigree is a top-down, circular yoked sweater, which features stranded colourwork through the majority of the yoke, body and sleeves. The patterns of the stranded colourwork are inspired by filigree, an intricate type of metalwork found on jewellery and other ornate pieces. CONSTRUCTION This garment is worked top-down, in the round. After the neckband, short row shaping is incorporated to optimise fit. The majority of the yoke features a stranded colourwork pattern. Once the yoke is completed, stitches are separated into body and sleeves, which are each worked separately and in the round. The colourwork pattern continues through the majority of the body and sleeves, which are then finished with stockinette and half-twisted ribbing. SIZING GUIDE This garment is graded into sizes 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9, 10). Recommended positive ease is 3+” / 7.5+ cm at the chest circumference. Finished Garment Chest Circumference: 33.25 (38.75, 41.5, 47, 49.75) (55.5, 58.25, 61, 66.5, 69.25)" 83 (97, 104, 117.5, 124.5) (138.5, 145.5, 152.5, 166, 173) cm SAMPLE The wearer is 5’10” / 178 cm with a 37” / 92.5 cm chest circumference. The sample has been worked in size 4, giving the wearer 10” / 25 cm of positive ease at the chest. To accommodate the height of the wearer, an extra 0.5” / 1.5 cm of depth has been added to the yoke, and an extra 2” / 5 cm of length has been added to the body and sleeve length. Sleeves have been worked as for size 3 by omitting the upper sleeve extension. GAUGE Using 3.25 mm / US size 3 needles, or needle size required to meet gauge, 26 stitches over 34 rounds in both stockinette stitch and colourwork, wet blocked, creates a 4x4” / 10x10 cm square. Neckband, waistband and cuff circumferences assume you are working 7 sts per 1” / 2.5 cm. YARN The Main Colour is West Yorkshire Spinner’s Signature 4ply (75% Wool / 25% Nylon; 400 m / 437 yds per 100 g) in colourway Liquorice. The Contrast Colour is Fiber Optic Yarns’ Kashmir fingering weight base (80% Superwash Merino Wool / 10% Cashmere / 10% Nylon; 384 m / 420 yds per 114 g) in colourway Walnut. YARDAGE (includes ~10% excess) Main Colour 911 (1024, 1105, 1192, 1269) (1334, 1437, 1513, 1589, 1628) metres 997 (1121, 1208, 1304, 1388) (1459, 1573, 1655, 1738, 1781) yards 228 (256, 276, 298, 317) (333, 359, 378, 397, 407) grams Contrast Colour 337 (383, 416, 444, 481) (496, 547, 567, 592, 609) metres 368 (419, 455, 486, 526) (542, 598, 620, 647, 666) yards 101 (115, 124, 133, 144) (148, 164, 170, 177, 182) grams TOOLS & NOTIONS 2.75 mm / US size 2 circular needles (to work neckband, cuffs and waistband; varying cable lengths would be helpful) 3.25 mm / US size 3 circular needles (to work yoke, body and sleeves; varying cable lengths would be helpful) 3 markers scrap yarn tapestry needle to weave in ends SKILLS REQUIRED -long tail cast on -joining and working in the round -working half-twisted ribbing -working left and right lifted increases -German short row shaping -reading colourwork charts -working stranded colourwork with two colours -long tail cast on with two colours -working a repeating pattern of decreases -decreasing using K2tog and SSK -standard bind off -(optional) using the Ladder Back Jacquard technique for catching floats