Blossom Sweater

**The Blossom Sweater is an oversized, dropped shoulder sweater with a slightly curved sleeve. The sweater is worked from the top down. First, the back yoke is knit flat while short rows are worked to shape the shoulders. Then, each shoulder is picked up separately and worked flat with short rows before joining to form the front yoke. The front and back yokes are joined at the underarms to form the body, which is worked in the round. The sleeves are picked up and knit in the round with additional short row shaping at the armhole and the elbow. At the end, the collar is worked from stitches that are picked up and knit along the neck opening.** **Sizing** Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7) Bust size: 75 (85, 95, 105) (115, 125, 135) cm / 30 (34, 38, 42) (46, 50, 54)” Finished Bust circumference: 107.5 (117.5, 127.5, 137.5) (147.5, 157.5, 167.5) cm / 43 (47, 51, 55) (59, 63, 67)” **Yarn** Choose any aran weight yarn or hold together two yarns that add up to an aran weight (e.g. worsted + fingering). If the sweater is knit with one yarn and not two contrasting yarns held together, you won’t have the color contrast on your rolled edges. My sample was knit with Heavy Merino by Knitting for Olive (50g = 125m) in color Undyed held together with Olivia BFL by Olivia & Oliver Fibers (100g = 400m) in color Elder Flower. Olivia BFL can be substituted with Merino by Knitting for Olive. Other yarn options for aran weight yarns: Drops - Alaska Drops - Nepal Filcolana - Peruvian ístex - Léttlopi Kelbourne Woolens - Germantown Kelbourne Woolens - Lucky Tweed Rauma - Fivel Sandnes Garn - Atlas **Yardage** 1000 (1125, 1250, 1375) (1520, 1625, 1805) meters / 1095 (1230, 1365, 1505) (1660, 1775, 1975) yards. If you are choosing to knit this with two yarns held together you will need to double the yardage. **Needles** 4.5mm / US7 for body and sleeves 4mm / US6 for collar, hem and cuffs **Gauge** 16 sts and 26 rows = 10cm / 4” in moss stitch on 4.5mm / US7 needles Make sure to block your gauge swatch!