Hue Are Cool sweater (FREE KNITTING PATTERN)

Happy 2020! How is everyone doing in the new year so far? I'm excited to be back here. Today I am sharing a free knitting pattern I wrote with everyone! This is the "Hue Are Cool" Sweater, a round-yoke, top-down sweater for anyone who is about UK size 6.

I started knitting the sweater in late November 2019 and slowly worked on the projects until the beginning of January 2020. Obviously, it's not quite a Xmas anymore since it's about 1 month past Xmas. But hey, better late than ever right?

This sweater is designed with a faux turtleneck, 3/4 sleeves and a positive ease. It is knitted in the round, top-down and best of all, is seamless! I am sharing my pattern for free with everyone in the post. You can also download the PDF version via my Ravelry page here.

Download the PDF version of the free knitting pattern

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PATTERN:

Hue Are Cool - sweater

Finished size:

Fits UK 6 – 8 best (I'm a UK 4 and I find the ease too much for my own style but if you like ease, that's fine too! :))
Chest = max 34”
Length = 22.5”
Sleeve length (from shoulder) = 16”

Yarn used:
Cake ball by Lanas Stop OR any long-strand, self-striping yarn in aran weight

Yardage:
approx. 530yds

Gauge:
18 sts to 4” with 5.00mm needles

Needles:
5.00mm 16” circular needles
5.00mm 24” circular needles
4.50mm DPNs / 9” or 16” circular needles
4.00mm DPNs / 9” or 16” circular needles

Other notions:
2 stitch holders

INSTRUCTIONS:

MAKE COLLAR AND UPPER CHEST

CO 100 sts on 5.00mm needles (16” circular)

Join in round and place stitch marker at the beginning of the round

Round 1: Begin K1, P1 rib st until work measures 5” from CO

Round 2: (K1, P1, K1, Pfb)* rep until end – 125 sts

Round 3: (K1, P1, K1, P2)* rep until end. Repeat 2 more times.

Round 4: (K1, Pfb, K1, P2)* rep until end – 150 sts

Round 5: (K1, P2, K1, P2)* rep until end. Repeat round 2 more times.

Round 6: (K1, P1, Pfb)* until end – 200 sts

Round 7: (K1, P3)* rep until end. Repeat round 2 more times.

Round 8: (K1, P1, Pfb, P1)* until end – 250 sts

Round 9: (K1, P4)* until end

Continue until piece measures 11.5” from beginning OR lengthen according to your upper chest body length

PREPARE SLEEVES

(Place 52 sts on stitch holder, CO 5 sts right needle, knit 73 sts)*rep until end

MAKE BODY

Switch to 5.00mm 24” circular needles for more comfortable knitting

Continue knitting in the round until piece measures 9.5” from underarms, OR lengthen as desired.

Switch to 4.50mm needles, knit (K1, P1) ribbing for 1.5”

Bind off with stretchy BO

MAKE SLEEVES

Work on 1 sleeve at a time

Place sts on stitch holder on 5.00mm needles, then pick up 10 sts from underarm gap

*place stitch marker between 5thand 6thstitches picked up to mark the middle of the underarms

Knit in the round for 5cm, then start decrease rounds

Dec round 1: (K1, K2tog)* rep until 3 sts remain, sl 1, K1, psso, K1

Rep dec round until sleeve measures 10” from underarms – 56 sts

Dec round 2: (K5, K2tog)* rep 8 times

Dec round 3: (K1, P1, K1, P1, K2tog, P1, K1, P1, K1, P2tog)* rep until end of round

Switch to 4.00mm needles, continue (K1, P1) ribbing for 3 rounds with the magic loop method

Switch to 3.50mm needles, continue same ribbing until ribbed portion measures 1.5”

Bind off with stretchy BO

Repeat for the other sleeve

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The beret made to go with the sweater is knitted using another free pattern available on Ravelry here. For these projects, I only used 2 balls of the 'Cake Ball' yarn by Lanas Stop with a teeny tiny ball of yarn left to spare at the end. I am now working on a pink version of the sweater for myself, with some modifications to fit my style better.

I hope you find this pattern useful! If you decide to make your own version, please share your sweater with my via #HueAreCoolsweater so I can check out all your wonderful work! x

 

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