Tonal Symphony - Sweater

TONAL SYMPHONY - Sweater
This sweater is based on a large repeat of a fish, which highlights a beautiful gradient of 5 blue/green shades of Knit Picks Palette yarn. It comes in 6 sizes. The pattern includes instructions, photos, charts, schematic.

YARN
Fingering weight woollen yarn, 100m / 109yds per 25g, WPI = 14.

Yarn used for the sample: Knit Picks Palette (100% wool; 211m / 231yds per 50g) in shades:

A Marine Heather
B Spruce
C Seafaring
D Tidepool Heather
E Sagebrush

The estimated amount of fingering wool you will need is:

Size 1: Shade A 50gr, Shade B 81gr, Shade C 78gr, Shade D 44gr, Shade E 176gr. 
Size 2: Shade A 66gr, Shade B 93gr, Shade C 85gr, Shade D 49gr, Shade E 209gr. 
Size 3: Shade A 71gr, Shade B 118 gr, Shade C93 gr, Shade D52gr, Shade E 233 gr. 
Size 4: Shade A 76gr, Shade B 127gr, Shade C 119gr, Shade D56 gr, Shade E 267gr. 
Size 5: Shade A 83gr, Shade B 138gr, Shade C 133gr, Shade D 76gr, Shade E 304 gr. 
Size 6: Shade A 89gr, Shade B 147gr, Shade C 157 gr, Shade D 92 gr, Shade E 343 gr. 

NEEDLES AND NOTIONS
Gauge-size needle(s) of your preferred type for working in the round (for sweater body and sleeves)
Stitch markers
Tapestry needle
Waste yarn or spare cables to hold sleeves stitches

GAUGE
Garter stitch border:
28 sts and 44.5 rounds to 10cm / 1in over garter stitch in the round on gauge-size needle(s). Use 3.25mm needle(s) as a starting point for swatching.

Main pattern:
29.5 sts and 29 rounds to 10cm / 4in over stranded stockinette in the round on gauge-size needle(s). Use 3.25mm needle(s) as a starting point for swatching.

SIZES
The garment has a positive ease of 7.5cm / 3in for the body and the instructions include 6 sizes.
Finished Bust/Waist circumference: 98cm 38 1/2in (108.5cm
42 3/4in; 119.5cm 47in; 130cm 51 1/4in; 141cm 55 1/2in; 152cm 59 7/8in).
Select a size above your actual bust measurement with 7.5cm / 3in positive ease.The sample shown in the photos is knitted in size 1.

SPECIAL TECHNIQUES

• Steek

• 3 needle bind off

PATTERN NOTES
It is a bottom up slightly oversized sweater with oversized dropped sleeves and allover colourwork and a generous neck opening. The borders (charted) are in garter stitch. The bottom border is split, so it is worked in two halves and then joined in the round at the beginning of the colourwork.
The motif is charted, and it has a large repeat. It produced rows of fish, half-shifted from one row to the other. There are 4 contrasting shades that alternate regularly. The gradient moves from darker to lighter shades and then back to darker shades, which gives it a smoother tonal transition. The full sequence of the shades is charted too.
Following the chart, the sweater is worked in the round to the underarms. Then armscye steeks are added, followed by another steek for the neckline shaping, and the sweater body is worked up to the shoulders, whose stitches are then seamed. After reinforcing and cutting the armscye steeks, sleeve stitches are picked up around the armscye. The sleeves are worked from the top down, with no decreasing as I want the allover pattern flowing along them keeping the whole motif repeat with no break or mutilation. However, for the sleeves there is a second chart, mirroring the body chart and going in the opposite direction to enhance the dancing movement of fish’s shoal. After reinforcing and cutting the neck steek, the stitches are picked up around the neck opening and the border will be worked around the neckline in garter stitch.

PLEASE NOTE:
the pattern is for personal use only

Technical Editing: Frauke Urban / www.urbanyarning.com 
Design, Photography and Graphics: Claudia Fiocchetti