POMEGRANATE PULLOVER , Knit Top Down in Wool and Silk

This sport weight pullover is knit from the top down with faux set in sleeves.

Construction Notes
This sweater is knit in one piece from the top down beginning with the back shoulders. The front shoulders are picked up and worked down separately until it is time to pick up for the sleeve caps, joining all of the pieces. The sleeve caps are shaped while working back and forth until the front neck shaping is completed. After the front neck is cast on, joining all in the round, the rest of the sweater is worked circularly, using magic loop or similar technique where needed.

The Yarn
Pomegranate is knit in Artisan Fibres’ amazing new wool and silk sport weight yarn called Fruity Knitting Sport. That’s Fruity Knitting’s Andrea herself modeling her version of the sweater.

A yarn kit is available from Artisan Fibres HERE

Each heathered shade is spun from an array of colors.

The Story of Rhea

RHEA PULLOVER - Knit from the bottom up in pieces, with reduced seaming. All the WS rows are resting rows and the twisted stitches are like little cables worked without a cable needle. I’ve charted all the short rows to make keeping in pattern easy while shaping.

DESIGNED AND KNIT (BY ME) IN URUGUAY

Most of the knitting and designing of this pullover happened during my trip to Uruguay with Fairmount Fibers last Fall (well, Spring in Uruguay). Before leaving home I hadn’t packed much yarn, knowing I’d be able to get my hands on some at our destination. I did arm myself with several pattern stitches from my Twisted Stitch Sourcebook. I always have the Kindle edition with me, since it is on my phone, computer and iPad, but I also took the time to narrow my thoughts down to a few I particularly thought might work on a trip. In other words, they had a little something going on, but were easy enough to memorize so I could get away with glancing at the chart only periodically while knitting on the bus and while chatting with the group.

As it happened, the lovely folks at Manos del Uruguay ever so kindly gave me a bag of their Uruguayan Polwarth yarn, Ideal ( that’s pronounced E - DEE - AL). I decided to make a variation of my pattern stitch Triplet Weave Garter (below).

I started with one motif and expanded the pattern as the piece progressed, creating a point. This was 100X easier for me to design from the bottom up, so that’s what I did and that’s how the final pattern is written. I really enjoyed working on one piece at a time. The WS rows are all purl, so you don’t have to think about the pattern stitch at all. I also appreciated working the neck and shoulder shaping into an already established pattern stitch.

I decided to feature a second yarn in for Rhea, a lovely wool from England, Baa Ram Ewe Woodnote Aran. This springy, heathered beauty is a tad heavier than the Ideal, but it worked just as well. The Woodnote version shows the crewneck option for the neckline, while the ideal version has a mock turtle with a mini folded hem.

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I am looking forward to hanging out by lake, knitting and meeting new friends.  I'm teaching too.  My class is described as a project class and features a skirt.  Don't worry if the project is not for you – the knowledge gained will be useful for a lot of cabled projects in your future. MY goal is for everyone to have fun while learning. Please join me!