Eira Sweater

This pattern is in English

Eira Sweater is a rib knit sweater that is knitted top down with raglan increases, in a rib structure of 3 knit stitches and 2 purl stitches. The neckline is folded over double, and German short rows are used to create the neckline. The body is finished with an elastic bind off, and the sleeves are finished with a wide rib edge. You can find recommended instruction videos at the end of the pattern.

Eira Sweater should have a positive ease of around 15 cm. Knit a gauge swatch before starting, so that you are sure your gauge is correct.

Level of difficulty: 3 out of 5

Sizes
XS (S) M (L) XL (2XL) 3XL

Chest circumference
99 (104) 108 (115) 125 (131) 139 cm

Length
53 (55) 56 (59) 62 (64) 65 cm

Suggested needles
3 mm (40 cm) circular needles
4 mm (40, 60 and 80 or 100 cm) circular needles
3.5 mm double pointed needles

Gauge
26 sts x 30 rows in rib (k3, p2) st on 4 mm needles = 10 x 10 cm

Suggested yarn
250 (300) 300 (350) 350 (400) 400 g Filcolana Arwetta (50g = 210m) or Sandnes Garn Sunday (50g = 235m) or KFO Merino (50g = 250m) or Isager Alpaca 2 (50g = 250m) or Rauma Lamull (50g = 250m) or Drops Flora (50g = 210m) knitted held together with 125 (150) 150 (175) 175 (200) 200 g Filcolana Tilia (25g = 210m) or Sandnes Garn Tynn Silk Mohair (25g = 212m) or Isager Silk Mohair (25g = 212m) or Drops Kid-Silk (25g = 200m) or KFO Soft Silk Mohair (25g = 225m)

Eira Sweater is knitted holding two strands of yarn together and the pattern gives the total yarnage needed

The pattern is sent as a PDF file by mail

Translation by Helene Reier