Harlequin learns Japanese

Note that this pattern is being offered for free, but it hasn’t been tech-edited, please keep this in mind, and if you find any errata, please forward them to me and I will integrate them into the pattern. If you download the pattern while signed into Ravelry, you will receive pattern updates. Otherwise, please check back for updated versions.

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Make friends with geometry and become one with your inner square.

This close fitting, hip length sweater is worked using entrelac and constructed in such a way that the pattern is not interrupted anywhere for shaping. The shoulders are seamed in such a way that they look like they could have been knit that impossible way – how better to befuddle and confuse?

Difficulty

Experienced

Size

XS[S, M, L, 1X, 2X, 3X] (shown in size M)

Finished measurements

Chest: 32[36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56] inches

Length: 21[23, 22, 24, 26, 23, 25] inches

Materials

Noro Kureyon [100% wool; 109yd/100m per 50g skein]; color: 172; 6[8, 8, 10, 12, 12, 13] skeins

1 24 inch US #7/4.5mm circular needle

Tapestry needle

Waste yarn

Gauge

8 sts/11 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stitch

Pattern notes

The sleeves on this sweater are quite angular and stick out somewhat from the body. I came up with several potential solutions for this: you could knit a smaller size and the extra could be taken up in ease, you could switch to smaller entrelac squares after the row of foundation triangles are completed to start the sleeves, or you can try to bring down the volume after you finish the pattern with blocking, steaming, or a row of reinforcing crochet.

Contact me

Please leave a comment or email me at sarah (at) parallaxknitting (dot) com, you can also read about my cooking adventures at Bounded in a Nutshell

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