Colette is named after Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. She was a French author best known for her novella Gigi.
The Colette pullover has a boxy fit and dropped shoulders. It is knitted with an allover cable and lace pattern. The pullover is started at the back neck and increased to the full width of the back. The increases over the cable pattern are fully charted. Then stitches are picked up for the shoulders and worked as the front of the pullover. The front and back are joined at underarm and the body is then worked in the round. Stitches are then picked up from the body for the sleeves and the neckband. The sleeves are worked in the cable pattern and the neckband in 1x1 ribbing. The hem and cuffs are finished with a tubular bind off, which provides a beautiful and stretchy edge that looks like the stitches roll over the edge to the other side of the ribbing.
For the stitch patterns to show best, I recommend choosing unicolor or slightly tonal colorways. The Colette pullover is worked by holding one strand of fingering weight yarn together with a strand of silk mohair, but you can also work it in a single strand of DK weight yarn.
The length of the body and sleeves are easily modified to suit your own body measurements. I recommend trying the sweater on every now and then while working on it to make sure you get the perfect length for your style. Note: You can easily modify the body shorter for a cropped look. For a cropped sweater I would only work 15-20 cm / 6-8 inches for the body.
Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)
Finished bust circumference: 101 (109, 118, 126, 143) (152, 160, 168, 177) cm / 39.75 (43, 46.5, 49.5, 56.25) (59.75, 63, 66.25, 69.75) inches including the intended positive ease of 20-30 cm / 8-12 inches
Length from hem to underarm (adjustable): 30 (30, 31, 31, 33) (33, 35, 35, 35) cm / 11.75 (11.75, 12.25, 12.25, 13) (13, 13.75, 13.75, 13.75) inches
Sleeve length from cuff to underarm (adjustable): 42 cm / 16 inches
Upper arm circumference: 33.5 (42, 42, 42, 50.5) (50.5, 50.5, 50.5, 59) cm / 13.25 (16.5, 16.5, 16.5, 20) (20, 20, 20, 23.25) inches
Note: Please be aware that adjusting the lengths of the garment will also affect the amount of yarn needed to finish the project.
Yarn
Note: The pattern uses one strand of fingering weight yarn held together with a strand of silk mohair, but they can be substituted for a single strand of DK weight yarn. If you wish to work a DK weight version, omit all the instructions where it says “hold the yarns together”. For the DK weight version, and follow only the yarn requirements for the fingering weight yarn.
770 (850, 930, 1030, 1130) (1240, 1360, 1500, 1650) m / 840 (930, 1020, 1120, 1230) (1350, 1490, 1640, 1800) yards of fingering weight yarn and 770 (850, 930, 1030, 1130) (1240, 1360, 1500, 1650) m / 840 (930, 1020, 1120, 1230) (1350, 1490, 1640, 1800) yards of lace weight mohair yarn.
Sample: 4 (4, 4, 5, 5) (5, 6, 7, 7) skeins of Knitting For Olive Merino (100% merino; 250 meters / 273 yards per 50 g) shown in the colorway Cream and 4 (5, 5, 5, 6) (6, 7, 8, 8) skeins of Knitting For Olive Soft Silk Mohair (70% mohair, 30% silk; 225 m / 246 yards per 25 g) shown in the colorway Marzipan.
Needles
3 mm / US 2.5 circular needles with a cable of 40 cm / 16 inches for the neck ribbing
3 mm / US 2.5 DPNs or circular needles with a cable suitable for small circumference knitting for the cuffs
3 mm / US 2.5 circular needles with a cable of at least 80 cm / 32 inches for the hem
3.5 mm / US 4 DPNs or circular needles with a cable suitable for small circumference knitting for the sleeves
3.5 mm / US 4 circular needles with a cable of at least 80 cm / 32 inches for the body
Gauge
19 sts and 28 rows = 10 cm / 4 inches of charted pattern on larger needles, after blocking
Notions
1 stitch marker
4 locking markers
cable needle, if using
waste yarn
tapestry needle
blocking tools
