The Lucia pullover is knitted seamlessly top down. The piece is started at the back neck and then increased to the full width of the back. After that stitches are picked up along the sloped shoulders for the fronts. The pieces are joined at the underarm and the body is then knitted in the round. The sleeve and the neckband stitches are then picked up from the body and worked in the round.
The beautiful cable and lace pattern is worked on the front and the back as well as on the sleeves. The stitch patterns are familiar from my Lucia socks as well as Hitomi Shida’s Japanese knitting stitch bibles.
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: 102 (110, 120, 130, 140) (150, 160, 70, 180) cm / 40.25 (43.25, 47.25, 51.25, 55) (59, 63, 67, 70.75) inches including the intended positive ease of 25 cm / 10 inches
Length from hem to underarm (adjustable): 33 (33, 35, 35, 35) (37, 37, 37, 37) cm / 13 (13, 13.75, 13.75, 13.75) (14.5, 14.5, 14.5, 14.5) inches
Sleeve length from cuff to underarm (adjustable): 42 cm / 16.5 inches
Upper arm circumference: 38 (40, 48, 50, 52) (54, 56, 59, 62) cm / 15 (15.75, 19, 19.75, 20.5) (21.25, 22, 23.25, 24.5) 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 a strand of sport weight yarn held together with a strand of lace weight yarn, but they can be substituted for a single strand of worsted weight yarn. If you wish to work a worsted weight version, omit all the instructions where it says “hold the yarns together” and follow only the yarn amount requirements for the sport weight yarn.
4 (5, 5, 6, 6) (7, 7, 8, 9) balls of Lanivendole A Pure And Simple Wool (100% wool; 300 m / 328 yards per 100g), shown in colorway Latte, or 1180 (1300, 1430, 1570, 1720) (1900, 2090, 2290, 2520) m / 1290 (1420, 1560, 1710, 1890) (2070, 2280, 2510, 2760) yards of similar sport weight yarn,
and
6 (7, 7, 8, 9) (9, 10, 11, 12) balls of Sandnes Garn Tynn Silk Mohair (57% mohair, 28% silk, 15% wool; 212 m / 232 yards per 25 g), shown in colorway 1015 Kitt, or 1180 (1300, 1430, 1570, 1720) (1900, 2090, 2290, 2520) m / 1290 (1420, 1560, 1710, 1890) (2070, 2280, 2510, 2760) yards of similar lace weight yarn.
Needles
3.5 mm / US 4 circular needles with a cable of 40 cm / 16 inches for the neck ribbing
3.5 mm / US 4 DPNs or circular needles with a cable suitable for small circumference knitting for the cuffs
3.5 mm / US 4 circular needles with a cable of at least 80 cm / 32 inches for the hem
4 mm / US 6 DPNs or circular needles with a cable suitable for small circumference knitting for the sleeves
4 mm / US 6 circular needles with a cable of 40 cm / 16 inches for the top of the yoke
4 mm / US 6 circular needles with a cable of at least 80 cm / 32 inches for the body
Gauge
20 sts and 26 rows = 10 cm / 4 inches of moss stitch and charted pattern on larger needles, after blocking
Notions
8 stitch markers
4 locking markers
cable needle, if using
waste yarn
sewing needle
blocking tools
