Muru means a crumb in Finnish, but it is often used as a term of endearment the same way as darling or sweetie.
The Muru pullover is knitted seamlessly from the top down with a textural slipped stitch pattern. The stitch pattern is a lot easier to knit than it appears and easy to memorize, and despite using three colors, you only work with one color at a time.
The back and front are knitted flat down to the armholes. Then the pieces are joined and the body is knitted in the round. Stitches for the sleeves are picked up around the armholes and worked in the round. Lastly, stitches are picked up from the neck edge and worked in the round. All techniques are explained in the pattern.
You can easily work the stitch pattern with only two colors. In that case, work MC in one color and CC1 and CC2 in another color.
Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Finished bust circumference: 80 (90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160) cm / 31.5 (35.5, 39.25, 43.25, 47.25, 51.25, 55, 59, 63) inches including the intended ease of 5-10 cm / 2-4 inches
Body length from hem to underarm: 30 (30, 30, 30, 34, 34, 34, 36, 36) cm / 11.75 (11.75, 11.75, 11.75, 13.5, 13.5, 13.5, 14.25, 14.25) inches, (adjustable)
Armhole depth: 19 (19, 20.5, 21.5, 23, 24, 25.5, 26.5, 28) cm / 7.5 (7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5, 11) inches
Sleeve length: 45 cm / 17.75 inches, (adjustable)
Upper arm circumference: 35 (35, 38, 40, 43, 45, 48, 50, 53) cm / 13.75 (13.75, 15, 15.75, 17, 17.75, 19, 19.75, 20.75) inches
Cuff circumference: 20 (20, 20, 20, 20, 23, 23, 23, 23) cm / 7.75 (7.75, 7.75, 7.75, 7.75, 9, 9, 9, 9) inches
Yarn
Main color (MC): 7 (8, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15) skeins of Filcolana Peruvian Highland Wool (100% wool; 100 meters / 109 yards per 50 g) shown in the colorway 977 Marzipan or 660 (730, 800, 880, 970, 1060, 1170, 1290, 1420) m / 720 (790, 870, 960, 1060, 1160, 1280, 1400, 1540) yards of similar aran weight yarn.
Contrasting color 1 (CC1): 3 (3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6) skeins of Filcolana Peruvian Highland Wool (100% wool; 100 meters / 109 yards per 50 g) shown in the colorway 827 Dijon or 250 (270, 300, 330, 360, 400, 440, 480, 530) m / 270 (300, 330, 360, 400, 440, 480, 530, 580) yards of similar aran weight yarn.
Contrasting color 2 (CC2): 3 (3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6) skeins of Filcolana Peruvian Highland Wool (100% wool; 100 meters / 109 yards per 50 g) shown in the colorway 369 Slightly purple or 250 (270, 300, 330, 360, 400, 440, 480, 530) m / 270 (300, 330, 360, 400, 440, 480, 530, 580) yards of similar aran weight yarn.
Needles
For the 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 40 cm / 16 inches for the neckband
3.5 mm / US 4 circular needles with a cable of 80 cm / 32 inches for sizes 1-5 or 100 cm / 40 inches for sizes 6-9 for the hem
For the main part
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 sleeves
4 mm / US 6 circular needles with a cable of 80 cm / 32 inches for sizes 1-5 or 100 cm / 40 inches for sizes 6-9 for the body
Note: always use the needle size that gets you the right gauge!
Gauge
24 sts and 36 rows = 10 cm / 4 inches of slipped stitch pattern on the larger needles, knitted flat, blocked. When working a swatch, cast on a multiple of 6 sts to make the slipped stitch pattern work.
Notions
1 stitch marker
sewing needle
waste yarn
