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    Bleideag

    A yoked pullover Ysolda designed as a collaboration with our studio manager Bex. Bex's vision was to combine more affordable Létt Lopi as the main colour of a sweater and use Einrúm for the yoke, really highlighting its beauty.

    £7.00

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    Designed to use warm but relatively light yarn, this is a great pattern for a more experienced knitter or someone less advanced who wants to try stranded colourwork. It could even work as your first sweater project. Bleideag is a loose-fitting, drapey style that mixes the more affordable Létt Lopi as the main colour of the sweater and highlighting the yoke with Einrúm yarn. It’s available in sizes XS-5XL.



    ‘Bleideag’ is the Scottish Gaelic word for snowflake, which felt appropriate given the delicate snowflake-inspired yoke on this sweater style.

    To make the Bleideag sweater, you work up from the bottom in the round. We've included directions for optional short row bust shaping and hope you can use this to create the fit you're looking for on the chest. The sleeves are joined to the body at the underarm, before moving on to the yoke. The yoke is also worked in the round, and decreases are subtly incorporated into the colourwork.. Short rows are used to lower the yoke at the front and raise the back of the neck so you end up with a shape that's right for you.

    Pattern formats

    The pattern includes the following versions:
    • 3 column format pdf designed to be printed on A4 or letter paper
    • mobile format pdf optimised for viewing on small devices

    Supplies

    Aran weight yarn with good elasticity, wool or wool blends are ideal. Shown in Ístex Létt Lopi (100% Icelandic wool, 109yds / 100m, 50g). MC – 0005 Black Heather Contrast colours shown in Einrúm L+2 (92% Icelandic Wool, 8% Thai Silk, 102yds / 93m, 50g). CC1 – 2005, CC2 – 2001, CC3 – 2008

    US 9 / 5.5mm 24” / 60cm or longer circular needle.

    Gauge

    16 sts and 21 rnds = 4˝ in st st in the rnd.

    Skills for knitting this project

    • knitting, purling
    • casting on, binding off
    • working in the round
    • working small circumferences in the round
    • colourwork (using a chart)
    • make one increases
    • k2tog decreases
    • short rows

    Optional Techniques


    Helpful tutorials


      A black woman wearing pink lipstick and a blue beanie stands in front of a window. She's wearing a black wool jumper with an eye catching white, silver, and grey colourwork yoke.
      Cropped image of the back yoke of the Bleideag pattern, black sweater with a grey, silver, and white colourwork yoke. The person wearing the sweater has curly shoulder length blond hair.
      Close up image of white hands with fingers curled in toward the palms, showing off the white colour work detail at the cuffs of black sleeves one a knit sweater.

      Supplies

      Yarn

      MC: 680[700, 750, 800, 835, 875] (940, 985, 1030, 1055, 1125) [1175, 1210, 1265, 1325]yds / 625[645, 690, 735, 765, 800] (860, 905, 945, 965, 1030) [1080, 1110, 1160, 1215]m.

      CC1: 55[55, 60, 65, 70, 70] (75, 80, 85, 85, 90) [95, 100, 105, 110] yds / 50[50, 55, 60, 60, 65] (70, 75, 75, 80, 85) [85, 90, 95, 100]m.

      CC2: 45[45, 50, 55, 55, 60] (65, 65, 70, 70, 75) [80, 80, 85, 90] yds / 40[45, 45, 50, 50, 55] (55, 60, 65, 65, 70) [70, 75, 75, 80]m.

      CC3: 45[45, 50, 55, 55, 60] (65, 65, 70, 70, 75) [80, 80, 85, 90] yds / 40[45, 45, 50, 50, 55] (55, 60, 65, 65, 70) [70, 75, 75, 80]m.

      Balls of Létt Lopi or Einrúm L+2

      MC: 7[7, 7, 8, 8, 9] (9, 10, 10, 10, 11) [11, 12, 12, 13]

      CC1: 1[1, 1, 1, 1, 1] (1, 1, 1, 1, 1) [1, 1, 2, 2].

      CC2 & CC3: 1

      Needles and notions

      US 9 / 5.5mm 24” / 60cm or longer circular needle.

      Additionally, for sizes 3–15 a 32"/ 80cm, and for sizes 8–15 also a 40"/100cm circular in the same size.

      For these sizes, begin with the longest needle and switch to a shorter needle as necessary while working the yoke.

      US 9 / 5.5mm dpns or circular(s) for your preferred method of knitting small circumferences in the rnd.

      Stranded colourwork gauge is highly personal. You may need to use a smaller or larger needle for the colourwork.

      Yarn quantities

      For your selected size you will receive the number of balls of MC Ístex Létt Lopi and CC Einrúm L+2 in each colour as shown in the table below.

      Size 1–3 4–5 6–7 8–10 11–12 13 14 15
      MC 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 13
      CC1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
      CC2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
      CC3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

      Sizing

      The Bleideag pattern includes 15 sizes, with a finished chest circumference of 38" to 66", roughly equivalent to ready to wear sizes XS-5XL.
      1[2, 3, 4, 5, 6] (7, 8, 9, 10, 11) [12, 13, 14, 15]
      38[40, 42, 44, 46, 48] (50, 52, 54, 56, 58) [60, 62, 64, 66]" / 95[100, 105, 110, 115, 120] (125, 130, 135, 140, 145) [150, 155, 160, 165]cm finished chest circumference)
      Our models are wearing the size 7 with C/D bust darts with between 4 and 9" of positive ease.

      Finished Garment Measurements

      Size 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
      Inches                              
      chest 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66
      body length 12 1/2 12 3/4 13 13 1/4 13 1/2 13 3/4 14 14 1/4 14 1/2 14 3/4 15 15 1/4 15 1/2 15 3/4 16
      upper arm 12 12 1/2 13 1/2 14 14 1/2 15 16 16 1/2 17 17 1/2 18 1/2 19 19 1/2 20 21
      cuff 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 12
      sleeve length 18 1/2 18 1/2 18 1/2 18 1/2 18 1/2 18 1/2 18 1/2 18 1/2 18 1/2 18 1/2 18 1/2 18 1/2 18 1/2 18 1/2 18 1/2
      back yoke depth 8 1/2 8 1/2 8 1/2 8 3/4 8 3/4 9 1/4 9 1/2 10 10 10 10 1/4 10 3/4 10 3/4 11 11
      CM                              
      chest 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 135 140 145 150 155 160 165
      body length 31.5 32 32.5 33 34 34.5 35 35.5 36.5 37 37.5 38 39 39.5 40
      upper arm 30 31.5 34 35 36.5 37.5 40 41.5 42.5 44 46.5 47.5 49 50 52.5
      cuff 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 30 30
      sleeve length 46.5 46.5 46.5 46.5 46.5 46.5 46.5 46.5 46.5 46.5 46.5 46.5 46.5 46.5 46.5
      back yoke depth 21 21 21 22 22 23 24 25 25 25 25.5 26.5 26.5 27.5 27.5

       

       

      Version information

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