Threipmuir

Top-down colourwork yoke pullover

£8.00

4ply / Fingering weight yarn
16 sizes from xxs to 6xl
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Get that flushed-cheek, fresh-air feeling with the Nordic-inspired Threipmuir yoke sweater. This pattern is aimed at more experienced knitters but could be a good stepping stone for someone at an intermediate level too.

Specifically evoking the Icelandic Lopapeysas yoke style, this slouchy, comfortable sweater pattern lets you combine the colours you love wearing to create a unique handmade piece. One of our favourite features of this style is the way that the yoke feathers into the main body of the sweater, which means it avoids the visual heaviness of some more blocky yoke patterns. And you don’t have to worry about long floats while constructing the yoke detailing - the Threipmuir pattern uses a fun slipped stitch trick to avoid them.

A white woman with long curly brunette hair stands on the beach smiling at the camera with the sea behind her. She is wearing an earthy green knit sweater with a dark brown and light grey colourwork yoke. Her left arm is folded up and her hand is near her neck holding the cuff of her sweater.

A white man leans casually against a light coloured stone wall, he has short hair, is wearing dark glasses and smiles at the camera. He is wearing an earthy green knit sweater with a dark brown and light grey colourwork yoke.

A south asian woman with mid length dark hair stands in a doorway looking towards the right of the frame. She is wearing an earthy green knit sweater with a dark brown and light grey colourwork yoke.

Details

This style looks great in a wide variety of fingering, or 4-ply weight yarns. Non-superwash, 'sticky' wool yarns are ideal.

When working out your size for the sleeve and body lengths, bear in mind the dropped arm and measure from around 1½" below your armpit.

Optional Techniques

Gauge

24 sts and 33 rnds = 4˝ in st st in the rnd.

Stranded Colourwork Basics course

Learn all of the skills you need to make Threipmuir with our beginner colourwork course. The Stranded Colourwork Basics course is a 4 week self-guided online knitting course, with continued access to the course so that you can return to each chapter for a refresher, again and again, whenever you need.

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Supplies

Yarn

Fingering / 4ply weight yarn. Non-superwash, 'sticky' wool yarns are ideal. }}

Needles and notions

Size 2½ US / 3mm 16" / 40cm and 32" / 80cm circulars
Size 4 US / 3.5mm 16" / 40cm, 24" / 60cm, 32" / 80cm circulars
Size 2½ US / 3mm dpns or circulars for your preferred method of working small circumferences in the rnd
Size 4 US / 3.5mm dpns or circulars for your preferred method of working small circumferences in the rnd}}

Sizing

The pattern includes 16 sizes, with a finished chest circumference of 32 1/4" to 72 1/4", equivalent to ready to wear sizes XS-7XL. Our models are wearing the size 9 with between 2 and 8" of positive ease. Directions are included for regular and tall lengths, a broader yoke in proportion to the chest, and optional waist shaping. Note that the numerical sizes are provided simply for ease of following the pattern, and do not correspond to any sizing system, use the measurements provided to choose a size. Yardage and the schematic group the regular yoke and lengths, and the broad yoke and lengths, however all options can be mixed and matched for your perfect fit. Choose the regular yoke circumference if you usually find that the shoulders on womenswear garments fit or the shoulders on menswear garments are too wide, and the broad yoke circumference if you usually find that the shoulders on menswear garments fit or the shoulders on womenswear garments are too narrow. Everyone's body proportions are different but the regular lengths are most likely to fit if you are under 5' 8" and the tall if you are 5' 8" or taller.

1[2, 3, 4, 5] (6, 7, 8, 9) [10, 11, 12, 13] (14, 15, 16) 32¼[35, 37 3/4, 40¼, 43] (45 3/4, 48¼, 51, 53 3/4) [56¼, 59, 61 3/4, 64¼] (67, 69 3/4, 72¼)" / 81[87.5, 94, 101, 107.5] (114, 121, 127.5, 134) [141, 147.5, 154, 161] (167.5, 174, 181)cm

Our models are wearing the size 9 with between 2 and 8" / 5 and 20cm of positive ease.

Finished Garment Measurements

Size	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
INCHES
chest circumference	32 1/4	35	37 3/4	40 1/4	43	45 3/4	48 1/4	51
narrowest point of optional waist shaping	27 3/4	30 1/4	33	35 3/4	38 1/4	41	43 3/4	46 1/4
neck circumference	16	16 3/4	17 1/4	18	18 3/4	19 1/4	19 3/4	20 1/4
upper arm	11 1/4	12	12 3/4	13 1/4	14	14 3/4	15 1/4	16
cuff	8	8 1/4	8 1/4	8 3/4	9	9 1/4	9 3/4	10
body length regular	14	13 1/4	13 1/2	13 1/2	13 3/4	13 3/4	14	14
body length tall	15	14 1/4	14 1/2	14 1/2	14 3/4	14 3/4	15	15
yoke depth regular	8 1/2	8 1/4	8 1/2	8 3/4	9	9 1/4	9 1/2	9 3/4
yoke depth tall	9	8 3/4	9	9 1/4	9 1/2	9 3/4	10	10 1/4
sleeve length regular	18 1/2	18 1/2	18 1/2	18 1/2	18 1/2	18 1/2	18 1/2	18 1/2
sleeve length long	19 1/2	19 1/2	19 1/2	19 1/2	19 1/2	19 1/2	19 1/2	19 1/2
METRIC
chest circumference	81	87.5	94	101	107.5	114	121	127.5
narrowest point of optional waist shaping	69	76	82.5	89	96	102.5	109	116
neck circumference	40	41.5	43.5	45	46.5	48.5	49	51
upper arm	28.5	30	31.5	33.5	35	36.5	38.5	40
cuff	20	21	21	21.5	22.5	23.5	24	25
body length regular	35	33	34	34	34.5	34.5	35	35
body length tall	37.5	35.5	36.5	36.5	37	37	37.5	37.5
yoke depth regular	21.5	20.5	21	22	22.5	23	23.5	24
yoke depth tall	22.5	22	22.5	23	24	24.5	25	25.5
sleeve length regular	46.5	46.5	46.5	46.5	46.5	46.5	46.5	46.5
sleeve length long	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49

Size	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Inches
chest circumference	53 3/4	56 1/4	59	61 3/4	64 1/4	67	69 3/4	72 1/4
narrowest point of optional waist shaping	49	51 3/4	54 1/4	57	59 3/4	62 1/4	65	67 3/4
neck circumference	20 3/4	21 1/4	21 3/4	22 1/4	22 3/4	23 1/4	23 3/4	24 1/4
upper arm	16 3/4	17 1/4	18	18 3/4	19 1/4	20	20 3/4	21 1/4
cuff	10 1/4	10 3/4	10 3/4	11	11 1/4	11 3/4	12	12 1/4
body length regular	14 1/4	14 1/4	14 1/2	14 1/2	14 3/4	14 3/4	15	15
body length tall	15 1/4	15 1/4	15 1/2	15 1/2	15 3/4	15 3/4	16	16
yoke depth regular	10	10 1/4	10 1/2	10 3/4	11	11 1/4	11 1/2	11 3/4
yoke depth tall	10 1/2	10 3/4	11	11 1/4	11 1/2	11 3/4	12	12
sleeve length regular	18 1/2	18 1/2	18 1/2	18 1/2	18 1/2	18 1/2	18 1/2	18 1/2
sleeve length long	19 1/2	19 1/2	19 1/2	19 1/2	19 1/2	19 1/2	19 1/2	19 1/2
METRIC
chest circumference	134	141	147.5	154	161	167.5	174	181
narrowest point of optional waist shaping	122.5	129	136	142.5	149	156	162.5	169
neck circumference	51.5	53.5	54	56	56.5	58.5	59	61
upper arm	41.5	43.5	45	46.5	48.5	50	51.5	53.5
cuff	26	26.5	26.5	27.5	28.5	29	30	31
body length regular	35.5	35.5	36.5	36.5	37	37	37.5	37.5
body length tall	38	38	39	39	39.5	39.5	40	40
yoke depth regular	25	25.5	26	26.5	27.5	28	28.5	29
yoke depth tall	26.5	27	27.5	28	29	29.5	30	30
sleeve length regular	46.5	46.5	46.5	46.5	46.5	46.5	46.5	46.5
sleeve length long	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49

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