Dirty Caramel Sweater
The Dirty Caramel sweater was inspired by a desire to combine traditional colourwork knitting with a contemporary silhouette. The colourwork pattern extends from the yoke down to the body and sleeves, breaking the tradition of pattern only being on the yoke.
Give it your personal stamp by choosing your favourite colours – I took inspiration from the colour palette of a candy store. The sweater is knitted top down holding together one strand of superwash merino and one strand of silk mohair. Its generous neckline opening is flattering for most body types, and the voluminous balloon-shaped sleeves are finished off with a folded cuff.
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Sizes:
XS (S) M (L) XL (2XL)
Finished garment measurements:
a. Finished bust circumference: 80 (88) 96 (100) 108 (116) cm / 32 (35.25) 38.5 (40) 43.25 (46.5)”.
b. Length from underarm to hem: 29.5 cm / 11.75” all sizes.
c. Sleeve length from underarm (with cuff folded): 37.5 cm / 20.5” all sizes.
d. Upper sleeve circumference: 42 (46) 46 (50) 50 (50) cm / 16.75 (18.5) 18.5 (20) 20 (20)”.
e. Cuff circumference: 18 (21) 21 (24) 24 (24) cm / 7.25 (8.5) 8.5 (9.5) 9.5 (9.5)”.
Choose the size that is 0-10 cm / 0-4” bigger than your bust circumference.
Sample in size S, Kika has a bust circumference of 87 cm/ 34”.
Gauge:
20 sts x 21 rnds = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” on 5 mm (US8) needles of colorwork in St st, after blocking.
Needles:
3 mm (US2.5) circular needles 40-60 cm / 16-24” for neck opening and 80-100 cm / 32-40” for body hem rib, and DPNs for sleeve rib (or use magic loop technique instead).
5 mm (US8) circular needles 80-100 cm / 32-40” for body and 40-60 cm / 16-24” for the sleeves or just a 80-100 cm / 32-40” needle if you’re using magic loop technique.
Yarn:
MC
175 (200) 230 (260) 290 (320) g of Madeline Tosh Merino Light (100% superwash merino wool - 384 m / 420 yds / 115 g) in color Lark held together with 65 (75) 90 (100) 115 (130) g of Along Avec Anna Silk Mohair (72% fine kid mohair, 28% mulberry silk - 210 m / 230 yds / 25 g) in color Châtaigne.
CC1
85 (100) 115 (125) 135 (145) g of Madeline Tosh Merino Light in color Paper held together with 35 (40) 50 (55) 60 (70) g of Along Avec Anna Silk Mohair in color Colombe.
CC2
40 (50) 60 (60) 70 (75) g of Life in the Long Grass Singles (100% superwash merino wool - 366 m / 400 yds / 100 g) in color Cauldron together with 25 (35) 40 (40) 45 (50) g Drops Brushed Alpaca Silk in (77% alpaca, 23% silk- 140 m / 153 yds / 25 g) color Black 16.
CC3
50 (50) 60 (60) 70 (70) g of Madeline Tosh Merino Light in color Scout together with 30 (30) 40 (40) 45 (45) g Sandnes Silk Mohair (60% mohair, 25% silk, 15% wool - 280 m / 306 yds / 50 g) in color 4012.
Watch me knit the sweater on YouTube
When desiging and knitting the sample for the Dirty Caramel Sweater pattern, I documented the entire process and shared it in a video on Youtube. Click to see the video as I take you behind the scenes of how this sweater came about.
