Celeste Sweater Man

The Celeste Sweater Man is worked from the top down and has a circular yoke. First a folded neck edge is worked, then the yoke is worked in the round in the charted colorwork pattern using 5 different colors. Short rows are worked after the stranded pattern has been completed to raise the back and create a nice fit. The body and sleeves are worked in the round in stockinette stitch and finished with a rib edge. 

Please note that stranded knitting often needs to be worked on a needle 0.5-1 mm larger to maintain the same gauge as the stockinette stitch sections worked in one color. For this reason, you need to work a swatch in both the stranded colorwork pattern and in solid stockinette stitch before starting your sweater. 

This pattern contains charts with the colors of the blue Celeste Sweater Man alongside blank charts that can be colored with your own chosen colors.

Size guide

The Celeste Sweater Man is designed to have approx. 10-15 cm [4-6 inches] of positive ease. The sizes XS (S) M (L) XL (2XL) 3XL (4XL) 5XL are designed to fit a bust circumference of 86-91 (91-96) 96-101 (101-107) 107-113 (113-119) 119-124 (124-132) 132-144 cm [33¾-35¾ (35¾-37¾) 37¾-39¾ (39¾-42¼) 42¼-44½ (44½-46¾) 46¾-48¾ (48¾-52) 52-56¾ inches]. The measurements for the finished garment are on the front page of the pattern. Before beginning your project, measure yourself to determine which size to knit. For example, if you measure 103 cm [40½ inches] around your bust (or around the widest part of your upper body) you should knit a size L. A size L sweater has a bust circumference of 119 cm [46¾ inches] which in the given example would give you 16 cm [6¼ inches] of positive ease.

Sizes: XS (S) M (L) XL (2XL) 3XL (4XL) 5XL

Bust circumference: 105 (109) 113 (119) 125 (132) 136 (144) 156 cm [41¼ (43) 44½ (46¾) 49¼ (52) 53½ (56¾) 61½ inches]

Length: 68 (69) 70 (71) 72 (73) 74 (75) 76 cm [26¾ (27¼) 27½ (28) 28¼ (28¾) 29¼ (29½) 30 inches] (measured mid back excl. neck edge)

Gauge: 20 sts x 30 rows = 10 x 10 cm [4 x 4 inches] in stockinette stitch on a 4 mm [US6] needle

20 sts x 20-22 rows = 10 x 10 [4 x 4 inches] in colorwork pattern on a 4.5 mm [US7] needle

Needles: Circular needles: 4.5 mm [US7] and 4 mm [US6] / 60, 80 and/or 100 cm [24, 32 and/or 40 inches], 3.5 mm [US4] / 80 or 100 cm [32 or 40 inches] and 3 mm [US2½] / 40 cm [16 inches] 

Double-pointed needles: 4 mm [US6] and 3.5 mm [US4] (unless the Magic Loop technique is used)

Materials: Main color: 550 (600) 600 (650) 700 (700) 750 (750) 800g Peer Gynt by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 91 m [98 yds])

Contrast color 1: 50 (50) 50 (50) 50 (50) 50-100 (100) 100 g Peer Gynt by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 91 m [98 yds])

Contrast color 2: 50 (50) 50 (50) 50 (50) 50 (50-100) 100 g Peer Gynt by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 91 m [98 yds])

Contrast color 3: 50 g Peer Gynt by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 91 m [98 yds])

Contrast color 4: 50 g Peer Gynt by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 91 m [98 yds])

Difficulty: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (5 out of 5)

See the classification of difficulty here.

This pattern is digital and will be sent as a pdf-file to your e-mail.

You can try combining different colors by filling in the chart that can be downloaded here.

The blue Celeste Sweater Man is knitted in Peer Gynt by Sandnes Garn in the colors Night sky [5591] (main color), Spicy orange [3819] (contrast color 1), Shell melange [2710] (contrast color 2), Jolly blue [6046] (contrast color 3) and Ash melange [1021] (contrast color 4).

The brown Celeste Sweater Man is knitted in Peer Gynt by Sandnes Garn in the colors Muskat melange [3070] (main color), Shell melange [2710] (contrast color 1), Camel [2542] (contrast color 2), Bristol black [3800] (contrast color 3) and Almond [2511] (contrast color 4).

Video

Fair isle knitting / Jacquard:

Italian cast-on:

Yarn over:

Knit through the back loop:

Skp:

K2tog:

German Short Rows:

Put the sleeves to rest:

Backwards loop method:

Italian bind-off:

Quick and easy italian bind-off:

Avoid hole at startup on sleeve:

Double knitting in the neck edge:

Knit down the neck edge: