Nacre is a comfortable and feminine sweater knitted from top to bottom seamlessly with a neckline closed by a button placket on the front.
We start by knitting the collar and then the raglan yoke and shortened rows to slightly hollow out the neckline. The body (back and front) is then worked together back and forth then in the round. The sleeves are worked in the round. The button band is picked up then knitted and attached to the body at the same time. A basic woolly wardrobe.
 
LEVEL: Intermediate 2/3
 
SIZES: 1 (2 - 3) 4 (5 - 6) 7 (8 - 9)Finished bust circumference approximately: 33.75 (37 - 40) 44 (48 - 52) 55 (59 - 63) inches 86 (94 - 102) 112 (122 - 132) 140 (150 - 160) cm. 
 
GAUGE: 21 sts x 30 rows for 4 x 4 inches or 10 x 10 cm in st st with larger needles.
 
YARN: this pattern is knitted with two strands of lace and fingering weight held together.Approximately 940 (1020 - 1100) 1220 (1330 - 1430) 1530 (1660 - 1800) yards or 860 (930 - 1000) 1120 (1220 - 1300) 1390 (1520 - 1650) m of each yarn in total. If you prefer, you can knit this sweater with only one strand of a DK weight yarn.
 
NOTIONS: needles sizes 3 mm/US 2.5 (rib), 4 mm/US 6 (body and sleeves), tapestry needle, cable to hold live stitches, 9 (9 - 9) 9 (10 - 10) 10 (11 - 11) buttons to 10 mm and 10 stitches markers.
 
NOTES: the pattern is knitted using Orphée (kid silk mohair - 50g = 420m) and Aphrodite (kid alpaga, cachemere, silk 100g = 400m) from Lainamourée color « Dans le panier de la lavandière ».
 
Recommended ease: 2 to 6 inches or 5 to 15 cm of positive ease. To pick your best size, measure your full bust and add your desired ease, then pick the finished bust circumference closest to that number.Sample is shown in size 3 with 4 inches or 10 cm of positive ease.
 
 
TECHNIQUES:
- Top down
- Circular needles
- German short rows
- M1L/M1R
- Pick up sts
- Tubular bind-off
 
Pattern is pdf downloadable : once the order has been confirmed, a download link will be sent to you by e-mail.