Lea Sweater

Lea Sweater is a basic oversize style sweater.

It’s designed as a cropped sweater with a crew neck and slim bracelet sleeves.

Neckline, raglan lines and underarm stitches are worked in half twisted ribbing while yoke and body are worked in Stockinette stitch.

Sizes

XS (S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL)

Finished measurements

Bust circumferences – 94 (100, 111, 117, 127, 136, 145) cm / 37.0 (39.5, 43.75, 46.0, 50.0, 53.5, 57.0)’’;

Intended to be worn with 10 – 20 cm / 4.0’’ – 8.0’’ of positive ease already included in the bust circumferences;

Original yarn

Yardage approx 760 (840, 940, 1050, 1170, 1300, 1450) m / 831 (918, 1028, 1148, 1280, 1422, 1586) yards of each similar light dk weight yarn and lace mohair yarn.

Suggested yarn: light dk/sport weight yarn held together with a lace mohair yarn OR two lace mohair strands held together OR heavy dk/worsted weight yarn worked single stranded to obtain the required gauge.

Gauge

19 sts x 26 rnds = 10cm (4’’) in St st on larger needles in the rnd