Stripe Sweater

In striking three-colour stripes, this easy-to-wear sweater is knitted in two separate pieces – back and front – beginning with a K2, P2 ribbed band, and increasing out for short sleeves.

Short rows shape the upper edge of the sleeves and shoulders, and the back and front pieces are joined using a three-needle cast-off. The back has shallow neck shaping and the front a standard crew neck shape. The armhole bands and neckband stitches are picked up and worked in the round in rib.

The only seaming required is for the side seams.

The pictured sample was made in:

Indiecita DK (100% baby alpaca) 50g ball (112m/123yds)

1st Colour (C1): 4 (4, 4, 5, 5), [6, 6, 7, 7] balls

2nd Colour (C2): 3 (3, 3, 3, 4), [4, 5, 5, 5] balls

3rd Colour (C3): 1 (1, 1, 1, 2), [2, 2, 2, 2] balls