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Experience Level: Intermediate

Atmosphere is a comfortable drop-shoulder pullover worked in two to three colors of yarn. Geometric stripes and triangles, worked using intarsia, boldly adorn the sweater on the front and one sleeve. Knitters can choose between using two colors of fingering weight yarn and holding it doubled for the sweater or choosing three colors of worsted weight yarn to be held single strand for the sweater.

Construction Details
The sweater is worked in four separate pieces and seamed together. There is no shaping on the body and the sleeves are worked with increases to create a taper. The front and one sleeve have intarsia colorwork in them. Once the shoulders are seamed, stitches are picked up and worked in the round for the neckline.

Techniques Necessary

• Cast on/bind off
• Knit
• Purl
• Intarsia
• Increasing (m1l/m1r)
• Mattress Stitch seaming
• Picking up stitches for a neckline

Sizes: Adult sizes 1 (2, 3, 4, 5)(6, 7, 8, 9)

To fit bust: 29 (33, 37, 41, 45)(49, 53, 57, 61)”/73.5 (84, 94, 104, 114.5)(124.5, 134.5, 145, 155) cm

Finished bust: 34 (38, 42, 46, 50)(54, 58, 62, 66)”/86 (96.5, 107, 117, 127)(137, 147, 157.5, 168) cm

Recommended ease is 5”/13 cm. A schematic is provided on the pattern with finished measurements.

Finished length: 22 (23, 24, 25, 26)(27, 28, 29, 29)”/56 (58, 61, 64, 66)(69, 71, 74, 74) cm

Gauge: 18 sts and 28 rows = 4”/10 cm in St-st stitch holding two strands of fingering weight yarn together (or one strand of worsted weight yarn) and using size needle to obtain gauge.

Needles: US 7 (4.5 mm) needle or size needed for gauge, US 6 (4.0 mm) needle and 16”/40 cm circular needle or one size smaller than size needed for gauge. Adjust needle size as necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Yarn: This sweater can be made with either 2 strands of fingering weight (CYCA #1) held together or with one strand of worsted weight (CYCA #4). Yardage amounts and number of colors needed are provided for both options.

Fingering weight (two colors needed – MC and CC)
1800 (2000, 2200, 2500, 2800)(3150, 3450, 3800, 3950) total yards are needed for the Main Color (MC).
175 (200, 225, 250, 275)(300, 325, 350, 375) total yards are needed for the Contrast Color (CC).
Main Color and Contrast Color will be held together to create the Blended Color (BC).

Worsted weight (three colors needed – MC, CC, and BC)
900 (1000, 1100, 1250, 1400)(1575, 1725, 1900, 1975) total yards are needed for the Main Color (MC).
70 (80, 90, 95, 105)(115, 125, 135, 145) total yards are needed for the Blend Color (BC).
90 (100, 115, 125, 140)(150, 165, 175, 190) total yards are needed for the Contrast Color (CC).

Sample is made with two strands of O Wool “O-Wash Fingering” (100% machine washable certified organic Merino wool; 394 yds/100g ball) in Sea Pine (MC) and Silver Maple (CC). One strand of each of the two colors were held together for BC.

Other Materials: 2 lock ring stitch markers, tapestry needle.