BRAY is a little picturesque Irish town by the sea which I was lucky to visit quite some time ago as I was working on this pattern. I admired the beautiful landscape and the sea waves reminding me of the pattern on the circular yoke of this seamless top-down sweater.

The pattern is written for three sizes, but due its generous positive ease, the sweater will fit a wide range of sizes. My sample is made in size 1 with 25 cm/10” of positive ease.

This is a revised version of Bray Sweater first published in June 2019 (I changed instructions to long sleeves, added written instructions to charts and modified the lace charts into a hole-free version).

YARN

Cotton Merino by KATIA CONCEPT, aran weight (70% cotton, 30% merino), 105 m/115 yds in 50 Gr
Grams: 495 (580, 655)
Metres: 1040 (1220, 1375)
Yards: 1140 (1335, 1505)
I used colorway No. 143 (pastel violet)

NEEDLES

• 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5 80 cm/32” circular needles
• 3.0 mm/U.S. size 2.5 60 cm/24” cirular needles or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the round (neck)
• 4.0 mm/U.S. size 6 80 cm/32” circular needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
• 4.0 mm/U.S. size 6 circular needles or your preferred needles for knitting small circumference in the round (sleeves)

NOTIONS

• stitch holders or waste yarn
• main marker and smaller markers for chart sections
• tapestry needle or crochet hook to weave in ends

GAUGE
15 sts/23 RNDs = 10 cm/4” square in stockinette stitch
on 4.0 mm/U.S. size 6 needles after blocking

SIZES

1 (2, 3)
to fit chest circumference:
75/85 (95/105, 115/125) cm / 30/34 (38/42, 46/50)”

FINISHED CHEST MEASUREMENT

130.5 (141.5, 170.5) cm / 52.25 (56.5, 68.25)”

PATTERN NOTES

• The sweater is worked in one piece top down.
• You start with neckband in Garter stitch, then work neck shaping with short rows and then continue working circular yoke according to charts in the round.
• After the circular yoke, you separate the sleeves and the body, and then continue working them separately.

SKILLS REQUIRED

• basics (cast on/bind off, knit/purl, increase/decrease)
• short rows
• working in the round
• working from a chart (written instructions are also provided)