The bold checkered fabric in this statement pullover comes from a double blend—not only are weaving and knitting techniques combined, it’s holding two yarns together that creates the colour effect. A fingering weight tweed yarn is worked in wide intarsia vertical stripes, while at the same time a strand of mohair is worked in horizontal stripes which lends coziness as well as clever colour variation.

The silhouette is boxy without being sloppy with neat set-in sleeves and Garter Stitch edgings. Construction is flat and in pieces: the front and back are worked bottom up and seamed, then sleeves are worked top-down to ensure the best match to the body stripes. Short rows at the shoulders make a neat finish. The colourwork pattern is both written and charted.

#sizeinclusive to a 68.25” / 173.5 cm finished chest measurement.

This knitting pattern includes written directions, chart and written instructions for intarsia pattern, front and back images, and schematic with measurements.

Finished Measurements
Bust: 35 ¼ (38, 40 ½, 43 ¾)(48, 52 ¼, 56 ½)(59 ¾, 64, 68 ¼)“ / 89.5 (96.5, 103, 111)(122, 132.5, 143.5)(152, 162.5, 173.5) cm
Back length: 22 (23, 23, 23 ½)(24, 24, 24 ½)(25, 25 ½, 26)” / 56 (58.5, 58.5, 59.5)(61, 61, 62)(63.5, 65, 66) cm
Upper arm: 11 ¾ (12 ¾, 13 ½, 14 ¾)(16, 17 ¼, 18 ½)(19 ¼, 19 ¼, 19 ¼)“ / 30 (32.5, 34.5, 37.5)(40.5, 44, 47)(49, 49, 49) cm
Designed to be worn with 2 ¾ to 3 ¼” (7 to 8 cm) positive ease; sample is 38” (96.5 cm); model is 32”(81.5 cm) bust.

Yarn
Laceweight plus fingering weight yarn held together for an overall sport weight
480 (520, 560, 615, 680, 720, 780, 825, 875, 920) yd / 435 (480, 515, 560, 620, 655, 715, 755, 800, 840) m each in two colours of lace weight mohair
535 (585, 625, 685, 760, 805, 870, 920, 980, 1030) yd / 490 (535, 575, 630, 695, 735, 795, 845, 895, 940) m each in two colours of fingering weight

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Shown in:
Knit Picks Aloft Super Kid Mohair (affiliate) (72% Super Kid Mohair, 28% Silk; 260 yards/25g) in Eggplant and White.
Knit Picks Stroll Tweed Sock (affiliate) (65% Superwash Merino Wool, 25% Nylon, 10% Donegal; 231 yards/50g) in Down Heather and Indigo Heather.

Substitution Notes
Choose a fingering weight or sock yarn that knits up to 7-8 sts/inch (2.5 cm) on 2.25-3.25 mm (US 1-3) needles in a wool or wool blend paired with a laceweight mohair or mohair blend. If mohair is a problem, you could substitute with a sport weight yarn in four colours to create the gingham effect. Of course when substituting, you always want to swatch for gauge and to see if you like the hand of the resulting fabric you create.

#ProKnitTip :: Trying to choose colours? My quick and dirty way to see what colour combinations might look good when knitting together a strand of mohair with a strand of sock weight yarn is to wrap them together around a piece of cardboard. I was able to make so many colour combinations in no time at all this way. It helped me narrow down the results before I knit a swatch with several combos. And the colours I chose in the end … were the ones from my original design swatch. ‍See my project page for photos.

I recommend a light and dark of each of the two yarns (fingering and mohair). What colours would you choose? I think this would look great in a black and red buffalo plaid, too!

Techniques
Increases/decreases, German short rows, three needle bind off, bias bind off (explained), intarsia, holding two strands of yarn together, basic set-in sleeve sweater construction, seaming, worked flat, bottom up, top down sleeves, picking up stitches.

Helpful Links
Raised Increases video tutorial
Raised Increases photo tutorial
SSK & SSP Decreases video tutorial

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