It all started with the Year of Mittens back in 2016, then came the Year of Hats, followed by Gifts, and last year’s Bulky Hats. Now in honor of our 15th Anniversary, we’re sharing a Season of Sweaters.

The Season of Sweaters features four free patterns perfect for the changing of the seasons. Patterns are designed by Kate and Courtney and will be published on the first Friday of spring, summer, fall, and winter and feature four Kelbourne Woolens yarns.

How about a kit? Grab it from us here or ask for one at your favorite LYS!

This pullover simply screams fall: Just grab a pumpkin spice latte (or don’t, we know its contentious), your backpack, and get ready to head out to peep some leaves! The Fall Sweater is knit in our Andorra yarn, a soft blend of wool with a touch of mohair, to add a subtle sheen and halo.

The sport weight yarn is knit on a larger-than-usual US 6 to keep the fabric light and airy. Its boxy cropped shape and delicately shaped sleeves make for fairly straightforward colorwork knitting without a lot of fussy decreasing. Knit completely in the round, the Fall Sweater is steeked - but it is a good candidate for your very first steeking project. It is knit from the bottom up, and you can opt to go cropped to stay on  trend, or lengthen it to your heart’s desire.

WORTHY OF NOTE
The Fall Sweater is worked in the round from the bottom up with steeks to create the armhole and crewneck openings. After securing and cutting the steeks, stitches for each sleeve are picked up around the armhole opening and worked in the round down to the cuff. Because the sleeves are worked from the top down, the direction of the pattern will be upside down from the body. After opening the neck steek, the neckband stitches are picked up and worked in the round for the folded band.

The larger sizes have taller armholes, so their lower bodies are shorter to prevent the overall length from becoming too long. Similarly, the larger sizes have wider upper bodies, so the sleeves are shorter to prevent the overall wingspan from becoming too wide.

The directions are written for securing the steeks with machine stitching, but you can prepare them for cutting in any manner you choose. You may also opt to cover the raw edges with ribbon or knitted facings. For faced steeks, fold each steek to the inside of the body, then use a sewing needle and thread to whipstitch a 1” (2.5 cm) wide length of ribbon or bias tape to the wrong side of the garment, covering the cut edge of the steek.

Specifications
YARN
Kelbourne Woolens Andorra (60% Merino wool, 20% Highland wool, 20% mohair; 185 yds (169 meters) / 50 gram skein): caramel 243 (MC), 4 (5, 5, 5, 6, 6) skeins; Dijon 710 (CC1), sage 340 (CC2), ink black 005 (CC3), 2 skeins each for all sizes.
GAUGE
25 sts and 28 rows/rnds = 4” (10 cm) in St st colorwork pattern from Triangle chart on larger needles, after blocking.
NEEDLES
1 set – US 3 (3.25 mm) DPNs.
1 – US 3 (3.25 mm) 16” (40 cm) circular.
1 – US 3 (3.25 mm) 24” (60 cm) circular.
1 set – US 5 (3.75 mm) DPNs.
1 – US 5 (3.75 mm) 16” (40 cm) circular.
1 – US 5 (3.75 mm) 24” (60 cm) circular.
Take time to check gauge and adjust needle size(s) accordingly if necessary.
NOTIONS
Tapestry needle, stitch markers, stitch holders or waste yarn, sewing machine and thread for securing steeks, 2 yards (2 meters) ribbon for covering raw edges of steeks (optional).
SIZE
35.75 (38.5, 43.5, 48.75, 53.75, 59)” 91 (98, 110.5, 124, 136.5, 150) cm finished bust. This project is designed to be worn with 2–3” (5–7.5 cm) of positive ease, or as desired.
Please see schematic for more detailed finished measurements.
SKILLS
Knitting and purling in the round, working with multiple colors, trapping long colorwork floats on WS, reading colorwork charts, steeks, three needle BO, picking up stitches, Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy BO.

Images Linette Messina Kielinski