Flowers please! Sometimes the best designs come from “buying too much yarn.” This sweater is exactly that case—and turned out to be much more interesting than originally planned.

How the sweater is constructed:

You start in the round and work the intarsia directly into the lower section. Then it gets easier: stockinette stitch, without changing colors. At the armholes, the work is divided into front and back and continued in rows. The sleeves are worked separately with armhole caps, then sewn together and set in.

Sizes:
S (M/L/XL/2XL)

Bust cirumference of finished sweater: 38 (42/44/48/50) inches 96 (104/112/120/128) cm

The sweater is intended to fit with about 2 inches 6 cm of positive ease at bust. Shown in size S.

Materials:

• Lana Grossa “Linarte” (40% viscose, 30% cotton, 20% linen, 10% polyamide; yardage 136 yds 125 m/50 g):
  500 (500/500/600/600) g in main color – here shown in dark red (color #008)
  50 g in contrasting color – here shown in grège (color #045)

• US size 6 4,0 mm circular needles (or any size to obtain gauge), 32” and 39”

• Stitch markers

• Stitch holders

Gauge:
20 sts and 30 rows in stockinette stitch = 4” in square (10 x 10 cm) after washing and blocking