Whiteowlcrochetco. Sound Sweater

Sound is an oversized drop shoulder sweater, designed with a cozy afternoon in mind: sitting by a nice fire, wearing your favourite comfy leggings, listening to a great playlist, and knitting your current project. As if the sound waves of your favourite song travelled through your body from your ears to your hands, the purl pattern in the bust of the sweater mimics the rarefaction and compression of a sound wave.

This pattern is worked from the bottom up; the hem, body, collar, and sleeves are worked in the round while the top of the bust is worked flat in rows. The hem, wristbands, and collar are worked in 2x2 rib with a smaller needle, the sleeves and part of the body are worked in stockinette, and the bust is worked in a density wave of purl stitches. Interestingly, the only places you will bind off are the finishing rounds of the wristbands and the collar - all transitions between body and sleeves/collar are worked from stitches held on stitch holders/yarn.

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Tested by 26 other knitters - click on associated projects to check them out!

Tech Edited by Nicky Jensen of HandKnits and Hygge.

Method: Knit
Skill Level: Intermediate
Version: June 2023

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Measurements

To determine your size, measure your chest around the widest point, then locate the closest value listed under “Suggested Bust” below. Approx. 8” (20.5 cm) of positive ease are built in for a loose fit.

Size 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Suggested Bust

Imperial: 32.5”, 35.5”, 40”, 44.25”, 48.5”, 51.5”, 56”, 60.25”, 64.5”
Metric: 82.5, 90, 101.5, 112.5, 123, 131, 142, 153, 164 cm

Sweater Bust

Imperial: 40.5”, 43.5”, 48”, 52.25”, 56.5”, 59.5”, 64”, 68.25”, 72.5”
Metric: 103, 110.5, 122, 132.5, 143.5, 151, 162.5, 173.5, 184 cm

Sweater Bust Ease if applied to Suggested Bust

Imperial: 8”
Metric: 20.5 cm

Sweater Length

Imperial: 23.25”, 24.25”, 24.75”, 25”, 25.75”, 26.5”, 27”, 27.25”, 27.5”
Metric: 59, 61.5, 63, 63.5, 65.5, 67.5, 68.5, 69, 70 cm

Armhole Depth

Imperial: 10.5”, 11.5”, 12”, 12.25”, 13”, 13.75”, 14.25”, 14.5”, 14.75”
Metric: 26.5, 29, 30.5, 31, 33, 35, 36, 37, 37.5 cm

Yardage Estimates

Note: Modifications will result in a difference in required yardage. Everyone’s body is different and may require modifications to sleeve or body length.

Yardage:
1095, 1190, 1315, 1415, 1555, 1670, 1785, 1910, 2030 Yds

Meterage:
996, 1083, 1197, 1288, 1415, 1520, 1624, 1738, 1847 m

Skeins:
4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7 skeins Knit Picks Heatherly Sport
(80% Acrylic, 20% Merino Wool)

Yarn

• Weight: Sport
• Yarn: Knit Picks Heatherly Sport
• Content: 80% Acrylic, 20% Merino Wool
• Colourway: Gravity

Tools

• 4.50 mm | UK 7 | US 7 (Stockinette)
• 3.50 mm | UK 9 | US 4 (2x2 Rib) Or sizes required to obtain gauge

Other Notions

• 2 Stitch Markers
• 2 Stitch Stoppers (optional)
• 3 Waste Yarn / Stitch Holder (lifelines, armpits, collar)
• 3 Double Pointed Needles (main size needles)
• 1 Darning Needle
• 1 Scissors
• Blocking Items

Gauge Pattern

• Blocked
• In the round
• Stockinette

4.50 mm / US 7 / UK 7
22 sts, 24 rounds / 4” (10 cm)

Alternative Tested Yarns

• Bernat Softee Baby (100% Acrylic)
• Lion Brand Mandala Baby (100% Acrylic)
• Vidalana Linen Jewel by KnitCrate (50% Merino, 30% Linen / Flax, 20% Silk)
• Madeline Tosh Sport (75% Superwash Merino, 15% Silk, 10% Cashmere)
• Cascade Yarns 220 (100% Superwash Wool)
• Knit Picks Palette, Held Double (100% Peruvian Highland Wool)

Abbreviations / Techniques

BOR, Beginning of Round
cm, Centimeter
DPN, Double Pointed Needle
K, Knit
K2Tog, Knit 2 sts together
K3Tog, Knit 3 sts together
m, Meter
M, Marker
P, Purl
PM, Place Marker
Rem, Remain/Remaining
RM, Remove Marker
Rpt, Repeat
RS, Right Side
SSK, Slip 1 st knitwise twice, K 2 slipped sts together (decrease)
SL1PW, Slip 1 st purlwise
SM, Slip Marker
St(s), Stitch(es)
WS, Wrong Side
WYIB, With Yarn in Back
Yds, Yards
YO, Yarn Over
* , Repeat Sequence Within
“, Inches

Contact

Mollie Conrad, MSc.
Whiteowlcrochetco.
hello@whiteowlcrochetco.com

Social Media

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Patterns Available on:

• whiteowlcrochetco.com
• Etsy
• Ravelry
• Payhip
• Knit Picks
• LoveCrafts

Knitters may sell the final product, with credit for the design given to Whiteowlcrochetco (Mollie Conrad).

Feel free to use the following hashtags on social media:

#SoundSweater #whiteowlcrochetco
and please feel free to tag @whiteowlcrochetco in your posts! I love seeing your final products!

Pattern may not be redistributed or duplicated, in whole or in part.

No refunds will be administered as this is an instant download product.

Happy Knitting! <3