The Tin Can Cosy sweater is a top-down circular yoke sweater with a sardine colour work motif. First, you’ll knit the collar and add some short rows. Increases are worked alongside the colour work design. After the fish motif has been knitted, you add one final round of increases and some additional short rows. The body and sleeves are then split and knit to the desired length. Colour work can also be added before the bottom hem, but this is optional. The design written for the use of 3 colours, but this can be adapted for more or 2 colours.

The pattern is written with an intended positive ease of 15 cm and this is the same across all sizes. The measurements below are the measurements of the finished garment. Measurements are based on the Craft Yarn Council’s guidelines.

Measurements - presented in cm and (inches)

Chest circumference - 89 (35), 99 (39), 109 (43), 119 (47), 129 (51), 139 (54), 149 (59), 159, (63), 169 (67)
Sweater length - 54 (21), 56 (22), 58 (23), 60 (24), 62 (24), 64 (25), 66 (26), 68 (27), 70 (28)
Yoke depth - 21 (8), 22 (9), 23 (9), 24 (9), 26 (10), 27 (11), 28 (11), 29 (11), 31 (12)

Notions
5 mm circular needles
4.5 mm circular needles
60 cm cord
80/100 cm cord
Stitch marker

Gauge
17 stitches x 26 rows = 10 x 10 cm

Suggested yarn
Cascade 220 (100% wool)
Kremke Soul Wool Reborn Wool (65% wool, 25% polyester, 10% nylon)
Hjertegarn New Life Wool (65% recycled wool, 35% recycled polyester/nylon)
Ístex Léttlopi (100% wool)
Yarnsmiths Pebble Haze Aran (61% cotton, 39% acrylic)

Yarn required (m) - Total, main colour, contrast 1, contrast 2
XS - 845, 760, 20, 65
S - 895, 810, 20, 65
M - 950, 850, 25, 75
L - 1000, 900, 25, 75
XL - 1160, 1050, 30, 80
2XL - 1230, 1100, 35, 85
3XL - 1275, 1150, 35, 90
4XL - 1385, 1250, 40, 95
5XL - 1435, 1300, 40, 95