Inspired by a recent move to Lowestoft – the most Easterly town in the UK – this Most Easterly Sweater is the first I have finished writing up since we arrived. It is relatively simple, and might therefore even be attempted by an ambitious beginner. A squishy roll neck sits atop coils of colour block stripes. Designed in a looser style, in Drops Andes yarn which is 65% wool, 35% alpaca and super soft, with a generous body and sleeves, it is perfect for layering up for a brisk walk along South Beach.<\/p>\n
You can, of course, knit the whole thing in one colour if you prefer, or mix it up with stripes \u2013 the world is your oyster.<\/p>\n
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Available in 5 sizes: from a UK 10-12 to a UK 22-24 – sizes ranging from 36\u201d to 50\u201d approximately.<\/p>\n
You will need<\/strong>: <\/p>\n Gauge: 10sts \/ 15 rows to 10cm<\/p>\n *ANOTHER NOTE ON YARN<\/strong><\/em> If you were to knit this sweater in a single colour, you would need a lot less yarn. Some colours, for example, might use 3.1 balls of yarn for one colour, so you\u2019d have to buy 4. I plan to design a hat in the next little while to use up those Andes yarn scraps so that nothing is wasted. Here are the numbers of balls you would need in a single solid colour: Sweater pictured is the smallest size \u2013 10\/12 \u2013 so you can see how generous it is. It would also comfortably fit a size 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Inspired by a recent move to Lowestoft – the most Easterly town in the UK – this Most Easterly Sweater is the first I have finished writing up since we arrived. It is relatively simple, and might therefore even be attempted by an ambitious beginner. A squishy roll neck sits atop coils of colour block stripes. Designed in a looser style, in Drops Andes yarn which is 65% wool, 35% alpaca and super soft, with a generous body and sleeves, it is perfect for layering up for a brisk walk along South Beach.<\/p>\n You can, of course, knit the whole thing in one colour if you prefer, or mix it up with stripes \u2013 the world is your oyster.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Available in 5 sizes: from a UK 10-12 to a UK 22-24 – sizes ranging from 36\u201d to 50\u201d approximately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[23,489],"product_tag":[493,492,496],"class_list":["post-2515","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-patterns","product_cat-sweaters-and-cardigans","product_tag-alice-in-knittingland","product_tag-alice-neal","product_tag-most-easterly-sweater","first","instock","featured","downloadable","virtual","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n\u25aa 10\/12 1100g (C1: 100g, C2: 100g, C3: 100g, C4: 200g, C5: 300g, C6: 300g) *
\n\u25aa 14\/16 1200g (C1: 100g, C2: 100g, C3: 100g, C4: 200g, C5: 400g, C6: 300g) *
\n\u25aa 16\/18 1300g (C1: 100g, C2: 200g, C3: 100g, C4: 200g, C5: 400g, C6: 300g) *
\n\u25aa 20\/22 1500g (C1: 100g, C2: 200g, C3: 100g, C4: 300g, C5, 400g, C6: 400g) *
\n\u25aa 22\/24 1600g (C1: 100g: C2: 200g, C3: 200g, C4: 300g, C5, 400g, C6, 400g) * of Drops Andes in 5 or 6 chosen colours, or a super chunky yarn of equivalent gauge.
\n\u25aa 7mm circular knitting needles 8mm circular knitting needles 9mm circular knitting needles 10mm circular knitting needles, all at least 80cm long, though I tend to buy 100cm or 120cm long (or even longer!) and use the magic loop method, so that I can try it on without the faff of transferring it to scrap yarn
\n\u25aa Stitch markers
\n\u25aa tapestry needle for sewing in ends.
\n* A NOTE ON YARN<\/strong><\/em> You will not use all the yarn. Because of the different colours used, you will use a lot more of the body colours, and a lot less of the yoke colours. If you were knitting it in one solid colour, it would take less yarn. For example, the 10\/12 size jumper, completed, weighs 720g. There is a lot of leftover yarn to make a hat or three with! See note below for approximately how much yarn you would need to knit this pattern in a single solid colour
\nSweater pictured is the smallest size \u2013 10\/12 \u2013 so you can see how generous it is. It would also comfortably fit a size 14.<\/p>\n
\n10\/12: 7.4 balls
\n14\/16: 8 balls
\n16\/18: 8.4 balls
\n20\/22: 9.8 balls
\n22\/24: 10.4 balls<\/p>\n