Nordic Nights

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Nordic Nights is a beginner-friendly top down, seamless circular yoke sweater that is knit entirely in the round. Use fingering or sport weight yarn for a light weight and flexible fabric with increased wearability through the seasons. This design was inspired by a moonlit forest on a snowy night.

This pattern is available is English and Norwegian. You will receive all versions with your purchase.

SIZES

A (B, C, D, E, F, G)(H, I, J, K, L, M)

FINISHED BUST CIRCUMFERENCE

36.25 (38.25, 41.5, 43.25, 45, 49.75, 53)(55.75, 57, 59.25, 62.25, 64.25, 67)” / 91 (95.5, 103.5, 108, 112.5, 124.5, 132.5)(139, 142.5, 148, 155.5, 161, 167.5) cm

Note: Sizes listed are the actual finished sweater measurements. Designed to be worn with 3-6” / 7.5-15 cm of positive ease. Choose a size that is 3-6” / 7.5-15 cm larger than your actual bust circumference. Shown with 5” / 12.5 cm of positive ease.

SUGGESTED YARN

MC: Pickles Merino Tweed 100% wool, 415y / 380 m / 100g, color: #SD 5520. 3 (3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4)(5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6) skeins

CC: Live or Dye Yarn Merino Linen singles, 393 yds / 359 m / 100 g , color: “Biscay Bay”. 1 skein for all sizes.

YARN

Fingering or sport weight yarn in the following amounts:

MC: 1100 (1200, 1300, 1350, 1450, 1550, 1600)(1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, 2100, 2200) yds / 1006(1098, 1189, 1235, 1326, 1418, 1463)(1555, 1738, 1829, 2012) m

CC: 190 (200, 210, 230, 240, 250, 260)(270, 290, 300, 320) yds / 174 (183, 193, 211, 220, 229, 238)(247, 266, 275, 293) m

NEEDLES

Note: Swatch to determine what needle sizes you need to use. Needle sizes are only a suggestion.

Needle A: US 4 / 3.5 mm DPNs or 16” (40 cm) circular (neckline), 24” (60 cm) or longer circular for waistband, and 32” long (80 cm) or longer needle for magic looping sleeve edging, or matching set DPNS, if desired.

Needle B: US 5 / 3.75 mm 32” (80 cm) or longer circular needle for yoke body and magic looping sleeves, or matching set DPNS, if desired.

Needle C: US 6 / 4 mm 32” (80 cm) or longer circular needle for magic looping colorwork cuffs, or matching DPNs, if desired.

GAUGE

22 sts and 32 rnds = 4 inches (10 cm) in stockinette st, in the round, on size B needles

For a snowy night effect, I used a black tweed yarn with a skein of variegated hand-dyed yarn for the yoke.

Here are some black tweed options: 
-Knit Picks Stroll Tweed Fingering color: Wellies Heather 
-Tahki Yarns Donegal Tweed Fine Fingering color: #2708 Charcoal 
-Geilsk Tweed Fingering in color T3 black (most similar) 
-Lang Yarns Donegal in color #70 obsidian