Painting

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by Katrin Schneider

Painting is a cozy everyday sweater with the fit of a favorite sweatshirt designed for the beautiful speckled yarn dyed by La Bien Aimée.

The top down sweater is easy to knit - a perfect pattern for beginners or mindless knitting. Just to enjoy every single speckled stitch while the painting grows bit by bit.

Sizes:
30 (32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48)

Finished chest measurements:
32.4 (34.25, 36.35, 38.15, 40.25, 42.4, 44.25, 46, 47.85, 49.7)“ / 82.25 (87, 92.25, 97, 102.25, 107.75, 112.25, 117, 121.5, 126) cm
approximately 3 - 4” / 7.5 - 10 cm positive ease included.

Yarn:
3 (3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5) skeins of La Bien Aimée Merino Singles or Merino Twist Sock (100% Merino, 100 g / 400 yards / 366 m), or approximately 1094 (1148, 1203, 1312, 1422, 1531, 1695, 1805, 1914, 1969) yards, 1000 (1050, 1150, 1250, 1350, 1450, 1550, 1650, 1750, 1800) m of fingering weight yarn that gives you the same gauge.

The sample I is knitted in La Bien Aimée Merino Singles colorway Pop Grunge.
The sample II is knitted in La Bien Aimée Merino Twist Sock colorway Cassiopeia.

Tools:
stitch markers, stitch holders, waste yarn, tapestry needle

Techniques:
increases, decreases, short rows.