Svendsdatter Pullover Pattern

Svendsdatter was designed for a Knitting and Yoga Adventures Retreat in Quechee, Vermont. Thank you North Light Fibers for the yarn support. Water Street is a gorgeous yarn to knit with. And thank you Quechee Inn for the fabulous stay and food. This sweater will always remind me of all my new friends that I met in Vermont!

Svendsdatter is a top-down yoke sweater with seamless construction. It is a three-color design but involves mostly two-color knitting with just a few rows where three colors are knit at once. Try on your Svendsdatter as you go so you can tailor-fit the yoke length and then the length of your body and sleeves.

Sizes
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Finished Measurements
3-inch positive ease
Chest: 30 (33, 36, 39, 41, 43, 46, 48, 51, 54) inches
Body length to underarm: 13 ½ (14, 14, 15, 16, 16½, 17, 18, 19, 20) inches
Sleeve length: 17 (17 ½, 18, 18 ½ ,19, 19 ½, 19, 20, 20, 21) inches
Yoke depth: 8.8 (9, 9 1/8, 9 ¼, 9 ½, 9 5/8, 9 7/8, 10 ¼, 10 ¾, 11 ¼ Inches
Total length: 22 1/3 (23, 23 1/8, 24 ¼, 25 ½,26, 26 7/8, 28 ¼, 29 ¾, 31 ¼) inches
Yarn
North Light Fibers Water Street (2 oz. and 165 yards) 40% Cashmere 60% Super Fine Merino
Main color: Pussy Willow 5 (5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8) 2-oz skeins
Contrast Color 1: Snowflake 1 (1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3) 2-oz skeins
Contrast Color 2: Marigold 1 (1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1) 2-oz skein
Needles
32 (32, 32, 32, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40) inch US 6/ 4 mm circular needle or size needed to obtain gauge in colorwork and single color. US 3 / 3.25 mm 32 (32, 32, 32, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40) inch circular needle for the ribbing. 16-inch US 6/ 4mm circular needle (or size needed to obtain gauge) and US 3/ 3.25 mm DPNs/Flexiflips for the cuffs.
Notions
Darning needle
Gauge and Swatch
19 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches or 10 cm
Please swatch in the round to determine needle size.
Note: Swatch in both single color and in colorwork. You may need to knit the single-color part of the sweater with a smaller needle than the colorwork section. The gauge is the same throughout the sweater.
Skills Used
Long-tail cast on
Joining in the round
Knitting in the round
Knit
Purl
Knitting in colorwork
Catching floats
Knitting with 2 colors
A few rows of 3 colors at once
Increasing stitches
Dividing the yoke into body and sleeve stitches
Backward loop
Picking up stitches
ssk
k2tog
Binding off (Jeny’s Stretchy Bind off if you please)
Duplicate stitch