Fie Pullover
Fie s a semi-cropped, top-down yoke sweater with seamless construction designed specifically for the North Light Fiber Retreat on Block Island. The flower design is a whimsical take on the traditional Nordic XO pattern. The top-down construction starts at the neckband and quickly jumps into the colorwork. You can go wild with colorwork and knit a multi-color yoke, or simply make the two-color original design. Top-down sweaters are easy to try on as you knit so that you can tailor fit the yoke depth and length of your body and sleeves. After the colorwork, you can opt in or out of short rows to lower the neckline if you please. You can also shape the body a bit by changing the gauge as you go if you like. t’s up to you. If you would like to make a longer version, add an additional skein of yarn.
Materials
Yarn: Seaside | Worsted weight: 50% Supima Cotton and 50% Super Fine Merino | 3 ply | 250 yards per 3.5 oz (100 g) skein
Main Color - Long-sleeve version: Cat Rock Cove (blue) 3 (3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6 ,6) skeins or approx. 664 (692, 750, 787, 810, 840, 890, 1098, 1067, 1160, 1250, 1310, 1400) yards
Main Color- Short-sleeve version: Cat Rock Cove (blue) 3 (3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6) skeins or approx. 612 (657,677,700,762, 820, 915, 987, 1016 ,1080,1132, 1250, 1300) yards
Contrasting Color: Mouse Cove (white) 1 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1) skein or 100 (110,120, 125, 130, 140, 150, 160, 165, 170, 175, 180, 200) yards
Needles: 32 or 40 – inch/ 80 or 100 cm circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge in colorwork and single color, DPNs/Flexiflips for cuffs and 16-inch circular gauge-size needles for sleeves, and a tapestry needle.
Suggested Needle Size: US 7 (4.75 mm)
Gauge and Swatch
18 stitches and 23 rows = 4 inches
Swatch in colorwork, in the round, to determine needle size. I knit the entire sweater with one size of needle.
Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13) with a 3 to 5-inch positive ease
Finished Measurements
Chest circumference: 32 ¾ (35 ½ ,38 ¼, 40 ¾, 43 ½ ,46 ¼ ,48 ¾, 51 ½, 57 ¼, 60, 62 ½, 65) inches
Body length from cast on edge to underarm: 13(13 ½ ,14, 14, 15,15 ½ ,16, 16, 17, 17, 17, 18, 18) inches
¾ Sleeve length: 13 (13 ½ ,14,14 ½ ,15,15 ½ ,16, 16, 17, 17, 18, 18 19) inches
Full-length Sleeves 17(17 ½, 18, 168½ ,19, 19 ½, 19, 20, 20, 21, 21, 21, 22) inches
Yoke depth without neckband: 8 (8 ,8 ¼, 8 ½ ,8 ½ ,8 ¾ ,9, 9 ½, 10, 10 ½, 10 ½, 10 ½, 10 ¾) inches
Total length: 21 (21 ½, 22 ¼, 22 ½ ,23 ½, 24 ¼ ,25, 25 ½, 27, 27½ ,27 ½, 28½, 28 ¾) inches
Skills used to make Fie
Long-tail cast on
Knit
Purl
2x2 rib
Stockinette in the round
Knitting in the round
Backward loop
Working small circumferences in the round
Picking up and knitting stitches
K2tog
SSK
Duplicate Stitch
Checking Gauge
