Elegance Slipover, pattern as a file
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This slipover got its inspiration from the traditional Fair Isle colorworks and knitwear of Shetland. It is knitted from bottom to top, worked in the round until the armholes, after that the front and back separately in flat. Not more than two colors are used in the same round.
Sizes XXS, XS/S, S, M, L, XL, XXL
Needles and notions
3,0 mm (US 2.5) / 80 cm (32”) long circular needles for Stockinette stitch
2,5 mm (US 1.5) / 80 cm (32”) long circular needles for ribbing
Adjust needle size if necessary to get the right gauge.
Stitch markers
Scrap yarn or stitch holders
Yarn
Vuonue Wilhelmi wool sock yarn (70 % Finnish wool, 30 % Tencel; 100 g = 400 m / 437 yards)
2 skeins in colorway Medium gray (Keskiharmaa) (main color)
1 skein in colorway Light gray (Vaaleanharmaa)
1 skein in colorway Dark gray (Tummanharmaa)
1 skein in colorway Red (Murrettu punainen)
1 skein in colorway Ocher (Okra)
You need less than 1 skein for contrasting colors. For three smallest sizes, 50 g in colorway Red and 60 g in other contrasting colors are needed.
Gauge
27 stitches x 32 rows = 10 cm / 4” on 3,0 mm / US 2.5 needles in stockinette stitch.
