Knit a Lightweight Striped Sweater

One thing to know about me is that I love heavier weight yarns. It was only a couple of years ago I had never knit a sweater using yarn lighter that worsted weight (unless maybe it was for a baby or a little kid). I’ve knit a couple of DK weight sweaters since them, and I do really like them as something I can wear more in the spring and fall (and even in the summer because I’m always cold in southern US air conditioning).

Could it follow that I would also enjoy knitting and wearing a sweater made with even finer yarn? Technically I guess I’ve done this, too, because I knit a Sea Glass Tee (Ravelry link) and that’s sock yarn, but it’s also short sleeves so it doesn’t really feel like it “counts” as a sweater. Am I the only one who makes these silly distinctions?

In any case, the Milo Jumper by Line Pedersen. This sweet little striped sweater gives henley vibes, which you might know by now is one of my favorite sweater types. (Aside: I looked it up and technically a henley has a round neck, and this is a V-neck, so technically not a henley but I’ll allow it.)

It’s worked in light fingering weight yarn in two colors, with allover stripes except on the yoke and the bottoms of the sleeves, which are each one of the two main colors. The color change happens at the center front from the look of things, so it’s a great time to practice your jogless stripe techniques.

The pattern comes in nine sizes with a bust circumference ranging from 31.5 to 63 inches, or 80 to 160 cm. It’s meant to have 1 to 3 inches/2 to 8 cm of positive ease.

The designer notes that the pattern has been tech edited but was not test knit, so do with that information what you will.

You can grab a copy of the pattern for free on Ravelry.

[Photo: Line Pedersen]

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Over the years I have shared a lot of pumpkin knitting patterns, and I’ve knit and crocheted a lot of pumpkins myself. But it feels like there are always more fun things to try with knit pumpkins, so this year I wanted to look a little more beyond basic stockinette or ribbed pumpkins and share some pumpkin patterns with cables, bobbles and colorwork.

In the cable collection we’ve got these cute little basic cable and ribbed pumpkins from Elly Bear Knits. There are two sizes that make a wide, flat pumpkin and a taller round pumpkin. Both are worked in the round as a tube that’s cinched top and bottom when you’re done, and they use bulky weight yarn.

Another cute cable pumpkin knitting pattern comes from Gray Bear Akswokrat. This one is knit flat and it looks like a chunky yarn but you could use other weights to make pumpkins of different sizes. This one also has an I-cord stem and uses yarn to cinch up the sections of the pumpkin, giving it a more natural look.

Add some bobbles to your pumpkins with this design from Autumn Shelter Makes. Also worked in the round in a tube, it features a repeating pattern of bobbles and uses yarn wrapped around the outside to make segments. This one looks like worsted weight yarn to me.

Of course there’s nothing that says your pumpkin has to be a single color, so let’s throw in some colorwork. I love the look of the Cozy Fall Pumpkin knitting pattern from South Stitch Girls. The little leather loop adds a rustic touch but you could also just add a stick. These pumpkins have five colorwork options and are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round.

There’s also the Autumn Fair Isle Trio pumpkins pattern from Equestriann Style, which has three different sizes of pumpkins with four colorwork designs. They are worked in super bulky yarn in the round and look good with high contrast or more muted color combinations.

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