The ‘Ocean’ Shorty is a cute sweater with a cinched waist. This short TOP-DOWN model is worked holding one strand of merino and one strand of silk-mohair together throughout. This gives the sweater a wonderfully soft and light texture and appearance. ‘Ocean’ Shorty has a loose fit around the chest, and tapers in at the waist. The sleeve ribbing is just as long and fitted as the waistband, and is reminiscent of wrist warmers. The front and sides of this short sweater feature a small lace pattern, which is repeated on the sleeves.

Pay attention to your gauge to make sure that your sweater fits well.

Chest circumference: XS 76 – 82 (S 82 – 90) M 90 – 96 (L 96 – 102) XL 102 – 110 (2 XL 110 – 118)
3 XL 118 – 126 cm

The sweater has a positive ease of approximately 16 cm – 26 cm around the chest.

Width measured across chest:
52 (55) 57 (60) 63 (68) 75 cm

Chest circumference:
104 (110) 114 (120) 126 (136) 150 cm

Total back length, measured from cast-on edge:
50 (51) 52 (53) 55 (57) 59 cm

Needles:

3,5 mm circular needles (40 cm + 80 cm long),
4 mm circular needles (40 cm, 60 cm, 80 cm long)

Materials:

300 (300) 300 (300) 400 (400) 400 g Lynn by PRU Yarn (Punkrock Unicorn), 90 % Wool, 10 % Linen, running length 360 m/100 g, in shade ‘watermelonsugarpop’

held together with
150 (150) 150 (150) 200 (200) 200 g Moe by PRU Yarn (Punkrock Unicorn),
70 % Kid Mohair, 30 % Mulberry Silk, running length 420 m/50 g, in shade
‘watermelonsugarpop’

Gauge after blocking:

26 st x 36 rows = 10 x 10 cm in 1×1 rib on 3,5 mm needles

20 sts x 28 rows = 10 x 10 cm in stockinette stitch on 4 mm needles

Video tutorials for the following techniques used in this pattern can be viewed on my website:

German Short Rows (Short rows with wrapped stitches) for shaping the front of the sweater (https://youtu.be/ItSd8R8Jt_U).

Italian bind-off, stretchy bind-off for ribbing (https://youtu.be/xOzl1oS9gcs).