The ‘Snowglimmer’-Sweater is a relaxed pullover with a wide, cosy shawl collar reminiscent of 80’s fashion. The wide rib features a split on each side, emphasising the stylish elongated back of the sweater. The jumper is a top-down design and can be knitted using different types of wool.
My natural-coloured sweater is knitted using two strands of soft alpaca yarn together with a thin mohair yarn. For the chocolate brown version, I chose Italian organic merino wool and held it together with a very fine mohair thread. This gives the knitwear a warm, iridescent depth. The ‘Snowglimmer’ jumper also looks great in a short cropped version with continuous cuffs. The pastel colour areas are created using different coloured balls of mohair. The maritime striped version is knitted using a single strand of voluminous soft merino wool.

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

Chest circumference:
XS 78 – 86 (S/M 86 – 98) L/XL 98 – 110 (2 XL/3XL 110 – 122) 4 XL 122 – 128 cm
The sweater has a positive ease of approximately 24 cm – 40 cm around the chest.

Width measured across chest, slightly stretched:
57 (63) 67 (77) 82 cm

Chest circumference, slightly stretched:
114 (126) 134 (154) 164 cm

Back length, measured from below neck rib:
Alpaca-Snow version: approx. 56 (59) 63 (68) 71 cm (the sweater will stretch in length approx. 1 cm after washing)

Colourblock-Wool version: approx. 48 (51) 55 (61) 64 cm

Maritime-Merino version: approx. 51 (53) 55 (61) 64 cm

Needles:

4 mm circular needles (80 cm + 100/120 cm long), 4,5 for the Collar (80 cm), 5 mm circular needles (40 cm, 80 cm, 100/120 cm long). Working with the ‘Magic Loop’ method gets easier the longer your circular needles are. Choose a needle length that suits your personal preference.

Materials:

Alpaca-Snow version: 500 (500) 600 (600) 700 g of 100 % Sweet Alpaca by KNITLOOP, 200 m/100 g, or any alpaca yarn with similar length/weight.

Held together with 100 (150) 150 (150) 200 g Moe by PRU Yarn (Punkrock Unicorn), 70 % Kid Mohair, 30 % Mulberry Silk, running length 420 m/50 g in colourway ‘Schnee’.

The sweater is knitted with yarn held double throughout.

Colourblock-Wool version: 500 (500) 500 (600) 700 g natural wool by Seehawer Naturfasern, 200 m/100 g, 100 % Peruvian Highland wool, colour 36 (natural white), held together with Silk Mohair by Isager, 212m/25 g, 75 % Kid Mohair, 25 % Silk, 50 (50) 50 (50) 75 g yellow (col. 59), 50 (50) 50 (50) 75 g pink (col. 62), 50 (50) 50 (50) 50 g light blue (col. 66). The sweater is knit with yarn held double throughout.

Maritime-Merino version: 400 (450) 500 (550) 600 g Como Grande by LAMANA, 125 m/ 50 g, 100 % Merino Superfine in colour Muscat (47M) and 100 (100) 150 (150) 200 g in colour Marine (11).

Brown Merino version: 450 (450-500) 500 (600) 650 g Woolia by Gepard, LL 133 m/50 g, 100% Italian organic merino wool, colour 190 (coffee), held together with Sensai by Ito, LL 240 m/25 g, 60% mohair, 40% silk, 125 (125) 125 (150) 175 g, colour 0313 (Coke).
The sweater is knit with yarn held double throughout.

Gauge after blocking:

17 st x 30 rows = 10 x 10 cm in 1×1 rib on 4 mm needles

17 sts x 26 rows = 10 x 10 cm in MP on 5 mm needles

The sweater is knit using the following techniques:

German Short Rows (short rows with wrapped stitches) for shaping the shoulders and collar

Left and right leaning increases

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Knitting the cast-on edge and collar together