Traditional Fair Isle Yoke Pullover
This Fair Isle sweater pattern is the perfect foray into stranded colorwork!
Fair Isle sweater patterns are well known for their gorgeous colors and intricate designs. If you're up for the challenge of color work, the Traditional Fair Isle Yoke Pullover will be a rewarding project. The colorful yoke around the shoulders of this sweater is a fun take on traditional sweater patterns.
With a little bit of effort, this colorful pullover could easily become one of your favorite knit sweater patterns. Yoke sweaters have been all the rage lately. The Fair Isle style of using two colors per row with higher features on a darker background makes this sweater a great combination of modern hygge and traditional knitting styles and places this sweater in the Fair Isle style of stranded knitting.
NotesThe instructions are written for smallest size. If changes are necessary for larger sizes the instructions will be written thus ( ).
Knitting Needle Size8 or 5 mm, Circular Knitting Needles, Double-Pointed Knitting Needles (DPNs)
Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)
Gauge18 sts and 24 rows = 4 ins [10 cm] in stocking st.
Finished SizeFinished bust XS/S (M-L-XL-2/3XL-4/5XL): 37 (41-45-49-58-66) ins [94 (104-114.5-124.5-147.5-167.5 cm].
Materials List
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Bernat® Super Value (197 g / 7 oz)
-MC: #07711 (Navy) 3 (3-3-3-3-3) balls
-A: #53116 (Faded Denim) – 1 ball
-B: #07414 (Natural) – 1 ball
or
Bernat® Berella 4 (100 g / 3.5 oz)
-MC: #08965 (Navy) – 5(5-6-7-8-8) balls
-A: #01142 (True Periwinkle Blue) – 1 ball
-B: #08940 (Natural) – 1 ball - Size 5 mm (U.S. 8) circular knitting needle – 29 ins [75 cm] long.
- Set of four 5 mm (U.S. 8) doubl e-pointed knitting needlesor size needed to obtain gauge.
Instructions
BODY
With MC, cast on 166 (184-200-220-260-300) sts. Join in rnd, placing marker on first st.
Work in (K1. P1) ribbing for 6 ins [15 cm].
Knit in rnds for 14 (14-14½-14½-15-15) ins [35.5 (35.5-37-37-38-38) cm] from beg.
Next rnd: [K83 (92-100-110-130-150). Slip last 8 (11-14-14-18-18) sts onto a length of yarn for underarm] twice. Leave all sts on a spare needle.
SLEEVES
With double- pointed needles and MC, cast on 46 (46-48-50-54-54) sts.
Divide sts onto 3 needles and join in rnd, placing marker on first st.
Work in (K1. P1) ribbing for 6 ins [15 cm].Knit in rnds, inc 1 st at beg and end of next and every following 8th (8th-8th-6th-4th-4nd) rnd to 64 (66-68-76-84-90) sts.
Cont even for 18½ (19-19-18½-18- 17½) ins [47 (48-48-47-45.5-44.5) cm] from beg.
Next rnd: K60 (61-61-69-75-79). Slip last 4 (5-7-7-9-9) sts and first 4 (6-7-7-9-9) sts of rnd onto a length of yarn for underarm. Break yarn. Leave rem 56 (55-54-62-66-72) sts on a spare needle.
YOKE
1st rnd: With MC, [K56 (55-54-62-66-72) for sleeve. Place marker on needle. K75 (81-86-96-112-132) for body. Place marker on needle] twice. 262 (272-280-316-356-408) sts.
2nd rnd: Knit, inc 1 (dec 1-dec 1-inc 1-dec 1-0) st at beg of rnd. 263 (271-279-317-355-408) sts.
3rd rnd: (K2tog. Knit to 2 sts before marker. Sl1. K1. psso) 4 times.
Knit 3 rnds. Rep last 4 rnds 0 (1-2-3-4-5) time(s) more. 255 (255-255-285-315-360) sts.
Knit in chart to end of Chart, reading rnds from right to left and noting 15-st rep will be worked 17 (17-17-19-21-24) times.
With MC, work 3 ins [7.5 cm] in (K1. P1) ribbing. Cast off.
FINISHING
Graft underarms.
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