Note: Fresh updates are in the works for this pattern, slated for re-release late 2025. The update will be written using Harrisville Designs Shetland or Shear Wellscroft Dorset Fingering, both excellent yarns for colorwork. Stay tuned!

Latvian weaving motifs embellish the yoke, hem, and cuffs of Leila Raabe’s colorwork sweater. Knitted in fingering-weight wool Finch from the bottom up, with raglan, round-yoke, and short-row shaping to encircle the shoulders.

Shown in size 34½“ / 87.5 cm on a 31” / 78.5 cm, 5’7½” / 171.5 cm tall model (3½“ / 9 cm positive ease)

yarn
finch
6 (7, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 11, 12) skeins sabine 150
2 skeins audouin 157

needles
16” and 32” circulars in size US 4 / 3.5 mm
16”, 24”, and 32” circulars in size US 5 / 3.75 mm
32” circular in size US 6 / 4 mm
set dpns in size US 4, 5, 6 / 3.5 mm, 3.75 mm, and 4 mm

gauge
25 sts and 36 rnds = 4” / 10 cm in stockinette stitch with middle-sized needles, after wet blocking
25 sts and 32 rnds = 4” / 10 cm in colorwork with largest needles, after wet blocking

skills required
Long-tail cast on, stranded colorwork, wrap-and-turn short rows, seaming, picking up stitches (links provided), increasing, decreasing, knitting in the round. Charts only.