Shadow Lines is a relaxed striped sweater that invites you to explore texture and color. Worked with fingering-weight merino and lace-weight silk mohair held together, it creates a lightweight, drapey fabric that feels luxurious against the skin. Use a single color for a subtle look or dive into your stash for something playful and personal, the possibilities are endless. Choose between a clean V-neckline or a classic round neck or make them both! This sweater is effortless to wear and easy to style. Shadow Lines is written for 10 sizes, and the pattern includes a finished bust range of 84–175 cm / 33–69 inches, with recommended positive ease of 7.5–20 cm / 3–8 inches. This is an ideal sweater for layering or wearing on its own.

CONSTRUCTION
Shadow Lines sweater is worked seamlessly from the top down starting with the back panel. Back and front are worked flat until the underarm and then joined in the round. This sweater has stripes with both texture and color. It has full length sleeves and crisp half twisted ribbing on the neckline, hem and cuffs.

YARN
Approximately 760, 900, 1000, (1100, 1200, 1300), 1400, 1500, 1615, 1700 m / 760, 985, 1095 (1205, 1315, 1475) 1530, 1640, 1765 yards of fingering weight held together with a lace weight. You can also use a single strand of DK. If you are using the same color for all the edgings and shoulder sections, you will need more of one color.

Grey sample is worked with Laurelknits BFL Silky Sock yarn (60% SW BFL, 20% Silk, 20% Nylon, 300 m / 100 g) together with Laurelknits Udu (75% Brushed Suri Alpaca, 25% Mulberry Silk, 300 m / 100 g). Black and white sample is worked with Cascade Heritage (75% Superwash Merino Wool, 25% Nylon, 400 m / 100g) held together with Isager Silk Mohair (75% Kid Mohair, 25% Silk, 212 m / 25 g).

NEEDLES
4.5 mm circular needles (preferred cable length for neckband, hem and cuffs)
5 mm circular needles (preferred cable length for body and sleeves)

SIZES
1, 2, 3 (4, 5, 6) 7, 8, 9, 10

FINISHED BUST CIRCUMFERENCE
84, 95, 104 (115, 124.5, 135) 144, 155, 164.5, 175 cm /
33, 37.5, 41, 45.25 (49, 53.25, 56.75) 61, 64.75, 66, 69 inches

TECHNIQUES
Worked flat and in the round, increasing on both right and the wrong side, picking up stitches, German Short rows

A note about sizes 9 & 10
Sizes 9 and 10 have not been test knitted yet. If you’re interested in knitting one of these sizes, I’d love to offer you the pattern for free in exchange for some feedback on your experience. There’s no set deadline, you can knit at your own pace.

Please note that the pattern has been professionally tech edited, so it should be accurate and ready to knit. Still, your notes and insights would be very helpful in refining these larger sizes for future updates.

If you’d like to test one of these sizes, please get in touch!

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