Honey Vodka Lemonade
The third sweater in my Vodka Lemonade series! I loved my Blueberry Vodka Lemonade so much that I really wanted to create a cold-weather pullover with the same detail.
I had this gorgeous Merino/Mohair yarn in stash, and it knits up so beautifully at an aran weight gauge that I knew the project would knit up in no time and become a fantastic winter wardrobe basic. The touch of mohair makes for a gorgeous halo and it adds the perfect amount of drape. The heather shows up beautifully in all the stockinette, and it did knit up in less than a week.
As with my other Vodka Lemonades, this pullover is worked from the top down and features a textured and slip stitch detail along raglan seams. Short row shaping is used to round the neckline, and the body and sleeves are worked in stockinette.
The raglan detail is resumed along each side of the body, and is finished off in a split hem. Long sleeves complete the silhouette.
I love the perfect slouch in this one, and my daughter styled it as she would wear it - a little longer than me, but perfect over a skirt with some casual boots.
As noted below, this is a very easy pattern to adjust for fit and notes are included in the pattern on where and when to adjust length or width of body/sleeves. Larger sizes have hidden body shaping as well to create width across the bust without affecting yoke depth or sleeve circumference.
A note on yarn: Although the suggested yarns are all listed as worsted weight, they are a heavy worsted and work up nice and round on US#8/5mm needles at what I consider an aran weight gauge of 4sts per 1”/2.5cm. If substituting yarn, note this.
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Yarn: Beaverslide Dry Goods, 2-ply worsted weight yarn (90% Fine Beaverslide merino, 10% Kid Mohair; 241yds/ 220m per 4oz/113g skein). Shown in Winter Wheat.
If substituting yarn, choose a fiber that knits to gauge in a fabric you like. However, I think this sweater is simple enough to look fantastic in any number of yarns, and you can play with the density and feel of your fabric by using different yarn or combining fingering or mohair strands, as long as you get gauge. Since this is a very simple design, your yarn can be solid or a subtly variegated colorway. I also think this would also look fantastic with some speckle or a halo. Maybe even play with subtle stripes or add some color blocking or make the collar and hem in a different yarn if you have smaller quantities of yarn you want to combine.
Gauge: 16 stitches and 24 rounds in 4”/10cm. Gauge is based on final, blocked fabric worked in stockinette, on smaller size needle.
Needles: US#8/5mm and US#9/5.5mm
Sizes:
39(41,44,47,50,53)(57,61,66,71)”
99(104.25, 111.75,119.5,127,134.5)(144.75,155,167.75,180.25)cm
For fit shown, I suggest between 4-6”/10-15.25cm of positive ease.
Yardage: heavy worsted or aran weight yarn
950(1000,1100,1200,1350,1500)(1650,1800,1950,2100) yds
870(915,1005,1100,1235,1370)(1510,1645,1785,1920)m