Fitu

Fitu is a yoke sweater with stranded colourwork and it’s knitted from the top down. It has 9 women sizes and 8 men sizes. The yoke is very easy – no more than two colours per round and it’s possible to knit it without needing to catch any floats. This sweater is knitted in the round without any seams. After knitting the yoke the sleeve stitches are put on hold while you finish the body and then recovered to knit them from the underarm to the cuff.

The pattern includes a document with more than 50 colour combinations to make it easier for you to make the perfect sweater.

There’s a matching Fitu hat and cowl pattern.

MATERIALS

• 4 mm (US6) circular needles, 80 cm / 32” long for the body and sleeves (using the magic loop method). Adjust if necessary to achieve gauge – see below. If you tend to knit colourwork a bit tight, you should go up a needle size for that section.
  
• 3.5 mm (US4) circular needles or two sizes smaller than the main needles for the ribbing.
  
• Markers, tapestry needle and waste yarn to put the sleeve stitches on hold.

YARN

Sport or DK weight yarn (235-300 m / 257-328 yards in 100 g) in 4 colours. I used Rauwerk No2 100% Merino (300 m / 328 yards in 100 g) for the woman’s version and DLana* Madrilana DK (235 m / 257 yards in 100 g) for the man’s version. Please take into account that although the Rauwerk yarn is classified as sport weight, it knits closer to a DK weight.

Main colour (MC): shown in the Quarz colourway (pale grey) in the woman’s version and 15 Azul Firmamento (dark blue) in the man’s version.
• metres: 825 (850, 875, 975) (1100, 1150, 1210) (1300, 1400) / 1000 (1075, 1150, 1200) 1265 (1340, 1430, 1500) m.
• yards: 902 (930, 957, 1066) (1203, 1258, 1323) (1422, 1531) / 1094 (1176, 1258, 1312) 1383 (465, 1564, 1640) yards.

Contrasting colour 1 (CC1): shown in the Alpen- Klee colourway (pink) in the woman’s version and 13 Verde Laguna (green) in the man’s version.
• metres: 40 (50, 55, 65) (75, 85, 90) (100, 105) / 55 (65, 70, 80) 90 (100, 110, 115) m
• yards: 44 (55, 60, 71) (82, 93, 98) (109, 115) / 60 (71, 77, 87) 98 (109, 120, 126) yards.

Contrasting colour 2 (CC2): shown in the Alpen- Aurikel colourway (yellow) in the woman’s version and 08 Humus (brown) in the man’s version.
• metres: 45 (55, 60, 65) (75, 85, 100) (105, 110) / 60 (70, 80, 90) 100 (110, 115, 125) m.
• yards: 49 (60, 66, 71) (82, 93, 109) (115, 120) / 66 (77, 87, 98) 109 (120, 126, 137) yards.

Contrasting colour 3 (CC3): shown in the Graphit colourway (dark grey) in the woman’s version and 09 Gris Natural (light grey) in the man’s version.
• metres: 145 (160, 185, 210) (225, 245, 275) (305, 330) / 170 (195, 210, 250) 275 (300, 325, 350) m.
• yards: 159 (175, 202, 230) (246, 268, 301) (334, 361) / 186 (213, 230, 273) 301 (328, 355, 383) yards.

SIZES

This pattern has 9 women sizes (W) and 8 men sizes (M) and they appear in this order:
W1 (W2, W3, W4) (W5, W6, W7) (W8, W9) / M1 (M2, M3, M4) M5 (M6, M7, M8)

MEASUREMENTS

Finished circumference at bust:

Women:
80 (90, 100, 112) (122, 132, 140) (152, 162) cm
31.5 (35.5, 39.25, 44) (48, 52, 55) (59.75, 63.75) in.

Men:
100 (108, 118, 130) 140 (150, 160, 170) cm
39.25 (42.5, 46.5, 51.25) 55 (59, 63, 67) in.

Ease: + 5-10 cm // 2-4 inches

GAUGE

20 stitches and 28 rounds in 10 cm // 4 inches with the larger needles in stockinette stitch, after blocking.

How to buy the pattern

Add one or more patterns to your shopping basket, then click on the basket to go through to the checkout page and make your payment. You can pay with any debit or credit card. The price will be converted to your currency. A few minutes later you will receive an email confirming the purchase and you will be able to download your pattern as a PDF. Patterns are available in English and Spanish. I'm afraid at this time, it's not possible to add the pattern to your Ravelry library, so please make sure you keep your pattern or the original purchase email in a safe place.

If you'd prefer to buy the pattern on Ravelry, follow this link: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fitu