Gavotte sweater

The Gavotte sweater is a bottom-up sweater, with raglan construction. It is knitted entirely in lace and cables on the body, as well as on the sleeves.

It's a complex-looking sweater, but the modern shape makes it easy to wear every day.

This pattern requires an advanced level of knitting.

Sizes:
91, 101 (111, 121, 131) 141, 151 cm finished garment circumference
Recommended ease of 10 to 20 cm.

Wool :
Lolilafée mohair silk “Fig” - held in double
or any other thread allowing you to obtain the correct sample.

You will need the following footage:
1780, 1890 (2365, 2485, 2725) 3045, 3375 meters of mohair and silk type thread (210m/25g)

Either
9, 9 (11, 12, 13) 14, 16 balls of Mohair Silk Lolilafée

Sample
20 stitches over 30 rows = 10cm (washed and blocked)
in stockinette stitch, flat, with 4 mm needles

Needles
4 mm needles for the body of the sweater
3.75 mm needles for ribbing
Or to adapt according to your sample

Small equipment

• 1 start of row marker ring (Md)
• 1 side marker ring (Mc)
• 32 marker rings
• Upholstery needle
• Blocking material
• Elastic “thread” (thickness 1mm)

Techniques​

• Jersey
• ribs 1/1
• decreases: 2 sts tog, 2 sts tog, GGT, GGT purl, single overlock, double overlock
• long-tail cast on
• GSR (German shortened ranks)
• knitting in the round
• twists
• thrown away

All specific techniques are accompanied by video tutorials to help you create the model.

Difficulty
The difficulty of this pattern has been rated at 5/5, corresponding to an “expert” level of knitting.

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