Tropézienne sweater

Note: You can purchase bead kits for knitting Tropézienne here: https://www.lolilafee.com/categorie-produit/perles/

The Tropézienne sweater is a top-down knitted sweater, with Yoke construction. It has a fairly open neckline, and left raw in order to let the pattern take center stage without visually weighing down the whole thing. The pattern consists of small and large beads, inserted during knitting. Tropézienne is a delicate and easy-to-wear sweater.

Don’t hesitate to play with the sizes and colors of the beads to make this model your own!

Sizes:
80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145, 150 cm finished garment circumference
Recommended ease of 5 to 10 cm.

Wool :
Lolilafée fingering merino and silk mohair in “Night” color, held together

You will need the following footage:
830, 855, 910 (970, 1025, 1065) 1120, 1165, 1210 1280, 1335, 1390 1475, 1560, 1630 meters of fingering wool
and 750, 775, 825 (875, 925, 960) 1010, 1050, 1090 1160, 1210, 1260 1335, 1410, 1480 meters of mohair/silk

either
5, 5, 5 (6, 6, 6) 7, 7, 7 7, 8, 8 8, 9, 9 balls of Merino fingering and
5, 5, 5 (5, 6, 6) 6, 6, 7 7, 7, 8 8, 8, 9 of Mohair Silk Lolilafée

Sample
20 stitches over 28 rows = 10cm (washed and blocked)
in stockinette stitch, flat, with 4.5 mm needles

Needles
4.5 mm needles for the entire work
Or to adapt according to your sample

Small equipment

• 100 small diameter beads
• 50 large diameter beads
• “Big eye” needle
• 1 start of row marker ring
• Cables or leftover wool to put the stitches on hold
• Upholstery needle
• Blocking material

Techniques

• Jersey
• 1/1 twisted ribs
• decreases: 2m tog, GGT
• long-tail cast on
• GSR (German shortened ranks)
• knitting in the round

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

Difficulty
The difficulty of this pattern was rated at 3/5, corresponding to an “intermediate” level of knitting.
The main difficulty is reading the bead placement diagram.

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The pattern is on sale in PDF format. Once your purchase has been validated, you will receive an email allowing you to download the file.