This knitting pattern is a downloadable PDF that guides you to knit a seamless top-down sweater with a circular yoke, featuring bands of stranded colorwork in a leaf pattern across the yoke, body and sleeves. The pattern includes with inclusive sizing, color options and clear instructions for every step.

The Leafy Lane Sweater is a DK-weight, top-down pullover, worked seamlessly with bands of leafy stranded colorwork encircling the yoke, body, and sleeves. The leaves appear at regular intervals, separated by wide stretches of the main color, creating a chic sweater that is both fun and easy to knit, yet simple and comfortable to wear. A neat double collar and split hems add structure and comfort. Available in ten inclusive sizes from 37.75 to 68.25 inches at the bust, and designed to be worn with 3–8 inches of ease, the Leafy Lane Sweater is the perfect blend of relaxed coziness and pretty colorwork.

Sizing
Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7) (8, 9, 10)

Sweater measurement at bust:
37.75 (40.75, 43.75, 46.5) (49.5, 53.75, 56.75) (61, 64, 68.25) in
96 (104, 111, 118) (126, 137, 144) (155, 163, 173) cm.

To be worn with 3 to 8 inches (7.5 to 20 cm) of positive ease (choose a size slightly larger than your bust circumference).

Gauge
22 sts x 28 rnds = 4” (10 cm) in stranded colorwork and stockinette stitch worked in the round, after blocking.

Yarn and yardage
✦ Get your mini skein kit and main color yarn from Miss Babs Yarns. ✦

DK weight yarn: 1 MC and 1 to 4 contrasting colors

MC: 992 (1047, 1122, 1177) (1284, 1397, 1460) (1787, 1859, 1987) yds / 907 (957, 1026, 1076) (1174, 1277, 1335) (1634, 1700, 1817) m

CC1: 78 (82, 89, 93) (100, 110, 116) (126, 132, 142) yds / 71 (75, 81, 85) (91, 101, 106) (115, 121, 130) m

CC2: 92 (97, 105, 110) (118, 129, 137) (149, 156, 168) yds / 84 (89, 96, 101) (108, 118, 125) (136, 143, 154) m

CC3: 67 (72, 77, 81) (87, 95, 101) (109, 115, 123) yds / 61 (66, 70, 74) (80, 87, 92) (100, 105, 112) m

CC4: 80 (85, 91, 96) (102, 113, 119) (129, 135, 146) yds / 73 (78, 83, 88) (93, 103, 109) (118, 123, 134) m

Shown in Miss Babs Yowza and Yowza Mini.
Colorways: MC: Blackbird; CC1: Plover; CC2: Mountain Meadow; CC3: Softly; CC4: Radiant Cloudscape.

About the colors
While the pattern is written for four contrasting colors, it can easily be adapted to any number of contrasting colors (make sure to plan your yardage accordingly). You can:

• Work all the bands in a single color
• Work all the bands with the same two colors
• Work in pattern, using two colors per band and alternating between two color arrangements
• Make it a stashbusting project and knit each band in two different colors!

Difficulty level: intermediate knitter
Stranded colorwork (2 colors on each round), working in the round, reading a colorwork chart, basic stitches, increases and decreases.

Special techniques (step-by-step instructions or tutorials included)
Crochet Provisional Cast-On (optional)
German Short Rows
Kitchener Bind Off

Included in the pattern
Charts
Schematic with detailed measurements

This design was created in collaboration with Miss Babs Yarns ♥