About the Rainbow Jumper:
The Rainbow Jumper is an oversized, cozy, colourwork jumper. It’s knit top down in the round, with a raglan construction. You start by knitting a folded collar, then knit short rows to raise the back of the neck a bit, before increasing the yoke of the sweater using a raglan sleeve construction. You then split the sleeves and the body, finish knitting the body in the round before picking the sleeves back up again. Each section of the raglan part of the construction has individual charts for your size. There are two options for body length, as well as the option for a regular or a balloon sleeve.
Recommended Yarn:
Pink Sample:
Colour 1 (pink tonal):
Creative Anarchy Yarn Alpaca Cotton Air (300m/100g) in the colour Hot Night Crash.
Colour 2 (light pink variegated):
Creative Anarchy Yarn Alpaca Cotton Air (300m/100g) in the colour Nobody wants to know where you bought your top.
Blue sample:
Colour 1 (blue variegated):
Creative Anarchy Yarn Brown Alpaca Cotton Air (300m/100g) in the colour Queen of the North.
Colour 2 (light blue tonal):
Creative Anarchy Yarn Alpaca Cotton Air (300m/100g) in the colour Witness Me!
Sizes:
1, (2, 3, 4)(5, 6, 7,) 8
Finished Chest Circumference:
90, (103, 116, 129)(141, 153, 165,) 180cm
35.5 (40.25, 45.75, 50.75,)(55.5, 60.25, 65,) 70.75“
Recommended ease is 15-25cm/6-10”, sample is show in a size 3 with a 20cm/8” ease.
Yardage:
C1 Long Version: 582, (672, 782, 918)(1017, 1154, 1268,) 1417m/636, (735, 855, 1004)(1112, 1262, 1387,) 1550
C1 Short Version: 462, (535, 628, 752)(836, 963, 1062,) 1193m/505, (585, 687, 822,)(914, 1053, 1161,) 1305yds
C2 Long Version: 430, (496, 577, 678)(751, 852, 936,) 1046m/470, (542, 631, 741)(821, 932, 1024,) 1144yds
C2 Short Version: 341, (395, 464, 555,)(617, 711, 784,) 881m/373, (432, 507, 607,)(675, 778, 857,) 963yds
Needles:
Main Fabric: 5 mm – 80cm/32” to 120cm/47” circular and 40cm/16” circular for sleeves and beginning of yoke.
Ribbing: 3.5 mm - 40cm/16” circular or longer cable for magic loop for collar and sleeve cuffs, 80cm/32” to 120cm/47” circular for hem.
Collar: 2.5mm - 40cm/16” circular or longer cable for magic loop for collar
Gauge:
17sts and 22rows = 10cm/4” on larger needles, in colourwork in the round.
