Tiny Checks

Tiny Checks combines one of my favorite classic colorwork motifs with my favorite silhouette, and my favorite type of yarn! The classic 2-color check pattern makes this sweater easy to style and nostalgic to wear. I chose to knit mine in a fractal spun hand-spun yarn which created a subtle color changing effect throughout the sweater.

Construction: Tiny Checks is knit from the bottom up in the round in stranded colorwork. The front and back yokes are knit separately, flat, and feature shoulder shaping and a ribbed boatneck neckline. The yoke halves are seamed at the shoulders. Sleeves are picked up and worked in the round outward from the body.

Finished Dimensions:
Size 1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
36 (40, 44, 48, 52) (56, 60, 64, 68, 72)” / 91.5 (101.5, 112, 122, 132) (142, 152.5, 162.5, 172.5, 183) cm Bust circumference
Designed to fit with 2-4” / 5-10 cm positive ease in bust

Materials:
Sport weight wool yarn (Pictured in 3-ply hand-spun)
MC (multicolored yarn): Approximately 720 (795, 855, 995, 1060) (1200, 1275, 1430, 1500, 1600) yards / 658 (727, 782, 910, 969) (1097, 1166, 1308, 1372, 1463) meters
CC (white): Approximately 510 (625, 670, 785, 830) (945, 1000, 1125, 1180, 1255) yards / 466 (572, 613, 718, 759) (864, 914, 1029, 1079, 1148) meters

Gauge:
24 sts and 27 rows over 4” / 10 cm in stranded 2-color check pattern, worked in the round and blocked

Needles:
Size 3 (3.25 mm) 32-40” / 81.5-101.5 cm circular needles or size needed to obtain gauge, and additional needle of the same size for your preferred method of small circumference knitting (9”/ 23 cm circular, 2-circulars, DPNs or Magic Loop) for the sleeves and cuffs

Notions:
Stitch markers for BOR
• Spare needle or waste yarn/stitch holder
Tapestry needle