Humulus Sweater by Isabell Kraemer Kit

PLEASE NOTE: The kit is available in 2 fixed colourways OR with your own choice of colours. If you wish to choose your colours, please check stock availability on the Snaeldan 3 Ply Natural Shades and/or Colours product pages and then indicate your choice in the "Special Instructions" field on the shopping cart page before checking out. 
 

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE CANNOT ACCEPT PREORDERS FOR COLOURS WHICH ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN STOCK.  SNAELDAN 3-PLY IS RESTOCKED EVERY MONTH. 

Humulus is a collaboration between the designer Isabell Kraemer and Laine des Iles. Humulus (the botanical name for hops) is a lovely sweater that celebrates the elegant hop flower, its flavours and its decorative qualities. The plant is described variously as zesty, piney, earthy and floral. This sweater encompasses all of these with its delicate colourwork pattern knitted in a warm and slightly rustic yarn. It is like being wrapped in a hug.

This round yoke sweater is worked seamlessly from the top down. After the neck is done, short-rows are worked back and forth to create a higher back neck. Then the pretty colourwork yoke is worked top down to sleeve separation. Some final short-rows are worked to finish the yoke shaping before placing the sleeve sts on hold. The body is worked first in rounds down to the hem. Then sleeve sts are picked up again to work the sleeves in the round top down to the cuffs.

YARN AND COLOURS
Snaeldan 3-ply natural shades 260m / 100gm
Snaeldan 3-ply colours 130m / 50gm

4 (4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6) skeins in main colour (natural)
1 (1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2) skeins in coloured contrast, or 1 skein in natural contrast

Shown here in:
Photos 1 & 3: MC Light Grey 3 with CC Golden Yellow 10
Photo 2: MC Silver Grey 2 with CC Midnight Blue 49

NEEDLES 
3.75 mm circular needle and DPNs (or short circular needle) for neck and ribbings. 
4mm circular needle and DPNs (or short circular needle) for body and sleeves.

GAUGE 
20 sts x 28 rows = 10 x 10 cm in stocking stitch on 4mm needle after blocking. Due to variance between knitters, colourwork should be swatched to determine whether to go up or down a needle size to keep gauge constant.

SIZES 
XS (S, M1, M2, L, XL, XXL) 
Finished bust circumference: 
37.25 (40.5, 42, 45.25, 48, 52, 56)” 
93 (101, 105, 113, 120, 130, 140) cm 
Shown here: Size S worn with 6” (15cm) of positive ease at bust.

MATERIALS 
Stitch holders or waste yarn; stitch markers; tapestry needle; blocking tools.

LANGUAGE: English, French or German - PDF file, to be emailed at time of shipment of your yarn.