Yarnpond
Yarnpond
| Job type | Test knit |
| Description | This design is meant to bring out the best from a VERY variegated yarn, used as CC. So if you have this pretty clown-looking yarn that you don't know what to use for - this is it! The design is a classic top-down yoked sweater; starting from the neck, increasing across the yoke and then separating for sleeves. The body is worked straight and finished with seed stitches. Sleeves are worked in MC and finished with CC seed sts. On my sample I did a bit of colorwork on the sleeves but I didn’t like it so I omitted it in the pattern. I like my sleeves rather short but feel free to make them full length, however the yardage is stated for ½ sleeve. The collar is finished with an I-cord.
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| Tech edited | This pattern has been tech edited. |
| Difficulty | Moderate |
| Due date | 2025-06-12 |
| Craft | Knitting |
| Test secrecy | Postable |
| Pattern access | The pattern for this test will be sent to you by email. This means the designer will have access to your email address for this purpose. By applying for this test, you are allowing Yarnpond to show your email address to this designer for the purposes of sending you the pattern document only. The designer may not add you to their mailing list or send you marketing emails without you providing approval for them to use your address for that purpose. Designers found to be abusing their access to testers emails will be excluded from Yarnpond. |
| Advertiser | Colorway Knits |
| Spots available | 12 |
| Sizes required |
Small
: 1 testers needed
Medium : 2 testers needed Large : 1 testers needed XL : 2 testers needed XXL : 2 testers needed 3XL : 2 testers needed 4XL : 2 testers needed |
| Finished measurements | See table in picture. |
| Gauge | 22 sts x 28 rows in stockinette |
| Charted or written pattern | Both |
| Skills required | Knit/purl in the round, stranded colorwork in the round, lifted increases, picking up stitches, German short-rows, I-cord bind off. |
| Construction type | Top-down in the round. |
| Required or recommended yarn | Non-superwash wool with or without some nylon, DK weight 100 grams = 225 m / 246 yards |
| Yardage | 860-1600 m (77% MC, 23% CC - Clown Color) |
| Tools required | This sweater is knit with 3.5mm/US4 needles, but if your colorwork tends to be tight, switch to 4.0mm/US6 needles for it. You will need circular needles of various lengths from 40cm/16 inches and up. Apart from that; a marker and a wool needle to weave in ends. |
| Ownership of the finished item | The finished item is yours to keep. |
| Requirements from the maker |
Follow the pattern. If you wish to make changes, consult with me first. You can use any colors or yarn you like, as long as it follows gauge. Make sure you register your yardage (each color separately). If you think you may not make it until deadline, contact me in time and we can discuss. Register your test as a project on Ravelry, referring to given test code, as soon as you start your project. Add at least one picture of your finished project when done. After finishing, answer feedback questions here at Yarnpond. Let me know as soon as you have questions or issues (here at Yarnpond or by e-mail). After finishing, send me a picture of a person (you or someone else) wearing the finished sweater that I can use for marketing (Ravelry, Instagram, Bluesky,...) |
| Rewards from the designer |
The designer is offering discounted or free pattern(s) to testers
You will get the final pattern, once it's released, sent through Ravelry. I also offer you one of my other patterns of your choice for free, if test knitting and other post-testing steps above are finished in time (coupon code at Ravelry). |
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