Keeping Time

The Keeping Time Pullover is a top down stranded color work sweater. The sweater is worked in the round with no more than 2 colors at a time.  You can make this sweater with 3 or 4 contrasting colors, either 2 dark and 2 light or 2 dark and 1 light colors of DK weight yarn. The sweater has all over colorwork, but it is a nice pattern for those who are new to stranded color work because it has very short floats, no more than 1 or 2 stitches.  What that means is there is not much risk of your floats becoming too tight and causing your fabric to bunch up.  That sometimes happens when you are new to stranded color work.

Note: The sweater in the picture is a slightly cropped version, and the last repeat was not complete.

Skill Level: Intermediate

Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)

Finished Sizes
Bust: 32 (36, 40, 43.25, 47.25, 50.5, 53.5, 56.75, 60.75, 64, 67.25) in/81.5 (91.5, 101.5, 110, 120, 128.5, 136, 144, 154.5, 162.5, 171) cm

Length: 25 (25, 25, 25, 25.75, 25.75, 25.75, 25.75, 25.75, 25.75, 25.75) in/63.5 (63.5, 63.5, 63.5, 65.5, 65.5, 65.5, 65.5, 65.5, 65.5, 65.5) cm

Gauge: 20 sts & 22 rows = 4 in/10 cm in colorwork pattern.

Materials
2 (2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3) skeins of Knitty McPurly Dubrovnik DK, 100% Superwash Merino, 3.5 oz/100 g, 246 yds/225 m, C1 Fathom.
1 (1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2) skein(s) of Knitty McPurly Dubrovnik DK, 100% Superwash Merino, 3.5 oz/100 g, 246 yds/225 m, C2 Fantine, C3 Morel, C4 Bougie.

C1 yds/m: 256 (288, 320, 346, 389, 416, 440, 467, 500, 527, 553) yds/234 (263, 293, 316, 356, 380, 402, 427, 457, 482, 506) m. 
C2, C3, C4 yds/m: 170 (192, 213, 230, 259, 277, 293, 311, 333, 351, 369) yds/155 (176, 195, 210, 237, 253, 268, 284, 304, 321, 337) m.

Size 6 US/4 mm 16-in/40-cm circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge.
Size 6 US/4 mm 32-in/80-cm circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge.
Size 7 US/4.5 mm 16-in/40-cm circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge.
Size 7 US/4.5 mm double-pointed needles, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Stitch markers
Tapestry needle