Blizzard

Designed with the beginning colorwork knitter in mind, Blizzard features bands of simple, easily memorized motifs gradually growing and gaining in impact. Each round only requires you to remember only a short repeat and the floats are no longer than three stitches. This makes the colorwork very simple and easy to work. The increases are a simple repeat and are worked in the plain bands of main color that separate the motifs, which makes the yoke even easier to work. If you have yet to become a skilled colorwork knitter and want to make a gorgeous colorwork sweater, this is the pattern for you. More experienced colorwork knitters will enjoy the peacefulness of this knit.

Want to learn how to knit colorwork, I've recorded an in-depth video tutorial. You can find it here.

Need help picking out what colors to use? Check out my blogpost on choosing colors for colorwork knitting. Find it here.

SIZES

(33.5, 35.75, 38, 40.5, 42.75, 45.75) (48, 50.25, 52.5, 54.75, 58, 61.75)

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

Chest circumference: (33.5, 35.75, 38, 40.5, 42.75, 45.75) (48, 50.25, 52.5, 54.75, 58, 61.75) inches / (84, 89.5, 95, 101, 107, 114.5) (120, 125.5, 131.5, 137, 145, 154.5) cm

To be worn with 2 – 6 inches / 5 – 12.5 cm positive ease.

YARN

Note: Better Breakfast DK comes in two different sized skeins. One is 150 yards / 137 meters. The other is 300 yards / 274 meters. Skein amounts are for the 150 yards / 137 meters sized (2 oz) skeins.

(5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8) (8, 9, 9, 10, 10, 11) skeins Bare Naked Wools Better Breakfast DK in MC (Poppy Seed), (1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2) (2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2) skeins Bare Naked Wools Better Breakfast DK in CC (Sugarfrost).

Or (750, 832, 887, 966, 1039, 1115) (1196, 1272, 1338, 1417, 1500, 1582) yards / (686, 760, 811, 883, 950, 1019) (1093, 1163, 1223, 1295, 1371, 1556) meters MC,

(142, 155, 162, 175, 187, 200) (213, 226, 233, 246, 259, 272) yards / (130, 142, 148, 160, 171, 183) (195, 207, 213, 225, 237, 249) meters CC DK weight yarn.

NEEDLES

One 32 inch (80 cm) US size 6 (4 mm) (or size needed to obtain gauge), and one 32 inch (80 cm) US size 4 (3.5 mm) (or two whole sizes smaller than gauge needle) circular knitting needles.

NOTIONS

One stitch marker, waste yarn, and a tapestry needle.

GAUGE

21 stitches and 32 RNDS = 4 inches / 10 cm in stockinette on US size 6 (4 mm) needles.

SKILL LEVEL & SKILLS REQ’D

Easy

Working two color colorwork knitting, reading a chart, working in the round, increasing (m1L), decreasing (k2tog, ssk).