Blue Sky Fibers Lake Melissa Sweater is a women’s pulloverknit in Metalico or Alpaca Silk. This magnificent sweater is perfect forpulling on over a pair of jeans or a pleated skirt. Lake Melissa Sweater isknit flat in pieces from the bottom up and then seamed. The ribbed neckline isthen picked up around the neck edging and knit in the round. Blue Sky Fibers hasblended their scrumptiously soft baby alpaca with lustrous mulberry silk tocreate Metalico. The natural shades of alpaca are undyed, and the silk gives asheen reminiscent of precious metal. Blue Sky Fibers Alpaca Silk has a polishedluster, a great hand, and an elegant drape wrapped up in a blend ofnature’s most inspiring fibers-50% alpaca and 50% silk. The colors arespectacular and inspiring. So choose your fiber and get started!
Skill Levels: Intermediate
Sizes: XS (S, M, L, XL) (2XL, 3XL, 4XL) to fit 28-30 (32-34, 36-38,40-40, 44-46) (48-50, 52-54, 56-58)” bust
Finished Measurements:
Bust – 36¼ (40¾, 44½, 49¼, 53) (56¾, 59, 62¾)”
Length – 20 (21, 21, 21, 21½)(21½, 22, 22½)”
Yarn Requirements:
7 (8, 8, 9, 10) (11, 11, 12) hanks Blue Sky Fibers Metalico (50% Baby Alpaca/ 50% MulberrySilk: 50g/147yds) shown in 1612 Platinum
7 (8, 8, 9, 10) (11, 11, 12)hanks Blue Sky Fibers Alpaca Silk (50% Alpaca/ 50% Silk; 50g/146yds) shown 147Crabapple (WEBS do not carry this color)
Needles:
US 4 (3.50mm) 24″ circular
US 7 (4.50mm) 24″ circular
Gauge: 21 sts and 27 rows = 4″ in stockinette stitch on US 7(4.50mm)
