With a strand of fingering held together with a strand of lace throughout the pattern, Halfway is a boxy two-tone top that changes colors at the approximate midway point of the sweater by simply switching out the color for the lace. In the sample the same colorways are held together for the bottom color section, while a different lace colorway is used for the top for a marled effect.

The design is divided vertically as well, with a front lace panel that is worked with the intarsia technique back and forth in the round. It is not as contradictory as it seems! The garment is worked back and forth to the left side, where the work is turned and German short rows are used to form a side seam. Thus, Halfway is entirely seamless. It is constructed from the bottom up, and once the underarm section is reached, the top front and back are worked flat separately, and you can choose either a visible or invisible three-needle bind-off for the shoulders. There are options for three-quarter sleeves or long sleeves, which are worked in the round.

Designer’s sample was knit out of… Foxy Lady (Nammoo) Mighty Mo (Dumplin, Nammoo)

The Farmer's Daughter Fibers sample was knit out of… Foxy Lady (Gary Cooper) Mighty Mo (Gary Cooper and Horsebelly)

Recommended Needle Size: 

US 5 - 3.75 mm

US 6 - 4.0 mm

Yarns we recommend using are: Foxy Lady, Mighty Mo

Tips: Check out these tutorials on techniques used in this pattern.

• German Short Rows 

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