Hello, my beautiful fiber friend! Today, I have a gorgeous, knitted sweater to share with you, and it features a lovely gradient fade and the option to mix and match yarn charts and colors! I think you’re going to love this stunning design! Keep reading to learn all about the Kaleidoscope sweater pattern.

Kaleidoscope was designed by Debi Maige. When asked about this sweater pattern, Debi said, “I remember the fun of looking through my first kaleidoscope… the jewel toned colors and the geometric shapes created by each turn of the tube. Such fun! I think this pullover captures that moment perfectly and offers the opportunity to completely customize the colors and the designs by choosing your own sequences and pairings. The garment is worked bottom up using mosaic knitting for the colorwork, which only uses one color at a time, making for easy but effective colorwork.”

This Intermediate to Advanced level pattern is ideal for the adventurous knitter who loves to tackle something a bit more complicated. Skills/concepts include chart reading, mosaic knitting, decreasing, short rows, and garment sizing.

Kaleidoscope comes in sizes XS (S, M, L) (XL, 2XL, 3XL) (4XL, 5XL), which correspond to finished bust measurements of 32 (36, 40, 44) (48, 54, 58) (62, 64)” / 81 (91, 102, 112) (122, 137, 147) (157, 163) cm. Our beautifully shimmering and soft Luster Sport yarn is an ideal choice for this scrumptious sweater. Once you’ve worked with Luster Sport, you’re going to fall head over heels in love with its yummy, squishy goodness! Luster Sport is a blend of 50% Superwash Merino Wool and 50% Lyocell, a plant fiber that provides the glow of silk without the price, and the shine is out-of-this-world stunning!

Our updated sample shown here (dark version) was made with Typewriter Luster Sport as the Main Color and the Chromatic Hues Luster Sport Mini Kit for the Contrasting Colors. The original sample shown here (light version) was made with Vanilla Luster Sport as the Main Color and the Cinque Terre Hues Luster Sport Mini Kit for the Contrasting Colors. Our samples are a size Small and are modeled on a 34” (86 cm) bust with 2” (5 cm) of ease.

You’ll need the following amounts of yarn for the Kaleidoscope pattern:

  • Main Color: 800 (800, 800, 1195) (1195, 1195, 1590) (1590, 1590) yds/732 (732, 732, 1093) (1093, 1093, 1454) (1454, 1454) m.
  • Contrast Colors: 198 yds (181 m) each of 7–12 mini skeins from kit (1 kit needed for all sizes).

If you wish to make the torso longer, you will need additional yardage.

We made a video tutorial showing how to switch from knitting mosaic in the round to working it flat. Take a look!

 

The pattern contains written and charted instructions, and you will need to be able to read a chart to knit this sweater.

 

Download Kaleidoscope today! I hope you LOVE it! Let me know in the comments below what colors you’ll use to knit your new sweater.

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Talk to ya soon.

XOXOXO  Chandi