Berroco Esmeray PDF

Berroco Esmeray is a stunning, starlight-inspired sweater that shines with a stranded colorwork yoke and two-color corrugated ribbing. This seamless top-down pullover has round yoke shaping with short rows at the back neck for a great fit, long sleeves, and an easy fit through the body. Lightweight Berroco Vento blends baby alpaca, acrylic, and wool into a yarn with a soft halo and beautiful depth to the colors with the unique way each fiber takes the dye. Graceful and elegant, Esmeray is an outfit making sweater that will easily dress up to the nines while still feeling like a cozy sweatshirt. Choose your colors and get started on your go-to occasion sweater with Esmeray! Stranded colorwork is charted only.

Skill Level: Intermediate
Finished Measurements: designed to fit with 2–4” positive ease. Sample shown in size 40”
    Chest – (35¾, 40, 44¼) [48¾, 53, 57½, 61¾] {66¼, 70½, 75}"
    Length – (21, 21½, 21¾) [22, 22, 22½, 23] {23, 23½, 24}"
Yarn Requirements: Berroco Vento (50% Baby Alpaca/ 40% Acrylic/ 10% Wool; 50g/219yds)
    Main Color – (6, 6, 7) [7, 8, 8, 9] {10, 10, 11} balls, shown in #5661 Trade
    Contrasting Color – (1, 1, 1) [1, 1, 2, 2] {2, 2, 2}ball(s), shown in #5604 Bise
Needles:
    US 5 (3.75mm) 16” and 32” circular and DPNs
    US 7 (4.50mm) 16” and 32” circular and DPNs
Gauge:
    22 sts and 28 rows = 4” in stockinette stitch with US 7 (4.50mm) needles, blocked
    22 sts and 25 rows = 4” in stranded colorwork pattern with US 7 (4.50mm) needles, blocked