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Bertes Sweater is a timeless Nordic sweater featuring a clean geometric colourwork pattern. Its understated design makes it equally suitable for everyday wear, weekends at the cabin, coastal walks or mountain adventures. The pattern works well for both women and men and can easily be personalised with your own colour combinations.
The sweater is knitted from the bottom up with raglan shaping using Viking Alpaca Storm. The colourwork is straightforward to follow, making this pattern ideal for knitters with some experience of stranded knitting. The pattern includes eight sizes from XS to 4XL.
The pattern is available in Norwegian, English, Danish, Swedish and German.
Sizes
XS (S) M (L) XL (2XL) 3XL (4XL)
Measurements of the garment
Overall width: 87 (93) 100 (107) 113 (120) 127 (134) cm
Total length: 57 (59) 62 (64) 65 (67) 69 (71) cm
Sleeve length: 43 (44) 46 (47) 48 (48) 49 (49) cm
Neck circumference: 47 (47) 47 (47) 49 (49) 51 (51) cm
Knitting tension
21 x 27 rows stocking stitch on 4 mm needles = 10 x 10 cm
Sticks
Double pointed needles and circular needle (40 cm) no. 3 and circular needle no. 4 (40 and 80 cm)
Yarn and yarn quantity
Viking Alpaca Storm, 40% superfine alpaca, 40% merino wool and 20% nylon fiber, running length per skein 50 g = 133 m
Color 502 Natural, 350 (400) 400 (450) 450 (500) 500 (550) g
Color 527 Jeans Blue, 100 g