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​This pattern was​ designed exclusively for the Nature's Luxury Gourmet Knitting Resort in October 2023.
You can find already prepared kits in the original yarn for this project - in all sizes and various colours - by clicking here.

Tone-in-tone ruffled stripes and eye-catching sleeves: The Affogato al caffè pullover is the elegant response to comfortable sweater wear. This seamless design has a cozy, oversized fit while still looking elegant and feminine. The pullover features a top-down, modified dropped-shoulder construction conceived by the designer.
The pattern provides extensive information and tips on how to modify the yoke, the body or sleeves - and how to proceed if you want to adjust the instructions without changing the overall style of the garment​

​This oversized and comfy Pullover provides a stunning textured effect without the use of any complicated technique. Different yarn weights of the same base and colour are knitted in stripes and only increases and decreases are used to produce the eye-catching effect of the textured stripes’ ruffled look.
The starting point for this design was a focus on the delicate difference in shine and the slight colour change that the same yarn-base can have when spun into a different weight - this different look and feel is noticeable in the textured stripes of this project. 
The construction is kept minimal with a modified dropped shoulder - to avoid the bulky underarms that sometimes occur with this construction - and wide sleeves that grow out of a short-row section and kept to a 3/4 length. Finally, a few decreases just above the hem create an elegant blouse shape after the boxy body. 
All techniques and methods are either explained in the pattern itself with attached photo tutorials, or links are provided that point to web-tutorials.

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​Sizing (to fit bust size): 
XS (31 inches or 78,5 cm bust),
S (34 inches or 86 cm), 
M (37 inches or 94cm),
L (40 inches or 101,5 cm), 
XL (43 inches or 109 cm),
2XL (46 inches or 116 cm),
3XL (49 inches or 124,5 cm),
4XL (52 inches or 132 cm).
Shown a size S with approx.. 30 cm / 11½"  positive ease at bust.
All measurements of the garment itself can be found in the pattern.

Yarn:
NATURE'S LUXURY - ON STAGE (50% Wool, 30% Silk, 20% Camel) 
★3,3,3 • 3,3,3 • 4,4 skeins (MC thick*¹ On Stage Short Stories colourway Big Blonde) or approx. 464,497,531 • 573,600,633 • 668,702 yards or 424,454,486 • 524,549,579 • 611,642 metres.                                                                     
★1,1,1•1,2,2 • 2,2 skeins (CC thick*¹ On Stage Short Stories colourway The Laughing Hippopotamus) or approx. 194,202,202 • 202,227,227 • 237,246 yards or 177,185,185 • 185,208,208 • 217,225 metres.
...or any other similar DK weight yarn (at 219 yards or 200m / 100 grams) which gives you the proper gauge.
★2 skeins (MC thin*¹ On Stage Long Métrage colourway Les châteaux de sable) or approx. 454,487,522 • 561,588,621 • 655,688 yards or 415,445,477 • 513,538,568 • 599,629 metres.
★1 skein (CC thin*¹ On Stage Long Métrage colourway EO) or approx. 172,179,179 • 179,202,202 • 210,218 yards or 157,164,164 • 164,185,185 • 192,199 metres.
...or any other similar fingering weight yarn (at 437 yards or 400m / 100 grams) which gives you the proper gauge.
*¹If you substitute yarn or colour choose 2 weights (DK and fingering) in the same colourway according to the yardage listed above. Note that the colourway names for the sample are different but they are indeed the same colours.

Please keep in mind that yardage is an estimate

Gauge
20.5 sts and 28 rows*² in 10 cm/4" in Stocking stitch on 4mm/US6 needles with THICK (DK) yarn.
32 sts and 34 rows*² in 10 cm/4" in Stocking stitch on 3.5mm/US4 needles with THIN (fingering) yarn.
23 sts and 36 rows*² in 10 cm/4" in 1x1 ribbing (slightly stretched) on 3mm/US2½ needles with THICK (DK) yarn.
All measured after light blocking.

Needles (at least 80 cm/31" long)
​Three 4mm/US6 circular needles.
Two 3.5mm/US4 circular needles.
3mm/US2½ circular needles.
Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

OtherTapestry needle, stitch markers (4)+(2), stitch holders or 
smooth scrap yarn to put sts on hold. 
Crochet hook of 3mm for BO for hem and cuffs

Skill Level 
Intermediate to Advanced