FINISHED! Snøfrost Jumper

Ever knit something so stunning you can’t stop staring at it?

This beautiful jumper is my Snøfrost Jumper by thePetiteKnitter. It features all over colorwork with a full length body, boxy fit and inclusive sizing (even a “men’s” and “women’s” version!)

I don’t talk about this much on my blog (I would like to start more!) but I only choose patterns that me and all my friends can knit together. Which is to say that if a pattern doesn’t go up to 60” full chest measurement (like a knitter with that chest size can knit it, so this wouldn’t include ease) I’m just not interested in knitting it.

This jumper is constructed bottom up, with the sleeves knit separate and joined at the underarm before completing the yoke and bind off. There is a little bit of short row shaping in the back (which I always forget to mention! I know people love short row shaping). DK weight yarn and all over colorwork creates a wonderfully warm and insulated fabric. The body of the sweater is intended to be “full length”, which for me and my usual cropped sweater taste, felt VERY long. There is also no additional shaping, resulting in a cozy oversized feel when knit at the recommended positive ease.

I ordered the yarn that the original sample was knit in from Georgian Bay Fibre Co out of Canada. One interesting thing to note is that the colors on the website listings are rather misleading. I was under the impression I was ordering a beige undertone, barely there pink but clearly received a very peachy bright strawberry milkshake 😂 I am very happy with the color combination I ended up going with, but I would do a little snooping around on Instagram or Ravelry before ordering from their site.

This is the Bayfield Dk, a 100% untreated bluefaced Leicester wool in 252yards/115 gram skeins in the colors Hall’s Quarry Quartz and Brookland’s Wine. The yarn itself is surprisingly toothy from what I expected in the skein and I love the resulting colorwork I got. I chose to inverse the dark and light contrast from the original sample Weichien knit up, and think the result really pops.

One disappointing thing to note, I did not weigh my skeins when I received them and ended up running out of my “wine” color a few rows early in the yoke. Had I been knitting top down, I absolutely would have just shortened the body by about an inch and moved on. I know that the designer has increased the recommended yardage in the pattern, but if you are taking a look at my project page you will find misleading numbers. This also led to a slight “mod” in the last couple of rows. I did my decreases a bit more rapidly (followed the XS decreases for the S) skipped a knit row and cut the ribbing short by about half of an inch. I think this may have caused my neckline to be a bit more open, and I love the resulting look.

Knitting this up was very engaging and fun! Had this not been a test knit I would have probably opted to shorten the body a few inches, but am glad that I have at least one full length sweater in my wardrobe 😂 I knit the size Women’s Small which is a 35 inch full bust for my 33 inch bust and think the sizing was super appropriate and lovely. I don’t usually look forward to knitting anything twice, but I am already excited to make one for Seth! But what colors do I pick? 🥰

cheers! LJ