Lovestruck by Yigitcan / Pufido

Craft: Knitting

Isn’t love the biggest force in the world? Lovestruck is a pullover design with a boat neck and slits on the sides. It is inspired by love, literally. Constructed with little meshy hearts using Uneek Cotton, perfect for representing the diversity and uniqueness of love.

Materials

4 (4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7) skeins Uneek Cotton , shown in #1089

Sizes

1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) with 31.5 (35, 38.5, 42, 45.5, 49.75, 53.25, 58.5, 62.5, 66.25)” / 80 (89, 97.5, 106.5, 115, 126.5, 135.5, 148.5, 159, 168.5) cm chest circumference with 2-3” / 5-7.5 cm positive ease. Shown “size 3” with 2.5” / 6.5 cm of positive ease

Needle

US 4 / 3.50 mm (straight or circular) in any length to accommodate the stitches; or size needed to obtain gauge

Notions

Tapestry needle

Gauge

18 sts x 22 rows (blocked), 18 sts x 30 rows (unblocked) in Heart stitch = 4” / 10 cm

Skill level

Intermediate

Techniques

Heart stitch, Decreases, I-cord seam

Construction Notes

All pieces are worked flat from the bottom-up, with stitches bound off for the underarm and decreased from the sides in every right-side row, following a raglan line. The front piece is shorter than the back piece to show a little bit of belly. The pieces are joined together with an I-cord seam. Raglan seams start from one raglan, continue along the neck line and finish with the other raglan. Side seams start from the sleeves to the underarm, continuing to the sides and finishing shorter to create slits.