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Here they are! All three designs from this year’s Warm & Woolly collection. The collection goes live next week, so it’s time to cake your yarn and sharpen your needles!

This year’s collection includes three beautiful wardrobe staples, all with a bit of simple lace. Knitted with fingering and sport weight yarns from Malabrigo, they’re great for layering and keeping you warm & woolly year-round. The three patterns are Sweater Weather sweater, Common Ground hat and Touchstone shawl.

We had a photo shoot for these knits earlier this week. I’m not used to being in front of the camera, and somehow it always ends up with me goofing around and being silly. But we did also get lots of photos worth showing. I’ll share pics of me wearing this trio soon!

The focal point of Sweater Weather is the beautiful lace panel on the front. I knitted this top-down raglan sweater with sport weight Malabrigo Arroyo in Pearl. You can read (and see) more about the sweater here. I really love both the yarn and the colour. I’ve shared my progress here on the blog and on Instagram, so I’m sure by now you know I’m absolutely in love with my new sweater. Hope you like it, too!

The hat, Common Ground, has the same beautiful lace panel as the sweater. And I knitted it with the same yarn, too, so they’re matchy-matchy. Common Ground comes in three adult sizes, so there’s bound to be one that’ll be just right for you. Half a skein of Arroyo is enough and if you want to substitute with another yarn, you’ll need about 153 m / 167 yds of similar sport weight yarn.

The Touchstone shawl is knitted with two colours of fingering weight yarn. I used Malabrigo Mechita in colours Polar Morn and Sand Bank. This shawl is an asymmetric triangle knitted from one corner to the opposite side. The relaxing garter stitch is decorated with wavy lace stripes and the shawl is finished off with a large block of that same beautiful lace pattern. You’ll need one skein of each colour or about 346 m / 378 yds of fingering weight yarn in C1 and 307 m / 336 yds in C2.

All three patterns will be available on Ravelry next week. You can purchase them individually, or, if you love them all, you can save by purchasing the entire collection. Sign up to Woolenberry e-letter and I’ll email you as soon as Warm & Woolly 2018 goes live!

I’m beyond excited that my Warm & Woolly sweater is finished and I can finally wear it! After all the trial and error, the sweater is now exactly how I wanted it. A classic wardrobe staple with beautiful details.

This sweater is a seamless top-down raglan with a beautiful lace panel in the front, which you’ll recognise from Lake Song. The great thing about top-down raglans is that you can try them on at any point during the knitting process. And I’ve been doing that a lot, despite some slight mishaps as I’ve shared with you… but all’s good now!

This sweater will be a real staple in my wardrobe. It’s simple and thoroughly enjoyable to knit and I’m looking forward to wearing it everywhere. It looks great with both jeans and skirts.

I wrote the pattern in 12 sizes (yes, 12!), from 32 to 54 inches at the bust, because I wanted it to fit as many body types as possible. The yarn I used is Malabrigo Arroyo in Pearl (100% merino; 305 m / 334 yds per 100 g). The yarn is very smooth and has a lovely sheen. And the Pearl colourway is so gorgeous I can’t get enough of it!

To help you prepare for the pattern release, here’s info on the sizes available and the yardage you’ll need for your Sweater Weather.

Sweater bust circumference: (81, 86, 91, 96) [102, 107, 112, 117] {122, 127, 132, 137} cm / (32, 34, 36, 38) [40, 42, 44, 46] {48, 50, 52, 54} inches.

Measure your own bust circumference (with bra on, if you wear them) and choose a size that’s 5-10 cm / 2-4 inches larger than your actual bust.

Yardage needed: (4, 5, 5, 5) [5, 5, 6, 6] {6, 6, 7, 7} skeins of Malabrigo Arroyo. Or about (1200, 1250, 1330, 140) [1450, 1520, 1600, 1670] {1770, 1840, 1900, 1980} m / (1310, 1370, 1460, 1530) [1590, 1660, 1750, 1830] {1940, 2010, 2080, 2170} yds of similar sport (or maybe even DK) weight yarn.

Gauge: 24 stitches and 37 rows = 10 cm / 4 inches in stockinette stitch knitted in the round, after wet-blocking. I used size 3 mm / US 2.5 needles, but yours is probably different. So don’t skip swatching.

You’ll need needles in various lengths: dpns for the neck band and sleeves, 40-60 cm / 16-24 inch circulars for the yoke, and 80-100 cm / 32-40 inch circulars for the body (depending on your sweater size).

And another set of dpns in one or two sizes smaller for the sleeve cuffs. And another long circular needle in one or two sizes smaller for the hem. I used size 2,5 mm / US 1 for these.

You’ll also need 7 stitch markers (4 markers for raglan, 2 markers for lace, 1 marker for BOR).

The pattern goes live next week! The Warm & Woolly 2018 collection includes this sweater, a matching hat, and a shawl. You can buy each pattern on its own or, if you love them all, you can save by purchasing the entire collection. I’ll share the other two patterns of the collection soon. Sign up to Woolenberry e-letter so you won’t miss it!