Woman seated on bed wearing a checkered pullover in purple and grey.

Side view of person in a checkered pullover created using the intarsia technique. Set-in sleeve, shoulder and neckline can be seen.

Lower torso shot with one arm held on front of body and the other bent up out of frame. Stitch detail of checked pattern can be see with marled and solid-coloured squares of intarsia blocks.

Side view of woman, slightly angled towards camera and with arm touching hem at side, showing sweater side seam, straight shaping and garter stitch edgings.

Side view of woman seated on bed and leaning back on arm. Her sweater has a buffalo plaid checked pattern created by changing colours.

Front torso view of sweater with arms bent and held in front, showing the checked stitch pattern.

Back view of sweater with wide neckline, straight sides and length is just below high hip.

Detail shot of set-in sleeve with checked stripes matching up. Yarn is tweedy and there's a fuzzy halo from carrying a strand of mohair along with the main yarn.

Line drawing schematic of sweater pattern with detailed measurements in both inches and cm.

Double Checker Pullover

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The bold checkered fabric in this statement pullover comes from a double blend—not only are weaving and knitting techniques combined, it’s holding two yarns together that creates the colour effect. A fingering weight tweed yarn is worked in wide intarsia vertical stripes, while at the same time a strand of mohair is worked in horizontal stripes which lends coziness as well as clever colour variation.

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Size Inclusive

Size inclusive up to a 68.25” / 173.5 cm finished chest measurement.

Construction

The silhouette is boxy without being sloppy with neat set-in sleeves and Garter Stitch edgings. Construction is flat and in pieces: the front and back are worked bottom up and seamed, then sleeves are worked top-down to ensure the best match to the body stripes. Short rows at the shoulders make a neat finish. The colourwork pattern is both written and charted.

What's Included

This knitting pattern includes written directions, chart and written instructions for intarsia pattern, front and back images, and schematic with measurements.

Sizes + Finished Measurements

Finished chest circumference: 35 ¼ (38, 40 ½, 43 ¾)(48, 52 ¼, 56 ½)(59 ¾, 64, 68 ¼)” / 89.5 (96.5, 103, 111)(122, 132.5, 143.5)(152, 162.5, 173.5) cm.
Back length: 22 (23, 23, 23 ½)(24, 24, 24 ½)(25, 25 ½, 26)” / 56 (58.5, 58.5, 59.5)(61, 61, 62)(63.5, 65, 66) cm.
Upper arm circumference: 11 ¾ (12 ¾, 13 ½, 14 ¾)(16, 17 ¼, 18 ½)(19 ¼, 19 ¼, 19 ¼)” / 30 (32.5, 34.5, 37.5)(40.5, 44, 47)(49, 49, 49) cm.
Designed to be worn with 2 ¾ to 3 ¼” (7 to 8 cm) positive ease in the chest; sample is 38″ (96.5 cm); model is 32″(81.5 cm) chest.

Yarn

Laceweight plus fingering weight yarn held together for an overall sport weight;
480 (520, 560, 615, 680, 720, 780, 825, 875, 920) yd / 435 (480, 515, 560, 620, 655, 715, 755, 800, 840) m each in two colours of lace weight mohair;
535 (585, 625, 685, 760, 805, 870, 920, 980, 1030) yd / 490 (535, 575, 630, 695, 735, 795, 845, 895, 940) m each in two colours of fingering weight.

Shown in:
Knit Picks Aloft Super Kid Mohair (72% Super Kid Mohair, 28% Silk; 260 yards/25g) in Eggplant and White.
Knit Picks Stroll Tweed Sock (65% Superwash Merino Wool, 25% Nylon, 10% Donegal; 231 yards/50g) in Down Heather and Indigo Heather.

Substitution Notes

Choose a fingering weight or sock yarn that knits up to 7-8 sts/inch (2.5 cm) on 2.25-3.25 mm (US 1-3) needles in a wool or wool blend paired with a laceweight mohair or mohair blend. If mohair is a problem, you could substitute with a sport weight yarn in four colours to create the gingham effect. Of course when substituting, you always want to swatch for gauge and to see if you like the hand of the resulting fabric you create.

I recommend a light and dark of each of the two yarns (fingering and mohair).

#ProKnitTip :: Trying to choose colours? My quick and dirty way to see what colour combinations might look good when knitting together a strand of mohair with a strand of sock weight yarn is to wrap them together around a piece of cardboard. I was able to make so many colour combinations in no time at all this way. It helped me narrow down the results before I knit a swatch with several combos.

Gauge

19 sts and 30 rows = 4″ (10 cm) in Stockinette Stitch on larger needles, holding one strand Stroll Tweed and one strand Aloft together, blocked.

Needles + Notions

4 mm (US 6) straight or 24″ or longer Circular Needles;
3.5 mm (US 4) straight or 24″ or longer Circular Needles;
3.5 mm (US 4) 16″ Circular Needles;
2 Locking Stitch Markers;
Stitch Marker;
Stitch Holder or Scrap Yarn;
Yarn Needle.

Skills

Increases/decreases, German short rows, three needle bind off, bias bind off (explained), intarsia, holding two strands of yarn together, basic set-in sleeve sweater construction, seaming, worked flat, bottom up, top down sleeves, picking up stitches.