WAFFLE_LOOP_SWEATER_DRESS

WAFFLE_LOOP_SWEATER_DRESS is a chunky sweater with an oversize fit and can be styled as a sweater or worn as a dress. The design is with the waffle pattern, cables and ribbing along the sides. 

The sweater is worked from top to bottom. First stitches are casted on for the neck, which is worked back and forth in the waffle pattern with ribbing on both sides. At the same time, increases are made to shape the upper part of the back. Then stitches are picked up along the shoulder edges. The shoulders are worked back and forth individually. The two shoulders are joined for the front by casting on stitches in the center. The front and back pieces are joined, and the body is then worked in the round in the waffle pattern, with cables and ribbing on the sides. Sleeve stitches are picked up around the armhole and sleeves are worked in the round in the waffle pattern and finished with a ribbing edge and Italian bind off. 

Sizes_
1 (2) 

Measurements_
Circumference_150 (184)
Length_ 76 (81) cm measured from under the neckline on the back.
The sweater is oversized, and you should knit a size where the circumference is 50-70 cm bigger than your own chest circumference.
The sweater shown in the pattern is size 1 with a positive ease of 64 cm. 

Materials_
1 strand Alpaca 3 from Isager 50 g / 125 m
700 (850) g
Together with
1 strand Merilin from Isager 50 g / 208 m
400 (500) g
The sweater shown in the pattern is worked with Alpaca 3 col. E6S and Merilin col. E0.

Recommended needles_
6 mm circular needles (40 and 80 and/or 100 cm)
5.5 mm circular needles (80 or 100 cm) possibly DPNs in the same size, unless using Magic Loop method.
5 mm circular needles (40 cm)
Cable needle

Gauge_
16 stitches x 25 rows in the waffle pattern on 6 mm needles = 10 x 10 cm
Work the waffle pattern (see description) when you make the swatch.