Ranunculus

The Ranunculus pattern by Midori Hirose is quite simply beautiful. It's a little lacy, quite a bit loose, and a very joyful knit project to make. As someone who doesn't often knit with small yarn, I love that this pattern gives me a chance to use lace or fingering weight yarn but still use bigger size US 10 needles. The pattern is written for a wide range of sizes, long or short sleeves, and looks amazing in lots of different yarns. This is a pattern that one could easily make many times over resulting in totally different sweaters. We made the short sleeve, flutter sleeve, and 3/4 sleeve versions using different yarns. They are all incredible!

Materials Required

• Lace or fingering yarn depending on how transparent you want it (436 yards short sleeve, 613 yards long sleeve)
  shown in Pebble, Silk Cloud held together with Pebble, and Tosh Merino Light
• US 10 (6 mm) circular knitting needles
• US 8 (5 mm) circular knitting needles - for finishing long sleeve version only
• Different colored stitch markers
• Tapestry needle
• Small crochet hook - for finishing smaller neckline only
  
• Ranunculus pattern by Midori Hirose (Ravelry download)