Lento sweater by Jonna Hietala from Issue 11 Marjoram, Laine Magazine has turned into a favorite of many knitter and we are no exception. Tiina has already made two. Piia knit her first one last summer and just got yarn for another. Milja just made her swatch for the sweater and is now rapidly knitting it. Besides our staff, we know that many of you fell in love with this it’s lightweight and simple design. 

Tiina knit her first Lento last summer from Tukuwool Fingering and Röyhetyinen, which is a hand dyed silk mohair from Finnish dyer Louhittaren Luola. It’s been in constant use and even slept in! After all, why would you want to take off your favorite sweater?!

Photo Jonna Hietala.

For the second so-called Summer Lento Tiina chose Sandnes Garn Sunday and Tynn Silk Mohair in the new colorway Lime 9825, both in the same shades. Tiina made size 4 and used 3 skeins of Sunday and 4 skeins of Tynn Silk Mohair. She didn’t alter the pattern in any way. Just like the first Lento, this is also light as a feather!

Piia made her first Lento from Walk Collection’s Pure Sock and Ito’s Sensai. Her second Lento will be from Sunday and Tynn Silk Mohair in the colorway light Sienna 4025.

Milja is knitting hers from Tukuwool Fingering in the colorway Rae and Röyhetyinen in the colorway Malva. This gives a marbled effect to the finished sweater. 

Here are a few other excellent yarn choices! Any Fingering weight yarn combined with silk-mohair works beautifully for this sweater. You can also knit the entire sweater from Wool, like Gilliatt. Of course the end result might look a bit different, but it still works beautifully! 

Wool:

Uschitita Merino Singles or Uschitita Yak Singles

or:

Filcolana Arwetta Classic, Filcolana Saga, Sandnes Garn Tynn Line (linen blend yarn, excellent choice to go with silk-mohair!).

and

Louhittaren Luola hand-dyed  Röyhetyinen, Isager Silk Mohair, Ito Sensai, Filcolana Tilia, Sandnes Garn Tynn Silk Mohair.

Materials

2 (2, 3, 3, 3) (3, 3, 4, 4) skeins of Merino Singles by La Bien Aimée (100% merino, 400 yds / 366 m/100 g) 

and 

3 (3, 3, 3, 4) (4, 4, 4, 5) skeins of Kumo by La Bien Aimée (74% suri alpaca, 26% silk,

328 yds / 300 m/50 g).

Or 643 (732, 779, 835, 893) (976, 1064, 1116, 1192) m of fingering weight yarn. 

And 

670 (762, 811, 869, 929) (1016, 1107, 1162, 1240) m of lace weight yarn.

Needles

4 mm circular needles for ribbing, 6 mm circular needles for Stockinette Stitch.

Gauge

15 sts x 21 rows to 4” / 10 cm on 6 mm needles in stockinette, after blocking.