Polina by Teti Lutsak

The stunning Polina pullover by Teti Lutsak is an homage to Polina Raiko - In the words of the designer: Polina pullover is inspired by the naive art of Ukrainian self-taught painter, Polina Raiko. Everything in her house — walls, ceilings, doors, and fence — Polina covered in enamel-painted drawings of fantastic birds and flowers, Christian iconography, and the artist’s own interpretations of her dreams and life events. Unfortunately most of her work is lost due to the flooding of the house after the destruction of Kakhovka dam in June 2023. Sadly, the war keeps destroying the cultural heritage of my homeland. So this is my humble love letter to her.

Polina is knit top-down in the round with a large botanical colourwork pattern on the yoke and a smaller one on the body and sleeves. Instructions are included for  three neck options: ruffled mock (as shown in the sample), double folded and a regular crew neck.

Please note: This sweater is designed at a Sport weight gauge with woolen spun fingering weight yarn. Our kits feature Sunday Morning 4 Ply which is a worsted spun fingering weight yarn. It does, however, work beautifully at the 24-stitch gauge called for in this pattern (see our work in progress of the Autumn Alpine at the same gauge) although the finished sweater may be a little less robustly woolly than the original pictured here 😊.

SIZES

1 (2, 3) (4, 5, 6)

Finished bust circumference:
95 (111, 127) (143, 158, 174) cm
38 (44.25, 50.75) (57, 63.25, 69.75

Intended to be worn with 10-15 cm (4-6 in) of positive ease.

The sample is shown in size 1 on a 160 cm (5.3 ft) tall model with 84 cm (33 in) bust circumference. For more of the finished garment measurements, please refer to the schematic.

KITS

Kits include the following number of skeins of SUNDAY MORNING 4 PLY by size range: 

Sizes 1-3: MC = 3 skeins / CC = 1 skein (4 total)
Sizes 4-5: MC = 4 skeins / CC = 1 skein (5 total)
Size 6: MC = 5 skeins / CC = 2 skeins (7 total)

There are also 5 options that include 1 skein of Halo in "Leonard" to be used for the bloom part of the flower motif like in the work in progress shown (4th photo). Please note that the Halo is HELD DOUBLE.

PATTERN

Please note that pattern is not included. It can be purchased and downloaded from Ravelry HERE.