Knitting Instructions for a Beautiful Sweater with Blue and Plum Yarn

You’ll Need:

250 (350)g of blue Sigma yarn (50% cotton, 50% viscose; 100m/50g);

200 (300)g of the same yarn, but in grey color;

50 (100)g of the same yarn, but in plum color;

Knitting needles 4.5;

Circular knitting needles 4;

Size: S (L).

Used Patterns

Stockinette Stitch

In RS row – knit sts, in WS row – purls;

Wrong-Side Pattern

In RS row – purls, in WS row – knit sts.

Border

The quantity of sts is multiple 11 + 1 + 2 selvage sts and work according to scheme 1, where only RS rows are stated. Make WS rows and yarn overs as purls. Start with 1 selvage st, pattern repeat, finish with st after pattern repeat and 1 selvage st. Make 1^st-8^th rows x once.

Relief Pattern

The quantity of sts is multiple 9 + 2 selvage sts. Work in the same way as the border, but according to scheme 2. Start with 1 selvage st and sts before the pattern repeat, pattern repeat, finish with sts after pattern repeat and 1 selvage st. Make 1^st-6^th rows x once, then repeat 3^rd-6^th rows.

Patterns Order

8 rows of border pattern and 28 rows of stockinette stitch with blue yarn, then 4 rows of stockinette stitch with plum yarn and 10 rows with blue yarn; repeat from * to * x once. Follow with 78 rows of relief pattern with grey yarn, then 4 rows of plum yarn and 38 (48) rows with blue yarn with stockinette stitch = 184 (194) rows.

Stitches Control

Stitches control: 20 sts x 27 rows = 10 x 10 cm;

Relief pattern: 20 sts x 26 rows = 10 x 10 cm;

Border: 8 rows = 3 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 124 (146) sts and make 1 WS row of knit sts. Don’t take this row into account. Then, work with patterns order. In 9.5 cm = 26 rows from the finish of the border, decrease 18 (20) sts for better fitting = 106 (126) sts. Decrease 8 (9) sts in the 41^st row from the end of the border and decrease 6 (7) sts in the 55^th row = 92 (110) sts. In 28 cm = 72 rows from the beginning of the relief pattern, bind off 1 x 3 (4) sts for armholes from both sides and then, 3 x 2 sts and 3 (4) x 1 st in every 2^nd row = 68 (82) sts. In 13.5 cm = 36 rows (17 cm = 46 rows) from the end of the relief pattern, bind off the central 30 (34) sts for neck-hole and finish both sides separately. For smooth rounding, bind off 1 x 4 sts and 1 x 2 sts in every 2^nd row from inwards. In 15.5 cm = 42 rows (19 cm = 52 rows) from the end of the relief pattern, bind off the rest 13 (18) sts of the shoulder.

Front

Make in the same way as the back, but with a V-shaped neck-hole. For this, in 21 cm = 54 rows from the beginning of the relief pattern, divide your work in half and increase 1 selvage st from inwards = 47 (56) sts in each half. In 30 cm = 78 rows from the beginning of the relief pattern (in the next 1^st plum row), decrease 16 (18) sts for the chamfer = 31 (38) sts; then, bind off 6 (3) x 1 st in every 6^th row from inwards and 0 (3) x 1 st in every 8^th row. Bind off the rest 13 (18) sts of the shoulder at the same height as for the back.

Assembly

Make shoulder seams. Cast on 51 (59) sts with blue yarn along neck-hole chamfers and 48 (52) sts along the back neck-hole = 150 (170) sts. Make 1 circle row of purls, then bind off sts as knit sts. Cast on 94 sts for the placket along armholes with blue yarn, make 1 WS row of knit sts, then bind off all sts as knit sts. Make side seams.