Comprehensive Knitting Instructions for an L-XL Sweater

You’ll Need:

650g of red Baby wool yarn (40% wool, 20% bamboo, 40% acryl; 175m/50g);

Knitting needles 3.5 and 4.5;

Needle for sewing.

Size:

L-XL.

Stitches Control:

22 sts x 26 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Note:

Work in 2 threads of yarn.

Instructions:

Back:

Cast on 148 sts with knitting needles 3.5 and make 13 rows of 2 x 2 rib, starting with 2 knit sts.

Then, switch to knitting needles 4.5 and work with a fancy pattern. Make purl2tog at the beginning and end of the 1^st row and continue working on 146 sts (= 12 pattern repeats on 12 sts + 2 selvage sts). Repeat the 3^rd-50^th rows. At 32 cm height, bind off 1 x 5 sts, 1 x 2 sts, and 3 x 1 st in every 2^nd row from both sides. Then, crochet straight. At 58 cm height, bind off the central 34 sts for the neck-hole and finish each side separately. For a smooth rounding, bind off 1 x 3 sts, 1 x 2 sts, and 1 x 1 st in every 2^nd row. Simultaneously, make shoulder chamfers by binding off 2 x 13 sts and 1 x 14 sts in every 2^nd row. Create the second side in symmetry.

Right Front:

Cast on 72 sts with knitting needles 3.5 and make 13 rows of 2 x 2 rib, starting with 2 purls. Then, switch to knitting needles 4.5 and work with a fancy pattern, increasing 1 st at the beginning and end of the 1^st row, and continue working with the pattern on 74 sts (= 6 pattern repeats of 12 sts + 2 selvage sts). At 32 cm height, bind off 1 x 5 sts, 1 x 2 sts, and 3 x 1 st in every 2^nd row from both sides for arm-holes. Additionally, at 32 cm height, begin forming the neck-hole by binding off 24 x 1 st in every 3^rd row from the side of the neck-hole. At 58 cm height, create the shoulder chamfer by binding off 2 x 13 sts and 1 x 14 sts in every 2^nd row.

Left Front:

Create in symmetry to the right front.

Assembly:

Sew shoulder chamfers and sides of front and back with kitchener stitch. Cast on sts along the front and neck-hole with knitting needles 3.5 and make 9 rows of 2 x 2 rib. Bind off sts loosely. Make 7 rows of 2 x 2 rib along the arm-hole with knitting needles 3.5, binding off sts tightly.