Knitting Instructions for the Olive Sweater

You’ll Need:

350 (400) 450g of olive (# 20) Seta Lana Grossa yarn (60% silk, 40% cotton; 115m/50g)

Knitting needles 5 and 5.5;

Circular knitting needles 5.

Size:

S (M) L.

Used Patterns

Knot Edge:

Slip the 1^st stitch of every row as a knit stitch. Make the last stitch every row as a knit stitch.

Garter Stitch:

Knit stitches.

Stockinette Stitch:

In the right side row – knit stitches, in the wrong side row – purls.

Relief Pattern:

Work according to the scheme. Start with stitches before the 1^st arrow, repeat 6 stitches of the pattern between the arrows, finishing with the stitch after the 2^nd arrow. 3 pattern repeats are stated on the scheme. Repeat the 1^st-4^th rows.

Marked Decreases:

In the beginning of the row, make a broaching after the selvage stitch, and in the end of the row, make knit two together before the selvage stitch. Decrease 1 stitch from each side.

Stitches Control:

21 stitches x 23 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back:

Cast on 206 (218) 242 stitches with knitting needles 5 and make 1 cm = 3 rows of garter stitch from the placket, starting from the wrong side row. Then, work with stockinette stitch for the ruffle. Make purl two together between selvage stitches in the 6^th (wrong side) row = 104 (110) 122 stitches. In 2 cm = 6 rows from the placket, work with the relief pattern using knitting needles 5.5. In 35 cm = 80 rows from the ruffle, bind off 6 stitches for armholes, then bind off 1 x 3 stitches, 1 x 2 stitches, and 4 x 1 stitch in every 2^nd row = 74 (80) 92 stitches. In 18.5 (19.5) 20.5 cm = 42 (44) 38 rows from the beginning of the armholes, bind off the central 34 stitches for the neck-hole, then finish each side separately, binding off 1 x 5 stitches, 1 x 3 stitches in every 2^nd row. Bind off the remaining 12 (15) 21 stitches in the next row of each shoulder.

Front:

Make in the same way as the back, but with a V-shaped neck-hole: in 34 (35) 36 cm = 78 (80) 84 rows from the ruffle, bind off the central 2 stitches and knit separately with marked decreases of 24 x 1 stitch in every 2^nd row. Bind off the remaining 12 (15) 21 stitches of each shoulder at the height of the back.

Assembly:

Make shoulder seams. Cast on 120 stitches along the neck-hole with circular knitting needles 5, starting and finishing in the corner of the neck-hole. Make 1 wrong side row of purls for the placket, followed by 3 rows of garter stitch, and bind off stitches as knit stitches. Put the right end on the left end and sew the short sides to the neck-hole corner. Cast on 94 (98) 102 stitches along the arm-holes with circular knitting needles 5 and make 3 rows of garter stitch, starting with the wrong side row and binding off stitches as knit stitches. Finally, make side seams.