How to Knit a Stylish Lilac Polaris Yarn Sweater

You’ll Need:

500g of lilac Polaris yarn (70% merino wool, 30% acrylic; 100m/50g);

Knitting needles 4.5 and 5;

Auxiliary needle;

Zipper 35 cm long.

Size:

M.

Used Patterns

Double Rib

Cast on half of the needed quantity of stitches with contrast yarn.

1^st row: with working yarn *1 knit stitch, 1 yarn over*; repeat from * to *;

2^nd row: *yarn over as knit stitch, slip 1 purl without knitting, yarn in front of work*; repeat from * to *;

3^rd and the following rows: *1 knit stitch, slip 1 purl, yarn in front of work*; repeat from * to *, take off the contrast yarn in the ready-made detail.

2 x 2 Rib

Stockinette Stitch

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

Wrong-Side Pattern

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

Stripes Order

*3 rows of stockinette stitch, 3 rows of wrong-side pattern*.

Cable Pattern

8 stitches wide.

1^st, 3^rd, 5^th, and 9^th rows: 1 purl, 2 knit stitches, 2 purls, 2 knit stitches, 1 purl;

2^nd and all even rows: as stitches face;

7^th row: 1 purl, cross 6 stitches to the right (leave 2 knit stitches on the 1^st auxiliary needle behind work, leave 2 purls on the 2^nd auxiliary needle behind work, 2 knit stitches, purls from the 2^nd auxiliary needle, knit stitches from the 1^st auxiliary needle), 1 purl.

Repeat 1^st-10^th rows.

Special Cable

14 stitches wide. Work according to the scheme. Repeat 1^st-10^th rows.

Stitches Control

20 stitches x 26 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 86 stitches with knitting needles 4.5 and make 4 rows with double rib and 6 rows with 2 x 2 rib. Change to knitting needles 5 and work according to the stripes order. At 68 cm, bind off all stitches.

Right Front

Cast on 52 stitches with knitting needles 4.5 and make 4 rows of double rib and 6 rows with 2 x 2 rib. Change to knitting needles 5 and work as follows: 3 stitches of double rib, 1 purl, 8 stitches of cable, 14 stitches of special cable, 8 stitches of cable, 18 stitches of stripes order. At 62 cm, bind off 1 x 16 stitches from the right side for neck-hole and decrease 8 x 1 stitch in every 2^nd row from the right side. At 68 cm, bind off all the rest stitches.

Left Front

Make in symmetry to the right front.

Assembly

Make shoulder seams. For the collar, cast on 83 stitches along the neck-hole with knitting needles 5 and make 20 rows with stripes order and bind off all stitches. For the placket arm-holes, cast on 26 stitches along each arm-hole with knitting needles 4.5 (13 stitches of back and 13 stitches of front) and work with 2 x 2 rib, bind off 3 x 6 stitches in every 2^nd row from both sides = 62 stitches. Make 2 rows of double rib and bind off all stitches with kitchener’s stitch. Make side seams and sew in the zipper.