Knitting Instructions for a Stylish Cotton Sweater

You’ll Need:

400 (500) 500 (600)g of white/beige/light-blue shades (100% cotton; 240m/100g);

Knitting needles 3 and 3.5;

Circular knitting needles 3, 60 cm long.

Size:

Used Patterns:

• 1 x 1 rib;
• Relief pattern: work due to the scheme. Start with 1 stitch before the 1^st arrow, pattern repeat of 6 stitches between arrows, finish with 7 stitches after the 2^nd arrow.
  Repeat 1^st-8^th rows.

Stitches Control:

Instructions:

Back:

Cast on 115 (127) 139 (151) sts with knitting needles 3, starting with WS row and make 1 cm = 5 rows of rib for lower placket. Change to knitting needles 3.5 and continue work with relief pattern. In 47.5 (50) 52.5 (55) cm = 152 (160) 168 (176) rows from lower placket, bind off 1 x 3 sts from both sides for shoulder chamfers, then, bind off 7 (8) 9 (10) x 3 sts in every 2^nd row and 1 x 12 (14) 16 (18) sts. At the same time, in 4 cm = 14 rows from the beginning of shoulder chamfers, bind off the central 43 (45) 47 (49) sts for neck-hole. In 1.5 (2) 2.5 (3) cm = 4 (6) 8 (10) rows from the beginning of neck-hole, finish your work.

Front:

Make in the same way as back, binding off the central 43 (45) 47 (49) sts for neck-hole in 2.5 cm = 8 rows from the beginning of shoulder chamfers.

Sleeves:

Cast on 81 (87) 93 (99) sts with knitting needles 3 and starting with WS row, make 1 cm = 5 rows of rib for placket. Change to knitting needles 3.5 and continue work with relief pattern. In 21.5 (20) 19 (17.5) cm = 68 (64) 60 (56) rows from placket, bind off 1 x 2 (3) 4 (5) sts from both sides for chamfers, then, 4 x 3 sts in every 2^nd row. In 24.5 (23) 22 (20.5) cm = 78 (74) 70 (66) rows from placket, bind off the rest 53 (57) 61 (65) sts in one row.

Assembly:

Make shoulder seams. For trim, cast on 102 (108) 112 (116) sts with circular knitting needles and make 1 circle row of knit sts and 2 circle rows of purls. Then, bind off all sts as purls. Make sleeve seams and sew them up.