Knitted Garment Instructions
You’ll Need:
700 (800)g of beige yarn (50% cotton, 50% polyacryl; 65m/50g);
Knitting needles 5;
Circular knitting needles 5.
Size:
S (M).
Used Patterns:
Relief cable pattern: the quantity of sts is multiple 15 + 3 + 2 selvage sts. Work according to the scheme, on which only RS rows are stated.
Make WS row sts as they face, yarn overs as purls. Start with 1 selvage st and sts before pattern repeat, pattern repeat, finish with sts after pattern repeat and 1 selvage st. Repeat 1st-14th rows.
Stitches Control:
18 sts x 23 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Instructions:
Back:
Cast on 80 (95) sts and make 1 cm = 1 WS row of knit sts for placket, 1 RS row of purl, and 1 WS row of purls. Continue work with relief cable pattern. In 56.5 cm = 130 rows from placket, bind off the central 42 (43) sts and finish both sides separately. In 59 cm = 136 rows from placket, bind off the rest 19 (26) sts of shoulder.
Front:
Make in the same way as back, but for deeper neck-hole, bind off the central 42 (43) sts in 53 cm = 122 rows from placket.
Sleeves:
Cast on 50 sts for each sleeve and make placket in the same way as for back. Continue work with relief cable pattern. In 12 cm = 28 rows from placket, increase 1 x 1 st from both sides for sleeve chamfer, then, bind off 7 x 1 st in every 10th row (14 x 1 st in every 4th and 6th row) = 66 (80) sts. In 47 cm = 108 rows from placket, bind off all sts.
Assembly:
Make shoulder seams. Cast on 110 (112) sts along neck-hole with circular knitting needles and make 1 circle row of knit sts, 2 circle rows of purls. Then, bind off all sts as purls. Sew up the sleeves, make side and sleeve seams.