Knitting a Stylish Pullover with Sectional Coloring

You’ll Need:

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

Knitting needles 3 and 3.5;

Circular knitting needles 3, 60 cm long.

Size:

S (M) L (XL).

Used Patterns

1 x 1 rib.

Relief pattern: work according to the scheme. Start with 1 st before the 1st arrow, pattern repeat of 6 sts between arrows, finish with 7 sts after the 2nd arrow.

Stitches Control:

21 sts x 32 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 115 (127) 139 (151) sts with knitting needles 3 and start with WS row for lower placket, make 1 cm = 5 rows of rib. 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 chamfer, then, 7 (8) 9 (10) x 3 sts and 1 x 12 (14) 16 (18) sts in every 2nd row. 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, bind off 43 (45) 47 (49) sts for deeper neck-hole in 2.5 cm = 8 rows from shoulder chamfers.

Sleeves

Cast on 81 (87) 93 (99) sts with knitting needles 3 and start with WS row for lower placket, make 1 cm = 5 rows of rib. 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, bind off 4 x 3 sts in every 2nd 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. Cast on 102 (108) 112 (116) sts with circular knitting needles and make 2 circle rows of knit sts and 2 circle rows of purls. Then, bind off all sts as purls. Make sleeve seams. Sew up the sleeves.