Complete Knitting Instructions for a Cozy Sweater Using Blue Magic Canada Yarn

You’ll Need:

1000g of blue Magic Canada yarn (30% wool, 70% acryl; 100m/100g);

Knitting needles size 8;

Crochet hook size 3.5.

Size:

S-L.

Stitches Control:

14 sts x 12 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Front

Cast on 34 sts and work according to the scheme. After 48 rows from the beginning, increase 3 x 1 st and 9 x 2 sts from the left side in every 2^nd row. After 96 rows from the beginning of work, bind off 1 x 7 sts, 1 x 2 sts, and 1 x 1 st from the right side in every 2^nd row. After 100 rows from the beginning of shoulder chamfer, bind off 3 x 15 sts from the left side in every 2^nd row. Make the second half of the front in symmetry.

Back

Cast on 85 sts and work with the pattern according to the scheme. After 48 rows from the beginning, bind off 1 x 9 sts from both sides and crochet, increasing sts in the same way as the front. After 100 rows from the beginning of shoulder chamfers, bind off 3 x 15 sts from both sides in every 2^nd row, then bind off the remaining sts.

Assembly

Make shoulder and side seams. Fasten open edges with 1 row of “crab stitch.” Create 2 cords of 4 threads each and use them for lacing instead of sleeve seams.