Complete Guide to Knitting a Stylish S White Scilla Yarn Sweater

Materials Needed

You'll need:

• 250 g of Mondial Scilla yarn white color (100% cotton, 105m/50g);
• Straight knitting needles 5.

Size

Size: S

Used Patterns

Double Rib

Cast on half of the needed stitches with contrast yarn.

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

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

3rd and last rows: * 1 knit stitch, slip 1 stitch as purl, yarn is in front of work*, repeat from * to *.

Unstring the contrast yarn in the ready-made detail.

Stockinette Stitch

Right side - knit stitches, wrong side - purls.

Main Pattern

1st row: 1 knit stitch, * 4 knit stitches, 1 yarn over*, repeat from * to *, 5 knit stitches.

2nd and all the even rows: all purls.

3rd and all the odd rows: all knit stitches.

Slip stitches corresponding to yarn overs of the 1st row in the last row and draw them along the whole work.

Stitches Control for Main Pattern

15 stitches and 28 rows = 10 x 10 cm

Instructions

Back

Cast on 134 stitches and knit 12 rows with double rib and 2 rows with stockinette stitch, decreasing 1 x 67 stitches in the 1st row and 1 x 21 stitches in the 2nd row (= 46 stitches). Then knit with the main pattern (in the 2nd row = 56 stitches). In 36 cm, bind off 1 x 6 stitches from both sides and then decrease in each 2nd row 6 x 1 stitch from both sides; slip stitches corresponding to yarn overs of the 1st row while decreasing stitches. In 45 cm, bind off the rest 44 stitches and slip 6 of them.

Front

Cast on 134 stitches and knit 12 rows with double rib and 2 rows with stockinette stitch, decreasing 1 x 67 stitches in the 1st row and 1 x 16 stitches in the 2nd row (= 51 stitches). In 36 cm, bind off 1 x 6 stitches from both sides and then decrease in each 2nd row 5 x 1 stitch from the left side; slip stitches corresponding to yarn overs of the 1st row while decreasing stitches. In 45 cm, knit the rest 33 stitches 115 cm more and bind off the stitches, slip stitches corresponding to yarn overs of the 1st row.

Assembly

Make side seams. Sew the edge of the front stripe, starting after 33 cm from the stripe beginning to the upper edge of the back (see the schemes). Sew the short edge of the stripe to the left side seam at the height of 12 cm from the top bottom (see schemes).

Combine the points of the stripe, stated with letters A and B with the same named points of the back and sew the details. Make side seams, combining points C and D with the same named points of the side seam and sew the details.