Knitting Instructions for Black and White Sweater

You’ll Need:

500; 550g of black yarn (36% cotton, 33% silk, 31% linen; 120m/50g);

400; 450g of white yarn (55% cotton, 45% viscose; 110m/50g);

Straight knitting needles 2.5;

Circle knitting needles 3 (50 cm long);

Circle knitting needles 3.5 (60 cm long).

Size:

S; M.

Used Patterns

• 1 x 1 rib;

Main pattern: work according to the scheme with circle knitting needles 3.5. The colors of yarn are marked in the following way on the scheme: A – black yarn, B – white yarn. Don’t turn your work when you start a new row; replace the stitches to the right edge of the needle. In the beginning of the row, make stitches before “a” mark, then, repeat the pattern “a-b”, finishing the row with stitches after “b” mark. Make 1^st-25^th rows once, then repeat 2^nd-25^th rows.

Stitches Control: Main pattern: 22 sts x 44 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 124; 136 sts with knitting needles 2.5 and white yarn, making a crossed cast on with 2 threads of yarn. Make 1 wrong-side row with black yarn, all sts are purls. Then, turn to the rib pattern and make it for 5 cm (= 18 rows). After that, turn to the main pattern with knitting needles 3.5. At 26 cm (= 114 rows) from the rib, determine armholes from both sides.

After 24 cm from this level (= 106 rows) of work, bind off the central 30 sts for the neck hole and then finish each part separately. Bind off 4 sts x 2 in every 2^nd row, 2 sts x 1 from both sides for smooth rounding. Bind off the rest 37; 43 sts.

Front

Make according to the description of the back, but with a deeper neck hole. After making 20 cm (= 88 rows) from the bottom part of armholes, bind off the central 14 sts and 4 sts x 1, 3 sts x 1, 2 sts x 4, 1 st x 3 in every 2^nd row from both sides. After knitting 6 cm (= 26 rows) from the bottom of the neck hole, bind off the rest 37; 43 sts.

Sleeves

Cast on 54 sts with knitting needles 2.5 in a crossed way with 2 threads of white yarn. Then, make 1 wrong-side row with purls using black yarn. After that, create a 5 cm (= 18 rows) rib. After knitting the first 4 sts of the 18^th row, and 9 more sts with a 5 sts interval, make 1 cross knit st from broachings, totaling 64 sts. Turn to the main pattern with knitting needles 3.5. For widening, increase 1 st from both sides of rib in the 5^th row and then 1 st x 26 with an interval of 5 rows. Include all the increased sts in the pattern for a total of 118 sts.

At 39 cm (= 172 rows) from the rib, bind off all the sts.

Assembly

Fix the details on the pattern design. Sew up the seams. Lift 104 sts with knitting needles 3 and black yarn along the neck hole line and make 11 rows of rib. Then, create 1 row of knit sts and 1 row of purls using white yarn. Bind off all the sts in the 13^th row.