How to Knit a Beautiful Angora Sweater

You’ll Need

500g of angora yarn in pink color;

Knitting needles 5 and 5.5;

150 cm of nylon lace.

Size

S.

Stitches Control

19 sts x 23 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Note

Work in 2 threads of yarn.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 81 sts with knitting needles 5 and work due to the scheme 1. At 23 cm height, continue work due to the scheme 2. In 13 cm from patterns change, bind off 6 sts from both sides for arm-holes = 69 sts. At 55 cm height, bind off 16 sts for each shoulder and 37 sts for the neck-hole.

Front

Make in the same way as back. At 47 cm height, bind off 17 sts for neck-hole and 1 x 4 sts, 1 x 3 sts, 1 x 2 sts and 1 x 1 st in every 2^nd row from both sides of these 17 sts. At 55 cm height, bind off 16 sts for each shoulder.

Sleeves

Cast on 45 sts with knitting needles 5.5 and work due to the scheme 1. At 10 cm height, continue work due to the scheme 2, increasing 6 x 1 st in every 8^th row from both sides. At 44 cm height from the beginning of work, bind off 4 x 3 sts and 4 x 2 sts in every 2^nd row from both sides for sleeve caps and the rest 17 sts. Total height is about 52 cm.

Assembly

Make one shoulder seam. Lift 81 sts along the neck-hole with knitting needles 5, make 8 cm due to the scheme 1 and bind off the sts due to the pattern. Make the rest seams and sew up the sleeves in the arm-holes. Sew the nylon lace along the line of pattern change on back, front, and sleeves.