How to Knit a Stylish Merino Wool Sweater

You’ll Need:

400 (450) 500g of mélange silver Merino Mix yarn (51% merino wool, 49% polyacryl; 100m/50g);

Knitting needles 4 and 5;

3 buttons.

Size

S (M) L.

Used Patterns

1 x 1 Rib

Knitting needles 4;

Main Pattern 1

Knitting needles 5: due to the scheme, on which only RS rows are stated, make WS rows according to the pattern, yarn overs – as purls.

Main Pattern 2

Knitting needles 5: 2 purls, 2 knit sts by turn;

Special Decreases

From the right side: 1 selvage st, 1 knit st, slip 1 knit st, 1 knit st, knit2tog, draw it through the slipped st, then, work with the main pattern;

From the left side: knit2tog or knit3tog, 1 knit st, 1 selvage st.

Stitches Control

Main pattern 1: 20 sts x 28 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 86 (94) 102 sts and make 4 cm of rib. Then, work with the main pattern 2 in the following way: 1 selvage st, 1 knit st, 2 purls, 2 knit sts. In 30 cm from the set-up row, decrease 4 (5) 6 x 2 sts and 24 (26) 28 x 1 st in every 2^nd row from both sides with raglan chamfers using special decreases. In 50 (52) 54 cm from the set-up row, bind off the rest 22 sts.

Left Front

Cast on 29 (33) 37 sts and work in the following way: 1 selvage st, 1 knit st, * 2 purls, 2 knit sts*; repeat from * to * x 4 (5) 6 times, 2 purls, 2 knit sts, 2 purls, 1 selvage st. For smooth rounding, increase 2 x 2 sts, 8 x 1 st in every 2^nd row from the left side and 2 x 1 st in every 4^th row, include the increased sts in the main pattern 1, then, make 2 purls, 3 knit sts, 1 selvage st. In 30 cm from the set-up row, decrease 4 (5) 6 x 2 sts and 19 (21) 23 x 1 st in every 2^nd row from the right side for raglan chamfer with special decreases. In 41 (43) 45 cm from the set-up row, bind off 7 sts from the left side for neck-hole and 1 x 3 sts, 1 x 6 sts in every 2^nd row. Total height is 47 (49) 51 cm.

Right Front

Make in symmetry to the left front.

Right Sleeve

Cast on 62 (66) 70 sts and make 4 cm of rib. Then, work with the main patterns 1 and 2, increase 1 st in the 1^st row = 63 (67) 71 sts. Work as follows: for size S: 1 selvage st, 2 knit sts, 2 purls, 2 knit sts, 2 purls, 13 sts of the main pattern 1, 3 purls, 13 sts of the main pattern 1, 3 purls, 13 sts of the main pattern 1, 2 purls, 2 knit sts, 2 purls, 2 knit sts, 1 selvage st; for size M: make 2 knit sts from both sides of the selvage st; for size L: make 2 knit sts, 2 purls from both sides of the selvage st. In 30 (28) 26 cm from the set-up row, decrease 5 (6) 7 x 1 st in every 2^nd row and 9 (10) 11 x 1 st in every 4^th row from both the right side with special decreases for raglan chamfers. In 47 cm from the set-up row, bind off 20 sts from the right side and 3 x 3 sts, 1 x 4 sts in every 2^nd row. Simultaneously with the beginning of the raglan changes, decrease 5 (6) 7 x 1 st in every 2^nd row from the left side and 11 (12) 13 x 1 st in every 4^th row with special decreases. Total height is 50 cm.

Left Sleeve

Make in symmetry to the right sleeve.

Assembly

Make side seams. Sew up the sleeves. Raglan seams start 2 rows lower than the 1^st place of decreases. For front plackets, cast on 117 (127) 137 sts along the lower edge, rounding and edge of the front and work with rib. At 2 cm height of the right placket, make 2 button-holes. For neck-hole plackets, cast on 120 sts along the neck-hole and upper short sides of plackets and work with rib. Sew buttons. Sew the lower ends of the plackets to the back rib.