Neat Mohair Jacket
You’ll need:
100g of mohair yarn Mohair Luxe (77% mohair, 23% silk; 175m/25g) of smoky grey color;
200g of the Clown yarn the same color (38% cotton, 30% polyesther, 26% viscose, 6% polyamide; 75m/50g);
Straight knitting needles 6 and 8;
Circle knitting needles 8;
Markers.
Size: S
Width of upper part – 90 cm.
Length – 58 cm.
Used Patterns
Pattern 1: due to the scheme with knitting needles 8 and 2 threads of yarn - Mohair Luxe and Clown.
Pattern 2: knitting needles 8 and 2 threads of yarn - Mohair Luxe and Clown:
1st row: * 1 knit st, 1 purl*; repeat from * to * to end of row;
2nd row: * 1 purl, 1 knit st*; repeat from * to * to end of row.
Replace the pattern to 1 st from the 3rd row.
Pattern 3: wrong side, it is made with mohair yarn and knitting needles 6: in RS row – purls, in WS row – knit sts.
Stitches control: pattern 1: 16 sts x 20 rows = 10 x 10 cm;
Pattern 3: 14 sts x 23 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Instructions
Front and Back
Makeasaone-piecedetail. Cast on 150 sts in 2 threads of yarn and work due to the following description: 1 selvegde st, 2 sts of pattern 2, 144 sts of pattern 1, 2 sts of pattern 2, 1 selvedge st. Mark the “side lines”, placing markers after the 39th and 111th sts. At 38 cm, bind off 3 sts before and 3 sts after the markers. Finish each part separately. You should get 36 sts for each half of front and 66 sts for back.
Right Front
Bindoff 2 stsx 1 and 1 stx 5 forarm-hole. Knit the rest 29 sts straight. After 20 cm from the arm-hole beginning, leave these sts.
Back
Bindoff 2 stsx 1 inevery 2ndrowand 1 stx 5 forthearm-holes. Knit the rest 52 sts straight to 20 cm from the beginning of arm-holes. Leave the sts.
Left Front
Make in symmetry to the right.
Sleeves
Cast on 33 sts with knitting needles 6 and mohair yarn. Work with pattern 3, increase 1 st x 9 in every 14th row. You should get 51 sts.
Sleeve Cap
After 57 cm, bind off 3 sts x 1 from both sides and 2 sts x 1. Then, 1 st x 4 in every row, 1 st x 8 in every 4th row, 2 sts x 1 in every 2nd row, 3 sts x 1. At 20 cm from the beginning of sleeve cap, bind off the rest 7 sts.
Assembly and Fastening
Transfer 29 sts of front, 7 sts of sleeve, 52 sts of back, 7 sts of sleeve, 29 sts of left front to one needle and make 2 rows of pattern 2. Bind off the sts due to the ornament. Sew up the sleeves.