Knit Your Own Stylish Sweater with Weaving Patterns and Ribbing

You’ll Need:

550g of red-brown mélange West yarn of sectional coloring (55% sheep wool, 45% polyacryl; 82m/50g);

Straight and circular knitting needles size 7.

Size: M.

Used Patterns

• 1 x 1 rib;
• Stockinette stitch: in RS row – knit stitches, in WS row – purls;
• Weaving pattern: make separate stripes and twist them according to the scheme.

Stitches Control

Stockinette stitch: 14 stitches x 19.5 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 72 stitches and make 4 cm of rib between selvage stitches. Then, work with stockinette stitch. In 64.5 cm = 126 rows from rib, bind off all the stitches; the central 32 stitches form the neck-hole, and the outer 20 stitches from each side form the shoulders.

Front

Cast on 114 stitches and make 4 cm with rib between selvage stitches. Then, divide the stitches into 6 parts of 19 stitches for the weaving pattern and work each part separately with stockinette stitch, increasing 1 stitch in the 1^st row = 20 stitches. In 50.5 cm = 98 rows from rib, decrease 1 stitch from both sides and 3 x 1 knit stitches in every 2^nd row. In 54.5 cm = 106 rows from rib, leave the remaining 12 stitches.

Note: The width of every stripe is 14 cm.

Next, twist the stripes: stripe 1 (red), stripe 3 (orange), and stripe 5 (purple) should be placed upon the next stripe, and then twist them according to the scheme, ensuring the stockinette stitch side is always the upper side. After all the stripes are twisted, transfer the 12 stitches of stripes 5 (purple), 6 (blue), 3 (orange), 4 (grey), 1 (red), and 2 (green) to the knitting needle = 72 stitches and work with stockinette stitch on all stitches. In 15.5 cm = 30 rows from the end of the weaving pattern, bind off the central 20 stitches for the neck-hole and finish both sides separately. For smooth rounding, bind off 1 x 2 stitches and 4 x 1 stitch in every 2^nd row from inwards. In 22.5 cm = 44 rows from the end of the weaving pattern, bind off the remaining 20 stitches of shoulder from each side.

Sleeves

Cast on 40 stitches and make 4 cm of rib between selvage stitches. Then, work with stockinette stitch. In 18.5 cm = 36 rows from rib, increase 1 stitch from both sides for sleeve chamfers and 5 x 1 stitch in every 6^th row = 52 stitches. In 39 cm = 76 rows from rib, bind off all the stitches.

Assembly

The height of the weaving pattern = 42 cm. Make shoulder seams. Cast on 64 stitches with circular knitting needles along the neck-hole line and make 3 cm of rib with circular rows for the placket, then bind off the stitches according to the ornament. Make side seams at 50 cm from the lower edge. Finally, make the sleeve seam and sew up the sleeves.