Knitting Instructions for Mélange Beige Glen Yarn Sweater

You’ll Need:

350 (400) 450g of mélange beige Glen yarn (40% polyacryl, 30% merino wool, 30% alpaca; 90m/50g);

Knitting needles 5 and 6.

Size:

S (M) L.

Used Patterns

1 x 1 rib, knitting needles 5.

Make all the rest patterns with knitting needles 6.

• Stockinette stitch: in RS row – knit sts, in WS row – purls;
• Cable of 16 sts: due to the scheme, on which only RS rows are stated, make WS rows due to the pattern.
  Make 1^st-14^th rows x once, then, repeat 3^rd-14^th rows x 7 times = totally, 98 rows.

Stitches Control:

17.5 sts x 19 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Front/Back

Cast on 116 (122) 128 sts and make 2 cm = 5 rows of rib, start with 1 WS row. Then, turn to knitting needles 6 and work in the following way: 1 selvage st, * 2 sts of stockinette stitch, 9 (10) 11 sts of wrong-side pattern, 2 sts of stockinette stitch*; repeat from * to * x twice, 1 selvage st.

At the same time, decrease 5 x 1 st in every 8^th row and 3 x 6 sts in every 18^th row in the following way: make purl2tog in every of 6 stripes of WS pattern = 68 (74) 80 sts.

In 51.5 cm = 98 rows from rib, make 0.5 cm = 2 rows of stockinette stitch, decrease 20 (22) 24 sts in the 1^st row = 48 (52) 56 sts.

Then, turn to knitting needles 5 and make a belt with rib. At 7 cm height, bind off the sts due to the pattern.