Knitting a Cozy Sweater in XL-XXL Size

You’ll Need:

550g of white yarn (50% wool, 50% acrylic; 600m/100g);

Knitting needles 2.5.

Note: Work in 2 threads of yarn.

Size: XL-XXL.

Used Patterns

• 1 x 1 rib;
• Brioche stitch:
  • 1^st row: 1 knit stitch, slip 1 purl with yarn over;
  • 2^nd row: make the slipped stitch together with yarn over as knit2tog, slip purl with yarn over.
• Stockinette stitch: in RS row – knit stitches, in WS row – purls.

Stitches Control: 15 stitches x 25 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 100 stitches and make 4 cm of 1 x 1 rib. Then, work with brioche stitch for 44 cm straight. After that, bind off 8 stitches from both sides for armholes. Next, knit 22 cm straight, transfer the stitches to an auxiliary needle, and leave them.

Front

Make the front in the same way as the back up to the armhole. At 48 cm height from the beginning of the armhole, bind off 10 stitches from both sides. Then, knit straight for 12 cm, then divide all the stitches into 3 equal parts (24 stitches for each part). Leave the central 10 stitches on the auxiliary needle and knit each part separately, decreasing 6 x 1 stitch in every RS row from inwards. Continue knitting straight to a height of 10 cm for the neck-hole. Bind off the remaining stitches of the shoulder. Make the second half of the neck-hole in symmetry.

Sleeves

Cast on 48 stitches + 2 selvage stitches and make 5 cm of 1 x 1 rib. Then, work with stockinette stitch, increasing 1 stitch in every 3 stitches in the 1^st row. For sleeve chamfers, increase 1 stitch from both sides in every 5^th row. At 39 cm height, bind off the stitches.

Assembly

Make one shoulder seam. Cast on 100 stitches along the neck-hole (slipping the previously knitted stitches of the front and back neck-hole), then make a collar using 1 x 1 cm for 20 cm. Complete the second shoulder seam, sew up the sleeves, and make side and sleeve seams.