Complete Knitting Instructions for a Beautiful Sweater

You’ll Need:

200 (200) 250g of olive, burgundy, and turquoise 100% cotton yarn (each) (105m/50g);

Knitting needles 4.5 and 5;

Circular knitting needles 4.5.

Size:

S (M) L.

Used Patterns

Rib Pattern

The quantity of stitches is multiple of 4 + 2 selvage stitches. Start and finish every row with 1 selvage stitch.

RS row: * 1 knit stitch, 2 purls, 1 knit stitch*; repeat from * to *;

WS row: as stitches face.

Net Pattern

The quantity of stitches is multiple of 4 + 2 selvage stitches. Start and finish every row with 1 selvage stitch.

1^st row: * 1 yarn over, knit 2 together to the left, knit 2 together, 1 yarn over*; repeat from * to *;

2^nd and 4^th rows: purls, make 2 yarn overs as purl and cross purl;

3^rd row: * knit 2 together, 2 yarn overs, knit 2 together to the left*; repeat from * to *.

Repeat 1^st-4^th rows.

Stripes Order

* 8 turquoise rows, 8 burgundy rows, 8 olive rows*; repeat from * to *.

Stitches Control:

17 stitches x 24.5 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 78 (86) 94 stitches in a criss-cross way with olive yarn and knitting needles 4.5 and make 4 cm of rib for the placket. Continue work with the net pattern and knitting needles 5 according to the stripes order. In 48 cm = 118 rows from the placket, bind off the central 26 stitches and finish both sides separately. In 53 cm = 130 rows from the placket, bind off the rest 26 (30) 34 stitches for each shoulder.

Front

Make in the same way as the back, but for a deeper neck-hole, bind off the central 26 stitches loosely in 41 cm = 100 rows from the placket.

Sleeves

Cast on 38 (42) 46 stitches in a criss-cross way with olive yarn and knitting needles 4.5 and make the placket in the same way as for the back. Continue work with the net pattern and knitting needles 5 according to the stripes order. At the same time, increase 10 x 1 stitch in every 8^th row (12 x 1 stitch in every 6^th and 8^th rows by turn) to 14 x 1 stitch in every 6^th row due to the pattern and color of yarn = 58 (66) 74 stitches. In 36 cm = 88 rows from the placket, bind off the stitches loosely.

Assembly

Make shoulder seams. For the placket, cast on 112 stitches along the neck-hole and work with rib in circular rows (= 2 knit stitches, 2 purls). At 2 cm width of the placket, bind off all the stitches according to the pattern. Sew up the sleeves, make side and sleeve seams.