JUMPER – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE
The piece is worked in sections, back and forth with circular needle, top down. The sections are sewn together and the neck is worked in the round to finish.
BACK PIECE – SHORT OVERVIEW
Each shoulder is worked separately, stitches are increased for the neck before joining the shoulders by casting on stitches between them.
RIGHT SHOULDER
Cast on 12-13 (14-14-16-17) stitches (including 1 edge stitch on each side) with circular needle size 5.5 mm and Air. Work GARTER STITCH – read description above over. When the piece measures 3 cm, increase 1 stitch for the neck inside the 1 stitch at the beginning of the next 2 rows from the right side – read INCREASE TIP = 14-15 (16-16-18-19) stitches. REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION!
Work the last row from the wrong side. Lay the piece to one side and work the left shoulder.
LEFT SHOULDER
Cast on and work as for the right shoulder but increase 1 stitch for the neck inside the 1 stitch at the end of 2 rows from the right side.
BACK PIECE
Work the left and right shoulders together from the right side as follows:
Work the 14-15 (16-16-18-19) stitches from the left shoulder, cast on 18-18 (20-22-22-24) stitches for the neck and work the 14-15 (16-16-18-19) stitches from the right shoulder = 46-48 (52-54-58-62) stitches.
Continue back and forth with garter stitch.
When the piece measures 11-12 (13-14-15-16) cm, cast on 1 stitch for the armholes at the end of the next 2 rows = 48-50 (54-56-60-64) stitches.
When the piece measures 26-29 (32-36-40-44) cm (there is 4 cm left), increase 8-6 (6-8-8-8) stitches evenly spaced on the next row from the right side = 56-56 (60-64-68-72) stitches. Change to circular needle size 4.5 mm.
Work rib from the right side as follows: Work 1 edge stitch in garter stitch, * knit 2, purl 2 , work from -* until there are 3 stitches left and finish with knit 2 and 1 edge stitch in garter stitch.
Cast off with knit when the rib measures 4 cm – read CASTING-OFF TIP.
FRONT PIECE – SHORT OVERVIEW
Each shoulder is worked separately, stitches are increased for the neck before joining the shoulders by casting on stitches between them.
LEFT SHOULDER
Cast on 12-13 (14-14-16-17) stitches (including 1 edge stitch on each side) with circular needle size 5.5 mm and Air. Work garter stitch. When the piece measures 3-4 (4-5-5-6) cm, increase 1 stitch for the neck inside the stitch at the beginning of each row from the right side a total of 4 times = 16-17 (18-18-20-21) stitches.
Work the last row from the wrong side. The piece measures approx. 5-6 (6-7-7-8) cm. Lay the piece to one side and work the right shoulder.
RIGHT SHOULDER
Cast on and work as for the left shoulder but increase1 stitch on the inside of the 1 stitch at the end of 4 rows from the right side.
FRONT PIECE
Work the right and left shoulder together from the right side as follows:
Work the 16-17 (18-18-20-21) stitches from the right shoulder, cast on 14-14 (16-18-18-20) stitches for the neck and work the 16-17 (18-18-20-21) stitches from the left shoulder = 46-48 (52-54-58-62) stitches.
Continue back and forth with garter stitch.
When the piece measures 11-12 (13-14-15-16) cm, cast on 1 stitch for the armholes at the end of the next 2 rows = 48-50 (54-56-60-64) stitches.
When the piece measures 26-29 (32-36-40-44) cm (there is 4 cm left), increase 8-6 (6-8-8-8) stitches evenly spaced on the next row from the right side = 56-56 (60-64-68-72) stitches. Change to circular needle size 4.5 mm.
Work rib from the right side as follows: Work 1 edge stitch in garter stitch, * purl 2, knit 2 , work from -* until there are 3 stitches left and finish with purl 2 and 1 edge stitch in garter stitch.
Cast off with knit when the rib measures 4 cm – remember CASTING-OFF TIP.
SLEEVE
The sleeves are worked back and forth, top down.
Cast on 35-38 (42-45-48-51) stitches with circular needle size 5.5 mm and Air. Work garter stitch.
When the piece measures 3 cm, decrease 1 stitch on each side of the piece – read DECREASE TIP.
Decrease like this every 3-3 (3-4-4-4) cm a total of 4-5 (6-6-7-8) times = 27-28 (30-33-34-35) stitches.
When the sleeve measures 16-19 (24-28-32-36) cm (there is 3 cm left), increase 1-0 (2-3-2-1) stitches evenly spaced = 28-28 (32-36-36-36) stitches.
Change to circular needle size 4.5 mm and work rib starting from the right side (= knit 2, purl 2). Cast off with knit when the sleeve measures 19-22 (27-31-35-39) cm.
Work the other sleeve in the same way.
ASSEMBLY
Sew the shoulder seams. Sew in the sleeves inside the 1 edge stitch and sew the sleeve and side seams in one go, inside the 1 edge stitch.
NECK
The neck is worked in the round with double pointed needles. Pick up approx. 40 to 64 stitches (make sure the number is divisible by 4) with double pointed needles size 4.5 mm and inside the 1 edge stitch. Purl 1 round, then work rib (= knit 2, purl 2). Cast off with knit when the rib measures 2 cm.
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Diagram
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