START THE PIECE HERE
JACKET – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE.
The neck and yoke are worked back and forth with circular needle, top down. The yoke is divided for body and sleeves and the body continued back and forth with circular needle. The sleeves are worked in the round with double pointed needles.
NECK
Cast on 93-93-93-111-111 stitches with circular needle size 2.5 mm and DROPS Flora.
Purl 1 row from the wrong side with 6 band stitches in GARTER STITCH – read description above, on each side. Then work rib as follows:
6 band stitches in garter stitch, * knit 1, purl 1 , work from -* until there are 7 stitches left, knit 1 and 6 band stitches in garter stitch.
Work this rib for 2 cm. Change to circular needle size 3 mm.
YOKE
Work the BUTTONHOLE on the right band – read description above!
On the first row from the right side insert 4 markers and work as follows:
Front piece: 6 band stitches in garter stitch, work A.1, then A.2 0-0-0-1-1 time, A.3.
Sleeve: Insert marker 1 in the next stitch, work 12 stitches in stocking stitch and increase 4 stitches evenly over these stitches, insert marker 2 in the next stitch.
Back piece: Work A.4, A.2 3-3-3-4-4 times, then A.3.
Sleeve: Insert marker 3 in the next stitch, work 12 stitches in stocking stitch and increase 4 stitches evenly over these stitches, insert marker 4 in the next stitch.
Front piece: Work A.4, A.2 0-0-0-1-1 time, A.5 and 6 band stitches in garter stitch. Continue this pattern on the next row from right side start to increase for sleeve – read description above. REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION!
When A.1 to A.5 are completed, work the next row from the right side as follows:
6 band stitches in garter stitch, work A.1, A.2 1-1-1-2-2 times, A.3, work stocking stitch and increase as before over the sleeve as far as marker 2, work A.4, A.2 5-5-5-6-6 times, A.3, work stocking stitch and increase as before over the sleeve as far as marker 4, work A.4, A.2 1-1-1-2-2 times, A.5 and 6 band stitches in garter stitch.
Repeat this pattern in height. Each time A.3 and A.4 are repeated in height, there is room for 1 more repeat of A.2 on the front pieces and 2 more repeats on the back piece. When A.3 and A.4 have been worked 2-2-3-3-3 times in height, the increases are finished on the front and back pieces; continue increasing only on the sleeves as explained above. Continue the pattern on the front and back pieces, but without further increases.
When all the increases are finished there are 189-197-229-255-259 stitches. Now work pattern as follows:
6 band stitches in garter stitch, A.1 over 7 stitches, A.2 3-3-4-5-5 times, work 37-41-45-49-51 stitches in stocking stitch, A.2 9-9-11-12-12 times, work 37-41-45-49-51 stitches in stocking stitch, A.2 3-3-4-5-5 times, A.5 and 6 band stitches in garter stitch. Continue this pattern. When you work round 5 in A.2 on the back piece, knit the first stitch in the first repeat, the last stitch in the last repeat is worked over the first stitch on the sleeve.
When the piece measures 12-13-14-15-16 cm from the cast-on edge, divide for the body and sleeves as follows:
6 band stitches in garter stitch, work 25-25-31-37-37 stitches as before, place the next 37-41-45-49-51 stitches on a thread for the sleeve, cast on 6 stitches under the sleeve, work 54-54-66-72-72 stitches, place the next 37-41-45-49-51 stitches on a thread for the sleeve, cast on 6 stitches under the sleeve, work 24-24-30-36-36 stitches as before and 6 band stitches in garter stitch.
BODY
= 127-127-151-169-169 stitches.
Continue back and forth as follows: 6 band stitches in garter stitch, work A.1, A.2 until there are 12 stitches left, work A.5 and 6 band stitches in garter stitch.
When the piece measures 9-12-13-15-17 cm from the division, increase 20-20-22-26-26 stitches evenly spaced on the next row from the right side (do not increase over the bands) = 147-147-173-195-195 stitches.
Change to circular needle size 2.5 mm and work rib from the wrong side as follows: 6 band stitches in garter stitch, * purl 1, knit 1 , work from -* until there are 7 stitches left, purl 1 and 6 band stitches in garter stitch.
Continue this rib for 3 cm. Cast off. The jacket measures approx. 24-28-30-33-36 cm from the shoulder down.
SLEEVES
Place the 37-41-45-49-51 stitches from the thread on the one side of the piece on double pointed needles size 3 mm and knit up 1 stitch in each of the 6 stitches cast on under the sleeve = 43-47-51-55-57 stitches. Insert a marker thread in the middle of the new stitches under the sleeve.
Start at the marker and work stocking stitch in the round for 1 cm. Now decrease 2 stitches under the sleeve – read DECREASE TIP. Decrease like this every 2½-2-2-2-2½ cm a total of 3-5-6-7-8 times = 37-37-39-41-41 stitches. When the sleeve measures 10-12-15-16-22 cm from the division increase 5 stitches evenly spaced = 42-42-44-46-46 stitches. Change to double pointed needles size 2.5 mm and work rib (knit 1, purl 1) for 3 cm. Cast off with knit over knit and purl over purl. The sleeve measures approx. 13-15-18-19-25 cm from the division.
Work the other sleeve in the same way.
ASSEMBLY
Sew the buttons onto the left band.
Diagram
= knit from right side, purl from wrong side
= knit 2 together
= slip 1 stitch as if to knit, knit 1 and pass the slipped stitch over the knitted stitch
= slip 1 stitch as if to knit, knit 2 together and pass the slipped stitch over the knitted-together stitches
= between 2 stitches make 1 yarn over; on the next row purl the yarn over to leave a hole
= between 2 stitches make 1 yarn over; on the next row purl the yarn over twisted to avoid a hole
= this square has no stitch as it was decreased earlier; go straight to the next symbol in the diagram
