JUMPER – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE
The neck and yoke are worked in the round with circular needle, top down. The yoke is divided for body and sleeves and the body continued in the round with circular needle. The sleeves are worked in the round with double pointed needles.
NECK
Cast on 80-80-80-88-88-88 stitches with double pointed needles/short circular needle size 3 mm and DROPS Muskat. Knit 1 round, then work rib (knit 2, purl 2) for 3 cm.
YOKE
Change to circular needle size 4 mm.
Knit 1 round, AT THE SAME TIME as you insert 4 marker-threads and increase stitches as follows: Knit 13-13-13-13-13-13 (approx. half back piece), insert 1 marker-thread, knit 16 and increase 3 stitches evenly spaced (sleeve), insert 1 marker-thread, knit 24-24-24-28-28-28 (front piece), insert 1 marker-thread, knit 16 and increase 3 stitches evenly spaced (sleeve), insert 1 marker-thread, knit 11-11-11-15-15-15 (approx. half back piece) = 86-86-86-94-94-94 stitches.
On the next round begin to increase for raglan and work diagrams A.1 to A.3 over the sleeve-stitches as follows. NOTE! When A.1 to A.3 is finished in height, work 1 more repeat of A.2 in width between A.1 and A.3.
Knit 12-12-12-12-12-12, increase 1 stitch for RAGLAN – read description above, knit 2 (marker-thread sits between these 2 stitches), increase 1 stitch for raglan, work A.1, A.2, A.3, increase 1 stitch for raglan, knit 2 (marker-thread sits between these 2 stitches), increase 1 stitch for raglan, knit 22-22-22-26-26-26, increase 1 stitch for raglan, knit 2 (marker-thread sits between these 2 stitches), increase 1 stitch for raglan, work A.1, A.2, A.3, increase 1 stitch for raglan, knit 2 (marker-thread sits between these 2 stitches), increase 1 stitch for raglan, knit 10-10-10-14-14-14.
Continue with stocking stitch on the front and back pieces, lace pattern on the sleeves and increase for raglan on each side of the 4 marker-threads every 2nd round a total of 9-9-7-8-8-7 times (including the first increase) = 158-158-142-158-158-150 stitches. Continue increasing every 2nd round but every 2nd increase is now only on the front and back pieces (4 increased stitches). I.e., increase on the front and back pieces every 2nd round, on the sleeves every 4th round. Increase like this 10-12-16-14-16-18 times on the front and back pieces (5-6-8-7-8-9 times on the sleeves). NB! The increases on the sleeves will not continue as shown in A.1 and A.3 because it is now increased on every 4th row. A.4 shows a repeat of the pattern, make sure it matches the established pattern. REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION!
After the last increase there are 218-230-238-242-254-258 stitches; you have increased 19-21-23-22-24-25 times on the front and back pieces and 14-15-15-15-16-16 times on the sleeves.
Continue with stocking stitch on the front and back pieces and lace pattern on the sleeves, without further increases, until the yoke measures 15-16-17-17-18-19 cm, after the neck mid-front
Now divide for the body and sleeves as follows: Knit 32-34-36-35-37-38 (approx. half back piece), place the next 47-49-49-49-51-51 stitches on 1 thread for the sleeve, cast on 6-6-6-8-8-10 stitches (in side under sleeve), knit 62-66-70-72-76-78 (front piece), place the next 47-49-49-49-51-51 stitches on 1 thread for the sleeve, cast on 6-6-6-8-8-10 stitches (in side under sleeve), knit the last 30-32-34-37-39-40 stitches (approx. half back piece). The body and sleeves are finished separately. The piece is now measured from here.
BODY
= 136-144-152-160-168-176 stitches. Continue stocking stitch in the round for a further 11-13-16-20-23-24 cm. Knit 1 round and increase 16-16-16-16-16-20 stitches evenly spaced = 152-160-168-176-184-196 stitches. Change to circular needle size 3 mm. Work rib (knit 2, purl 2) for 3 cm. Cast off with rib. The jumper measures approx. 33-36-40-44-48-50 cm from the shoulder.
SLEEVES
Place the 47-49-49-49-51-51 stitches from the thread on the one side of the piece on double pointed needles size 4 mm and knit up 1 stitch in each of the 6-6-6-8-8-10 stitches cast on under the sleeve = 53-55-55-57-59-61 stitches. Insert a marker-thread in the middle of the new stitches under the sleeve and allow it to follow your work onwards; it is used when decreasing under the sleeve.
Start at the marker-thread and work pattern in the round according to A.4 – the stitches which do not fit into the pattern on each side under the sleeve are knitted.
Make sure A.4 matches the established pattern from A.1-A.3.
When the sleeve measures 2 cm, decrease 1 stitch on each side of the marker-thread – read DECREASE TIP. Decrease like this every 3-3-5-6-7-8 cm a total of 6-6-5-5-5-5 times = 41-43-45-47-49-51 stitches. Continue working until the sleeve measures 19-24-28-32-36-40 cm from the division (or to desired length. There is 3 cm left). Knit 1 round and increase 7-5-7-5-7-5 stitches evenly spaced = 48-48-52-52-56-56 stitches. Change to double pointed needles size 3 mm and work rib (knit 2, purl 2) for 3 cm. Cast off with rib. The sleeve measures approx. 22-27-31-35-37-43 cm from the division.
Work the other sleeve in the same way.
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Diagram
= knit
= knit 2 together
= between 2 stitches make 1 yarn over, which is knitted on the next round to leave a hole
= slip 1 stitch knit-wise, knit 1 and pass the slipped stitch over the knitted stitch
