START THE PIECE HERE
JACKET – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE.
The neck and yoke are worked back and forth with circular needle, from mid front and 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 94-94-94-98-98-98 stitches with circular needle size 3 mm and DROPS Muskat. Purl 1 row from the wrong side. Work as follows from the right side: 2 EDGE STITCHES – read description above, 4 GARTER STITCHES - read description above (= 6 band stitches), * knit 2, purl 2, work from -* until there are 8 stitches left, knit 2, work 4 garter stitches and 2 edge stitches (= 6 band stitches). Work this rib for approx. 3 cm, with the next row from the wrong side.
YOKE
Change to circular needle size 4 mm. From the wrong side, insert 4 marker-threads and increase stitches as follows: Work 6 band stitches as before, purl 13-13-13-13-13-13 (front piece), insert 1 marker-thread, purl 16 and increase 3 stitches evenly spaced (sleeve), insert 1 marker-thread, purl 24-24-24-28-28-28 (back piece), insert 1 marker-thread, purl 16 and increase 3 stitches evenly spaced (sleeve), insert 1 marker-thread, purl 13-13-13-13-13-13 (front piece), 6 band stitches as before = 100-100-100-104-104-104 stitches.
On the next row (right side) begin to increase for raglan and work diagrams A.1 to A.3 over the sleeve-stitches as follows: - remember the BUTTONHOLES – read description above. 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.
Work 6 band stitches, 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 12-12-12-12-12-12, 6 band stitches.
Continue with the bands, 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 row a total of 9-9-7-8-8-7 times (including the first increase) = 172-172-156-168-168-160 stitches. Continue increasing every 2nd row 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 row, on the sleeves every 4th row. 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 232-244-252-252-264-268 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 the bands, 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, from the neck mid-front.
Now divide for the body and sleeves as follows:
Work the first 38-40-42-41-43-44 stitches as before (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), work 62-66-70-72-76-78 stocking stitches (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), work the last 38-40-42-41-43-44 stitches as before (front piece). The body and sleeves are finished separately. The piece is now measured from here.
BODY
= 150-158-166-170-178-186 stitches. Continue back and forth with stocking stitch and 6 band stitches as before on each side. When the body measures 11-13-16-20-23-24 cm from the division, work 1 row from the right side and increase 16-16-16-20-20-20 stitches evenly spaced (do not increase over the bands) = 166-174-182-190-198-206 stitches. Change to circular needle size 3 mm and work as follows from the wrong side: 6 band stitches, * purl 2, knit 2 , work from -* until there are 8 stitches left, knit 2, 6 band stitches. Continue this rib for 3 cm. Cast off with knit over knit and purl over purl when the piece measures 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 3-4-5½-6-7-8 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. 22-27-31-35-39-43 cm from the division.
Work the other sleeve in the same way.
ASSEMBLY
Sew the buttons onto the left band.
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Diagram
= knit from right side, purl from wrong side
= knit 2 together
= between 2 stitches make 1 yarn over, which is knitted or purled on the next row/round to leave a hole
= slip 1 stitch knit-wise, knit 1 and pass the slipped stitch over the knitted stitch
