JUMPER – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE
The neck and yoke are worked in the round with circular needle, from mid back and top down. The yoke is divided for the 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 or circular needle size 3 mm and DROPS Cotton Light. Knit 1 round, then work rib (knit 2, purl 2) in the round for 3 cm.
YOKE
Change to circular needle size 4 mm.
Knit 1 round, AT THE SAME TIME insert 4 marker-threads and increase 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 increasing for raglan and work diagrams A.1 to A.3 over the sleeves. NOTE! Each time A.1 to A.3 are finished in height, there is 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 all 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. Now continue increasing every 2nd round, but every other increase is only on the front and back pieces (4 increased stitches), i.e., increase on the front and back pieces every 2nd round and 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). REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION!
After the final 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, measured from the neck mid-front. A.4 shows 1 repeat of the pattern; make sure A.4 matches the established pattern.
Now divide for the body and sleeves on the next round as follows: Knit the first 32-34-36-35-37-38 stitches (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 with 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 sleeve-stitches from the thread on one side of the piece on short circular needle/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 6-6-6-8-8-10 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 continue the pattern according to A.4, working in the round. The stitches which do not fit into the pattern under the sleeve are worked in stocking stitch. Make sure A.4 continues the lace pattern from the yoke.
AT THE SAME TIME, when the sleeve measures 2-2-2-2-3-3 cm, decrease 1 stitch on each side of the marker-thread – read DECREASE TIP. Decrease like this every 1-1-3-3-3-4 cm a total of 3-3-2-2-2-2 times = 47-49-51-53-55-57 stitches. Continue working until the sleeve measures 5-5-6-6-7-9 cm from the division (or to desired length there is 3 cm left). Knit 1 round and increase 5-7-5-7-5-7 stitches evenly spaced = 52-56-56-60-60-64 stitches. Change to double pointed needles size 3 mm. Work rib (knit 2, purl 2) for 3 cm, cast off with rib. The sleeve measures approx. 8-8-9-9-10-12 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 next round to leave a hole
= slip 1 stitch knit-wise, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over knitted stitch
