JUMPER – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE
The pattern uses both long and short needles; start with the length which fits the number of stitches and change when necessary.
The neck and yoke are worked in the round with circular needle, top down and from the right back shoulder. When the yoke is finished, it is divided for the body and sleeves and the body continued in the round, while the sleeves wait. The sleeves are worked top down, in the round.
NECK
Cast on 52-56-56-60-60-60-64 stitches with circular needle size 5 mm and colour Powder Pink DROPS Melody. Work rib in the round (knit 1, purl 1) for 2½-2½-3-3-3-3½-3½ cm.
The round begins on the right back shoulder. Insert 1 marker after the first 17-18-18-19-19-19-20 stitches (approx. mid-front), the piece is measured from here.
YOKE
Change to circular needle size 6 mm.
Insert 4 markers, without working the stitches and inserting each marker in 1 stitch (raglan-stitch). You increase for raglan on each side of the raglan-stitches.
Insert marker-1 in the first stitch, count 7 stitches (= sleeve),
Insert marker-2 in the next stitch, count 17-19-19-21-21-21-23 stitches (= front piece),
Insert marker-3 in the next stitch, count 7 stitches (= sleeve),
Insert marker-4 in the next stitch, there are 17-19-19-21-21-21-23 stitches left after the last marker (= back piece).
Work stocking stitch and STRIPES in the round – read explanation above, increasing for RAGLAN on each side of the raglan-stitches - read explanation above describing how to increase.
Increase for raglan every 2nd round, on each side of the raglan-stitches, 11-12-12-12-13-13-14 times (8 increased stitches on each increase-round) = 140-152-152-156-164-164-176 stitches. NOTE: At the beginning of the round increase after marker-stitch 1 and at the end of the round before marker-stitch 1. Remember to maintain the knitting tension.
The increases on the sleeves are finished. Continue increasing on the front and back pieces every 2nd round 1-1-2-2-2-3-3 more times (4 increased stitches on each increase-round) = 144-156-160-164-172-176-188 stitches.
All increases for raglan are finished: a total of 12-13-14-14-15-16-17 increases in height on the front and back pieces and 11-12-12-12-13-13-14 increases in height on the sleeves. Continue working without further increases until the piece measures 14-15-16-17-18-19-20 cm from the marker mid-front. Now divide for the body and sleeves.
DIVIDE FOR BODY AND SLEEVES
AT THE SAME TIME as working next round – remember STRIPES – divide yoke for body and sleeves as follows:
Knit 1 (this stitch belongs to the back piece), place the next 29-31-31-31-33-33-35 stitches on a stitch holder for the sleeve, cast on 4-4-4-6-6-6-6 stitches (mid-under the sleeve), knit 43-47-49-51-53-55-59 (= front piece), place the next 29-31-31-31-33-33-35 stitches on a stitch holder for the sleeve, cast on 4-4-4-6-6-6-6 stitches (mid-under the sleeve), knit the last 42-46-48-50-52-54-58 stitches (= back piece). The body and sleeves are finished separately.
BODY
= 94-102-106-114-118-122-130 stitches.
Continue in the round with stocking stitch and continue the stripes from the yoke, working until the piece measures 27-30-34-38-41-43-45 cm from the marker mid-front.
Change to circular needle size 5 mm. Work rib (knit 1, purl 1), AT THE SAME TIME increase 14-14-16-16-16-18-18 stitches evenly on the first round = 108-116-122-130-134-140-148 stitches.
When the rib measures 4-4-4-4-5-5-5 cm cast off with rib.
The jumper measures approx. 31-34-38-42-46-48-50 cm from the marker mid-front and 34-37-41-45-49-51-53 cm from the shoulder.
SLEEVES
Place the 29-31-31-31-33-33-35 sleeve-stitches from one stitch holder onto circular needle size 6 mm and knit up 1 stitch in each of the 4-4-4-6-6-6-6 stitches cast on under the sleeve – read SLEEVE TIP = 33-35-35-37-39-39-41 stitches. Insert a marker-thread in the middle of the 4-4-4-6-6-6-6 stitches under the sleeve. The round starts by the marker-thread.
Continue in the round with stocking stitch and continue the stripes from the yoke.
AT THE SAME TIME, when the sleeve measures 2 cm from the division, decrease mid-under the sleeve – read DECREASE TIP, as follows:
Decrease 2 stitches every 6-8-10-10-10-12-12 cm, 3 times = 27-29-29-31-33-33-35 stitches.
Continue working until the sleeve measures 16-21-25-28-31-35-38 cm from the division.
Change to double pointed needles size 5 mm. Work rib (knit 1, purl 1), AT THE SAME TIME increase 3-3-3-3-5-5-5 stitches evenly on the first round = 30-32-32-34-38-38-40 stitches. When the rib measures 4-4-4-4-5-5-5 cm, cast off with rib. The sleeve measures approx. 20-25-29-32-36-40-43 cm from the division.
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