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JACKET – 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 back and forth with circular needle, from mid front and top down. When the yoke is finished, it is divided for body and sleeves and the body continued back and forth, while the sleeves wait. The sleeves are worked in the round, top down.
NECK
Cast on 85-91-97-99-99-105-107 stitches with circular needle size 3 mm and DROPS Merino Extra Fine. Purl 1 row from the wrong side.
Work as follows from the right side: 6 stitches according to BANDS WITH I-CORD – read explanation above, work rib (knit 1, purl 1) until there are 7 stitches left, knit 1 and work 6 stitches according to bands with I-cord.
Continue this rib for 3-3-3-3-4-4-4 cm.
Insert 1 marker inside 1 band (mid-front), the piece is now measured from here.
YOKE
Change to circular needle size 4 mm. Insert 4 markers as described below, without working the stitches, each marker inserted into a stitch (raglan-stitches). You increase on each side of the raglan-stitches.
Count 16-18-20-20-20-22-22 stitches (= left front piece), insert marker-1 in the next stitch, count 13 stitches (= sleeve), insert marker-2 in the next stitch, count 23-25-27-29-29-31-33 stitches (= back piece) insert marker-3 in the next stitch, count 13 stitches (= sleeve), insert marker-4 in the next stitch, there are 16-18-20-20-20-22-22 stitches left for the right front piece.
Work stocking stitch back and forth (with the bands worked as before) and increase for RAGLAN on each side of the raglan-stitches – read explanation above. Remember the BUTTONHOLES – read explanation above.
Increase for raglan every 2nd row a total of 17-18-19-20-21-22-23 times = 221-235-249-259-267-281-291 stitches. Remember to maintain the knitting tension.
Continue with stocking stitch and the bands as before, without further increases, until the yoke measures 13-14-15-16-17-18-19 cm from the marker mid-front. Now divide for the body and sleeves.
DIVIDE FOR BODY AND SLEEVES
Work 35-38-41-42-44-47-48 stitches as before (= front piece), place the next 45-47-49-51-51-53-55 stitches on a thread for the sleeve, cast on 6-6-6-6-8-8-8 stitches (mid-under the sleeve), work 61-65-69-73-77-81-85 stitches as before (= back piece), place the next 45-47-49-51-51-53-55 stitches on a thread for the sleeve, cast on 6-6-6-6-8-8-8 stitches (mid-under the sleeve), work the last 35-38-41-42-44-47-48 stitches as before (= front piece). The body and sleeves are finished separately.
BODY
= 143-153-163-169-181-191-197 stitches. Continue with stocking stitch and the bands as before until the piece measures 27-30-34-38-41-43-45 cm from the marker mid-front.
On the next row from the right side begin the rib, AT THE SAME TIME increase 30-30-30-34-34-34-38 stitches evenly on the first row (do not increase across the bands) – remember INCREASE TIP = 173-183-193-203-215-225-235 stitches, working as follows:
Change to circular needle size 3 mm, work the band as before, rib (knit 1, purl 1 – remember to increase) until there are 7 stitches left, knit 1 and work the band as before.
When the rib measures 3-3-3-3-4-4-4 cm, cast off with rib.
The jacket measures approx. 30-33-37-41-45-47-49 cm from the marker mid-front and 33-36-40-44-48-50-52 cm from the shoulder.
SLEEVES
Place the 45-47-49-51-51-53-55 sleeve-stitches from one thread on circular needle size 4 mm and knit up 1 stitch in each of the 6-6-6-6-8-8-8 stitches cast on under the sleeve – read SLEEVE TIP = 51-53-55-57-59-61-63 stitches. Insert a marker-thread in the middle of the 6-6-6-6-8-8-8 stitches under the sleeve- the round starts by the marker-thread.
Work stocking stitch in the round.
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 3-4-5-6-6½-7-8 cm a total of 6 times = 39-41-43-45-47-49-51 stitches.
Continue working until the sleeve measures 21-24-28-33-37-40-44 cm from the division. Change to double pointed needles size 3 mm. Work rib (knit 1, purl 1), AT THE SAME TIME increase 7 stitches evenly on the first round – remember INCREASE TIP = 46-48-50-52-54-56-58 stitches. When the rib measures 3-3-3-3-4-4-4 cast off with rib. The sleeve measures approx. 24-27-31-36-41-44-48 cm from the division.
ASSEMBLY
Sew the buttons onto the left band.
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