START THE PIECE HERE
JACKET – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE.
The neck is worked back and forth with circular needle, from mid front and top down. A neckline is worked with short rows before continuing the yoke back and forth with circular needle. 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/short circular needle.
NECK
Cast on 90-90-90-94-94-102 stitches with circular needle size 5 mm and DROPS Air. Change to circular needle size 3.5 mm and purl 1 row from the wrong side.
Work the next row as follows from the right side: 2 EDGE STITCHES and 4 GARTER STITCHES – read explanations above (6 band stitches), * knit 2, purl 2 , work from -* until there are 8 stitches left, knit 2, 4 garter stitches and 2 edge stitches (6 band stitches) – remember explanation above.
Continue this rib back and forth for 6-6-7-7-8-8 cm – with the next row from the right side.
Insert 4 marker-threads without working the stitches. NOTE: Each thread is inserted between 2 knitted stitches and mark the raglan-lines.
Count 15-15-15-19-19-19 stitches (front piece), insert marker-thread 1 before the next stitch, count 20-20-20-16-16-20 stitches (sleeve), insert marker-thread 2 before the next stitch, count 20-20-20-24-24-24 stitches (back piece), insert marker-thread 3 before the next stitch, count 20-20-20-16-16-20 stitches (sleeve), insert marker-thread 4 before the next stitch. There are 15-15-15-19-19-19 stitches left after the last marker-thread (front piece).
Knit 1 row and adjust the stitch count as follows:
SIZES 2 - 3/4 - 5/6 YEARS:
Work the 6 band stitches as before, stocking stitch as far as marker-thread 1 and increase 1 stitch over these stitches (do not increase/decrease the 2 knitted stitches in the raglan-line – applies at all marker-threads), work stocking stitch as far as marker-thread 2 and decrease 4 stitches evenly over these stitches, stocking stitch as far as marker-thread 3 without decreasing, work stocking stitch as far as marker-thread 4 and decrease 4 stitches evenly over these stitches, stocking stitch until there are 6 stitches left, increasing 1 stitch over these stitches, finish with 6 band stitches as before = 84 stitches.
SIZES 7/8 - 9/10 YEARS:
Work the 6 band stitches as before, stocking stitch as far as marker-thread 1 and decrease 2 stitches over these stitches (do not decrease the 2 knitted stitches in the raglan-line – applies at all marker-threads), work stocking stitch as far as marker-thread 2 without decreasing, stocking stitch as far as marker-thread 3 and decrease 2 stitches evenly over these stitches, work stocking stitch as far as marker-thread 4 without decreasing, stocking stitch until there are 6 stitches left and decrease 2 stitches evenly over these stitches, finish with 6 band stitches as before = 88 stitches.
SIZE 11/12 YEARS:
Work the 6 band stitches as before, stocking stitch as far as marker-thread 1 and decrease 2 stitches over these stitches (do not decrease the 2 knitted stitches in the raglan-line – applies at all marker-threads), work stocking stitch as far as marker-thread 2 and decrease 4 stitches evenly over these stitches, stocking stitch as far as marker-thread 3 and decrease 2 stitches evenly over these stitches, work stocking stitch as far as marker-thread 4 and decrease 4 stitches evenly over these stitches, stocking stitch until there are 6 stitches left, decreasing 2 stitches evenly over these stitches, finish with 6 band stitches as before = 88 stitches.
ALL SIZES
= 84-84-84-88-88-88 stitches (16-16-16-17-17-17 stitches on each front piece, 16 stitches on each sleeve and 20-20-20-22-22-22 stitches on the back piece).
NECKLINE
Change to circular needle size 5 mm. Now work a neckline with short rows and increase for raglan as described below. REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION!
ROW 1 (wrong side): Work 6 band stitches as before, purl to 2 stitches past marker-thread 1 (front left of neck when the garment is worn), turn, tighten the strand.
ROW 2 (right side): Knit and increase for RAGLAN on each side of all 4 marker-threads – read description above, to 2 stitches past marker-thread 4 (front right of neck = 8 stitches increased), turn, tighten the strand.
ROW 3 (wrong side): Purl to 2 stitches past the last turn by marker-thread 1 (remember the yarn overs are worked as described under Raglan), turn, tighten the strand.
ROW 4 (right side): Knit and increase for raglan on each side of all 4 marker-threads, to 2 stitches past the last turn by marker-thread 4 (= 8 stitches increased), turn, tighten the strand.
ROW 5 (wrong side): Purl to 2 stitches past the last turn by marker-thread 1, turn, tighten the strand.
ROW 6 (right side): Knit and increase for raglan on each side of all 4 marker-threads, to 2 stitches past the last turn by marker-thread 4 (= 8 stitches increased), turn, tighten the strand.
ROW 7 (wrong side). Purl until there are 6 stitches left on the row, work the 6 band stitches as before.
The short rows are finished and you have increased 3 times for raglan on each side of all 4 marker-threads = 108-108-108-112-112-112 stitches.
Continue the yoke over all stitches. Remember the BUTTONHOLES on the right band – read description above.
YOKE
Continue with stocking stitch and 6 band stitches on each side as before. Continue to increase for raglan as follows: Increase on each side of all 4 marker-threads every 2nd row (each row from the right side) 2-2-1-2-2-2 more times (5-5-4-5-5-5 times including the increases on the short rows) = 124-124-116-128-128-128 stitches.
Continue increasing every 2nd row (each row from the right side) but every 2nd increase is only on the front and back pieces (4 increased stitches), i.e., increase on the front/back pieces every 2nd row and on the sleeves every 4th row. Increase like this 10-12-14-14-14-16 times on the front/back pieces (5-6-7-7-7-8 times on the sleeves). You have increased a total of 15-17-18-19-19-21 times on the front/back pieces and 10-11-11-12-12-13 times on the sleeves.
There are 184-196-200-212-212-224 stitches (31-33-34-36-36-38 stitches to the marker thread on each front piece, 36-38-38-40-40-42 stitches between marker threads on the sleeves and 50-54-56-60-60-64 stitches between marker threads on the back piece) The yoke measures approx. 14-15-16-17-17-19 cm measured after the neck, mid-back. If necessary, continue working to the correct length.
Now divide for the body and sleeves as follows:
Work the first 32-34-35-37-37-39 stitches as before (front piece), place the next 34-36-36-38-38-40 stitches on a thread for the sleeve, cast on 8-8-10-10-12-12 stitches (in side under sleeve), work 52-56-58-62-62-66 stitches (back piece), place the next 34-36-36-38-38-40 stitches on a thread for the sleeve, cast on 8-8-10-10-12-12 stitches (in side under sleeve), work the last 32-34-35-37-37-39 stitches (front piece).
The body and sleeves are finished separately. The piece is now measured from here!
BODY
= 132-140-148-156-160-168 stitches. Continue with stocking stitch and 6 band stitches on each side as before for a further 11-14-17-20-22-22 cm. Knit 1 row from the right side and increase 22-26-26-26-30-30 stitches evenly spaced – read INCREASE TIP (do not increase over the bands) = 154-166-174-182-190-198 stitches.
Change to circular needle size 3.5 mm and work as follows from the wrong side: 6 band stitches as before, * purl 2, knit 2 , work from -* until there are 8 stitches left, purl 2 and 6 band stitches as before. Continue this rib for 5 cm. Cast off a little loosely. The jacket measures approx. 34-38-42-46-48-50 cm from the shoulder.
SLEEVES
Place the 34-36-36-38-38-40 stitches from the thread on the one side of the piece on short circular needle/double pointed needles size 5 mm and knit up 1 stitch in each of the new stitches cast on under the sleeve = 42-44-46-48-50-52 stitches. Insert a marker-thread in the middle of the 8-8-10-10-12-12 new stitches under the sleeve. Start at the marker-thread and work stocking stitch in the round.
When the sleeve measures 3 cm, decrease 2 stitches mid under sleeve – read DECREASE TIP. Decrease like this every 2-3-4-5-5½-5½ cm a total of 5-5-5-5-5-6 times = 32-34-36-38-40-40 stitches. Continue working until the sleeve measures 14-19-23-26-31-33 cm from the division. There is approx. 7 cm left. try the jacket on and work to desired length before the rib.
Knit 1 round and increase 8-10-12-10-12-12 stitches evenly spaced = 40-44-48-48-52-52 stitches. Change to double pointed needles size 3.5 mm and work rib (knit 2, purl 2) for 7 cm. Cast off a little loosely. The sleeve measures approx. 21-26-30-33-38-40 cm from the division.
Work the other sleeve in the same way.
ASSEMBLY
Sew the buttons onto the left band.
If you want a double neck, fold it double to the inside and fasten down with a couple of stitches in each raglan-line.
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