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 64-66-70-72-74-76-78 stitches slightly loosely with circular needle size 5 mm and 2 strands DROPS Alpaca – read DOUBLE STRAND in explanations above. Work stocking stitch in the round for 4-4-5-5-5-6-6 cm (= rolled edge).
The round begins on the right back shoulder. Insert 1 marker after the first 22-22-23-24-24-25-25 stitches (approx. mid-front), the piece is measured from here.
YOKE
Insert 4 markers, without working the stitches and inserting each marker between 2 stitches (raglan-stitches). You increase for raglan on each side of the raglan-stitches.
Insert marker-1 before the first stitch, count 11 stitches (= sleeve),
Insert marker-2 before the next stitch, count 21-22-24-25-26-27-28 stitches (= front piece),
Insert marker-3 before the next stitch, count 11 stitches (= sleeve),
Insert marker-4 before the next stitch, there are 21-22-24-25-26-27-28 stitches left after the last marker (= back piece).
Work stocking stitch in the round and increase 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 all sets of raglan-stitches, 10-11-12-13-14-15-16 times = 144-154-166-176-186-196-206 stitches (8 increased stitches on each increase-round). Remember to maintain the knitting tension.
The increases on the sleeves are finished. Continue increasing on the front and back pieces every 2nd round 4 more times (4 increased stitches on each increase-round) = 160-170-182-192-202-212-222 stitches.
All increases for raglan are finished: a total of 14-15-16-17-18-19-20 increases in height on the front and back pieces and 10-11-12-13-14-15-16 increases in height on the sleeves. Continue working without further increases until the piece measures 13-14-15-15-16-17-18 cm from the marker mid-front. Now divide for the body and sleeves.
DIVIDE FOR BODY AND SLEEVES
Place the first 31-33-35-37-39-41-43 stitches on a stitch holder for the sleeve, cast on 6 stitches (mid-under the sleeve), knit 49-52-56-59-62-65-68 (= front piece), place the next 31-33-35-37-39-41-43 stitches on a stitch holder for the sleeve, cast on 6 stitches (mid-under the sleeve), knit the last 49-52-56-59-62-65-68 stitches (= back piece). The body and sleeves are finished separately.
BODY
= 110-116-124-130-136-142-148 stitches.
Continue stocking stitch in the round until the piece measures 27-30-34-38-41-43-45 cm from the marker mid-front.
Change to circular needle size 4 mm. Work rib (knit 3, purl 3), AT THE SAME TIME increase 10-10-14-14-14-20-20 stitches evenly on the first round = 120-126-138-144-150-162-168 stitches.
When the rib measures 3-3-3-3-4-4-4 cm cast off with knit.
The jumper 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 31-33-35-37-39-41-43 sleeve-stitches from one stitch holder onto circular needle size 5 mm and knit up 1 stitch in each of the 6 stitches cast on under the sleeve – read SLEEVE TIP = 37-39-41-43-45-47-49 stitches. Insert a marker-thread in the middle of the 6 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 10 cm, 2-2-3-3-3-3-3 times = 33-35-35-37-39-41-43 stitches.
Continue working until the sleeve measures 18-23-26-31-34-38-41 cm from the division. Change to double pointed needles size 4 mm. Work rib (knit 3, purl 3), AT THE SAME TIME increase 3-1-1-5-3-1-5 stitches evenly on the first round = 36-36-36-42-42-42-48 stitches. When the rib measures 3-3-3-3-4-4-4 cm, cast off with knit. The sleeve measures approx. 21-26-29-34-38-42-45 cm from the division.
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