JACKET – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE
The jacket is worked with circular needle, back and forth and bottom up, as far as the armholes. The piece is then divided and the back and front pieces are finished separately. Stitches are knitted up around the armholes and the sleeves are worked back and forth, top down. The neck and bands are worked to finish.
BODY
Cast on 77-81-87-91-97-101 stitches with circular needle size 6 mm and 1 strand Nepal and 1 strand Kid-Silk (= 2 strands). Purl 1 row from the wrong side then work as follows from the right side: 1 edge stitch in GARTER STITCH – read description above, * knit 1, purl 1 , work from -* until there are 2 stitches left, knit 1 and 1 edge stitch in garter stitch. Continue this rib for 5-5-5-6-6-6 cm. Change to circular needle size 7 mm. Now work garter stitch over all stitches, AT THE SAME TIME on the first row decrease 1 stitch = 76-80-86-90-96-100 stitches.
Work until the piece measures 30-33-36-39-41-43 cm from the cast-on edge. REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION! Now cast off for the armholes on the next row from the right side as follows: Work the first 15-16-17-18-19-20 stitches (= front piece), cast off the next 2 stitches for the armhole, work the next 42-44-48-50-54-56 stitches (= back piece), cast off the next 2 stitches for the armhole, work the last 15-16-17-18-19-20 stitches (= front piece). The front and back pieces are finished separately.
RIGHT FRONT PIECE
= 15-16-17-18-19-20 stitches. Work garter stitch. Cast off when the piece measures 44-48-52-56-59-62 cm (14-15-16-17-18-19 cm from the cast-off stitches on the armhole).
LEFT FRONT PIECE
= 15-16-17-18-19-20 stitches. Work garter stitch. Cast off when the piece measures 44-48-52-56-59-62 cm (14-15-16-17-18-19 cm from the cast-off stitches on the armhole).
BACK PIECE
= 42-44-48-50-54-56 stitches. Continue with garter stitch until the piece measures 42-46-50-54-57-60 cm. Cast off the middle 10-10-12-12-14-14 stitches for the neck and finish each shoulder separately. On the next row cast off 1 stitch towards the neck = 15-16-17-18-19-20 stitches on the shoulder. Cast off when the piece measures 44-48-52-56-59-62 cm (14-15-16-17-18-19 cm from the cast-off stitches on the armhole). Work the other shoulder in the same way.
ASSEMBLY-1:
Sew the shoulder seams.
SLEEVE
The sleeves are worked back and forth, top down.
Knit up 36-40-42-44-46-50 stitches around the armhole with circular needle size 7 mm, using 1 strand Nepal and 1 strand Kid-Silk - knit up 18-20-21-22-23-25 stitches from the bottom of the armhole to the shoulder seam and 18-20-21-22-23-25 stitches from the shoulder seam down the other side. Work garter stitch back and forth. When the piece measures 3 cm, decrease 1 stitch on each side of the sleeve (knit together the 2 outermost stitches on each side). Decrease like this every 5-5-5-5-5½-5 cm a total of 5-6-7-7-7-9 times = 26-28-28-30-32-32 stitches. Continue with garter stitch until the piece measures 27-31-35-38-41-46 cm (try the jacket on and work to desired length; 5-5-5-6-6-6 cm left to finished length). Change to circular needle size 6 mm and work rib as follows: 1 edge stitch in garter stitch, * knit 1, purl 1 , work from -* until there is 1 stitch left, 1 edge stitch in garter stitch. When the rib measures 5-5-5-6-6-6 cm, cast off with knit over knit and purl over purl. The sleeve measures 32-36-40-44-47-52 cm. Work the other sleeve in the same way.
ASSEMBLY-2:
Sew the sleeve seams in the outermost loop of the outermost stitch, so the seam is flat.
BANDS/NECK
Insert 1 marker mid-back of neck; this marker is used when dividing the stitches for the bands. The bands are knitted up inside the 1 edge stitch on the front pieces and on the neck.
Start from the right side at the bottom of the right front piece – knit up approx. 76-82-89-95-101-106 stitches along the front piece and round the neck as far as the marker at the back, using circular needle size 6 mm and 1 strand of each quality – leave the marker in place. Knit up approx. 77-83-90-96-102-107 stitches down to the bottom of the left front piece. The total number of stitches should be divisible by 2 + 1 = approx. 153-165-179-191-203-213 stitches. It is important the bands are neither too loose nor too tight; adjust the number of stitches if necessary.
The next row is worked as follows from the wrong side: 1 edge stitch in garter stitch, * knit 1, purl 1 , work from -* until there are 2 stitches left, purl 1 and 1 edge stitch in garter stitch. Continue this rib for 4 cm. Loosely cast off with knit over knit and purl over purl, read CASTING OFF TIP!
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