START THE PIECE HERE
JACKET – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE.
The neck and yoke are worked back and forth with circular needle, from mid front and top down as far as the armholes, then the body and sleeves are finished separately. The body is finished back and forth with circular needle. The sleeves are worked in the round with double pointed needles.
Buttonholes are not worked, as the buttons are buttoned in the lace pattern on the band.
DOUBLE NECK
Cast on 75-79-85-87-89-93 stitches with circular needle size 4 mm and DROPS Karisma.
Change to circular needle size 3 mm. Purl 1 row from the wrong side.
Work rib (knit 1, purl 1) until there is 1 stitch left, knit 1. Work this rib back and forth for 3 cm. At the end of the next 2 rows cast on 7 stitches in garter stitch for the bands = 89-93-99-101-103-107 stitches.
On the next row from the right side work as follows: A.1 over the 7 band stitches, continue the rib as before until there are 7 stitches left, A.2 over the 7 band stitches. Continue this pattern until the rib measures 6½ cm from the cast-on edge and the next row is from the right side.
YOKE
Work the 7 band stitches as before, knit until there are 7 stitches left, increasing 14-18-20-18-24-20 stitches evenly over these stitches - read INCREASE TIP, work the 7 band stitches as before = 103-111-119-119-127-127 stitches. Insert a marker; the yoke is measured from here.
Change to circular needle size 4 mm. Purl 1 row from the wrong side (bands worked as before).
Now work A.3 - read PATTERN in explanations above, and at the same time increase on each row marked with an arrow in A.3 as follows (bands worked as before):
ARROW 1: Increase 24 stitches evenly spaced = 127-135-143-143-151-151 stitches.
REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION!
ARROW 2: Increase 24-24-28-28-32-32 stitches evenly spaced = 151-159-171-171-183-183 stitches.
ARROW 3: Increase 24-24-28-28-32-32 stitches evenly spaced =175-183-199-199-215-215 stitches.
ARROW 4: Increase 24-24-26-32-28-36 stitches evenly spaced = 199-207-225-231-243-251 stitches.
ARROW 5: Increase 26-30-26-32-32-36 stitches evenly spaced = 225-237-251-263-275-287 stitches
Continue with stocking stitch (bands worked as before) until the yoke measures 13-14-15-16-17-18 cm from the marker. Now divide for the body and sleeves as follows from the right side: Work the first 37-39-42-44-46-48 stitches as before (left front piece), place the next 44-46-48-50-52-54 stitches on a thread, without working them (sleeve), cast on 6 stitches under the sleeve, knit 63-67-71-75-79-83 (back piece), place the next 44-46-48-50-52-54 stitches on a thread, without working them(sleeve), cast on 6 stitches under the sleeve, work the last 37-39-42-44-46-48 stitches as before (right front piece). The piece is now measured from here!
BODY
= 149-157-167-175-183-191 stitches. Continue back and forth as before for a further 13-15-18-21-24-25 cm, with the next row from the right side (approx. 4 cm left; try the jacket on and work to desired length).
Work the bands in GARTER STITCH – see explanation above, and stocking stitch over the other stitches, increasing 28-30-30-32-33-36 stitches evenly over the stocking stitches = 177-187-197-207-216-227 stitches. Purl back from the wrong side (bands in garter stitch). Change to circular needle size 3 mm and work rib as follows from the right side: 7 band stitches in garter stitch, rib (knit 1, purl 1) until there are 8 stitches left, knit 1, worked 7 band stitches in garter stitch. Continue this rib for 4 cm. Cast off a little loosely with knit over knit and purl over purl. The jacket measures approx. 33-36-40-44-48-50 cm from the shoulder.
SLEEVES
Place the 44-46-48-50-52-54 stitches from the thread on the one side of the piece on double pointed needles size 4 mm and knit up 1 stitch in each of the 6 stitches cast on under the sleeve = 50-52-54-56-58-60 stitches. Insert a marker-thread in the middle of the new stitches under the sleeve and allow it to follow your work onwards.
Work stocking stitch in the round.
When the sleeve measures 4 cm, decrease 1 stitch on each side of the marker-thread – read DECREASE TIP. Decrease like this every 2½-3½-4½-5-6-7 cm a total of 5 times = 40-42-44-46-48-50 stitches. Work until the sleeve measures 16-20-24-28-31-35 cm from the division (or to desired length. There is approx. 4 cm left). Knit 1 round and increase 4 stitches evenly spaced = 44-46-48-50-52-54 stitches. Change to double pointed needles size 3 mm and work rib (knit 1, purl 1) for 4 cm. Cast off with knit over knit and purl over purl. Work the other sleeve in the same way.
ASSEMBLY
Fold the neck double to the inside and sew down. To avoid the neck being tight and rolling outwards, it is important that the seam is elastic. Sew the openings together mid-front with small stitches. Sew the buttons onto the left band; the top button is positioned so it can be buttoned through the first row of the lace pattern on the band and the other buttons positioned evenly down the band.
Diagram
= knit from right side, purl from wrong side
= purl from right side, knit from wrong side
= between 2 stitches make 1 yarn over which is purled on the next row to leave a hole
= between 2 stitches make 1 yarn over which is knitted on the next row to leave a hole
= knit 2 together
= slip 1 stitch knit-wise, knit 1 and pass the slipped stitch over the knitted stitch
= slip 2 stitches as if to knit together, knit 1 and pass the slipped stitches over the knitted stitch
= increase – explained in text
