JUMPER – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE
The neck and yoke are worked in the round with circular needle, from mid back and top down. The yoke is divided for body and sleeves and the body continued in the round. The sleeves are worked in the round with double pointed needles/short circular needle.
NECK
Cast on 80-80-88-88-96-96 stitches with short circular needle size 3.5 mm and 1 strand off white and 1 strand light blue DROPS Alpaca. Work rib in the round (knit 1, purl 1) for 3 cm. The yoke is measured from here.
YOKE
Change to circular needle size 5 mm.
Insert 4 marker-threads for the raglan-lines, each inserted in 1 knitted stitch (not between stitches), as follows:
Knit the first 10-10-12-12-14-14 stitches (approx. half back piece), insert 1 marker in the next stitch, knit 19-19-19-19-21-21 stitches (sleeve), insert 1 marker in the next stitch, knit 19-19-23-23-25-25 stitches (front piece), insert 1 marker in the next stitch, knit 19-19-19-19-21-21 (sleeve), insert 1 marker in the next stitch, knit the last 9-9-11-11-11-11 stitches.
Work stocking stitch in the round and increase for raglan as follows: REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION!
Increase for RAGLAN on each side of all 4 marker-stitches – read description above, every 2nd round 4-7-2-5-1-1 times = 112-136-104-128-104-104 stitches.
Continue increasing every 2nd round but every other increase is now only on the front and back pieces (4 stitches increased). I.e., increase on the front and back pieces every 2nd round and on the sleeves every 4th round. Increase like this 10-8-14-12-16-18 times on the front and back pieces (5-4-7-6-8-9 times on the sleeves). You have increased a total of 14-15-16-17-17-19 times on the front and back pieces and 9-11-9-11-9-10 times on the sleeves.
After the last increase there are 172-184-188-200-200-212 stitches (47-49-55-57-59-63 stitches between the marker-stitches on the front and back pieces and 37-41-37-41-39-41 stitches between the marker-stitches on the sleeves). The yoke measures approx. 13-14-15-16-16-18 cm from the neck, mid-front. If necessary, continue with stocking stitch without further increases to the correct length.
Divide for the body and sleeves as follows:
Knit 26-28-29-31-32-34 (approx. half back piece), place the next 35-37-37-39-39-41 stitches on a thread for the sleeve, cast on 8-8-10-10-12-12 stitches (in side under sleeve), knit 51-55-57-61-61-65 (front piece), place the next 35-37-37-39-39-41 stitches on a thread for the sleeve, cast on 8-8-10-10-12-12 stitches (in side under sleeve), knit to end of round (= 51-55-57-61-61-65 stitches on back piece).
The body and sleeves are finished separately. The piece is now measured from here!
BODY
= 118-126-134-142-146-154 stitches. Continue with stocking stitch in the round for a further 16-19-22-24-28-29 cm. Knit 1 round and increase 22-22-22-26-26-26 stitches evenly spaced = 140-148-156-168-172-180 stitches.
Change to circular needle size 3.5 mm. Work rib (knit 1, purl 1) for 3 cm. Cast off a little loosely. The jumper measures approx. 37-41-45-49-53-56 cm from the shoulder.
SLEEVES
Place the 35-37-37-39-39-41 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 8-8-10-10-12-12 stitches cast on under the sleeve = 43-45-47-49-51-53 stitches. Insert a marker-thread in the middle of the new stitches under the sleeve.
Start at the marker-thread and work stocking stitch in the round.
When the sleeve measures 3-3-3-5-5-5 cm, decrease 2 stitches under the sleeve – read DECREASE TIP. Decrease like this every 2-3-3-3-4-4 cm a total of 6-6-7-7-7-7 times = 31-33-33-35-37-39 stitches. Continue working until the sleeve measures 17-22-25-29-33-36 cm from the division (or to desired length. There is approx. 3 cm left). Knit 1 round and increase 5-5-7-7-7-7 stitches evenly spaced = 36-38-40-42-44-46 stitches. Change to double pointed needles size 3.5 mm and work rib (knit 1, purl 1) for 3 cm. Cast off a little loosely. The sleeve measures approx. 20-25-28-32-36-39 cm from the division.
Work the other sleeve in the same way.
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