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 76-80-84-88-88-92 stitches with circular needle size 3 mm and DROPS Fiesta. Work rib in the round (knit 1, purl 1) for 3-3-3-3-4-4 cm. The round begins on the right back shoulder. Insert 1 marker after the first 26-27-28-29-29-30 stitches (approx. mid-front). The work is now measured from here.
YOKE
Change to circular needle size 4 mm. Insert 4 markers, without working the stitches and each marker inserted in a knitted stitch (called raglan-stitch and is worked in stocking stitch).
Insert marker-1 in the first stitch, count 13-13-13-13-13-15 stitches (= sleeve),
insert marker-2 in the next stitch, count 23-25-27-29-29-29 stitches (= front piece),
insert marker-3 in the next stitch, count 13-13-13-13-13-15 stitches (= sleeve),
insert marker-4 in the next stitch, there are 23-25-27-29-29-29 stitches after the last marker (= back piece).
Work stocking stitch and increase for RAGLAN – read description above, as follows:
ROUND 1:
Knit and increase for raglan on each side of all 4 raglan-stitches (= 8 increased stitches), NOTE: At the beginning of the round increase after the first raglan-stitch, at the end of the round increase before the first raglan-stitch.
ROUND 2:
Knit.
Work ROUNDS 1 and 2 a total of 17-18-19-20-21-22 times (= 34-36-38-40-42-44 rounds worked) = 212-224-236-248-256-268 stitches. Remember to maintain the knitting tension.
Work stocking stitch without further increases until the yoke measures 13-14-15-16-17-17 cm from the marker mid-front. Now divide for the body and sleeves.
DIVIDE FOR BODY AND SLEEVES
Knit 2-2-2-2-3-4 (these stitches belong to the back piece), place the next 45-47-49-51-51-53 stitches on 1 thread for the sleeve, cast on 6-6-6-6-8-8 stitches (under the sleeve), knit 61-65-69-73-77-81 (= front piece), place the next 45-47-49-51-51-53 stitches on 1 thread for the sleeve, cast on 6-6-6-6-8-8 stitches (under the sleeve), knit the last 59-63-67-71-74-77 stitches (= back piece). The body and sleeves are finished separately.
BODY
= 134-142-150-158-170-178 stitches. Insert 1 marker in the middle of the 6-6-6-6-8-8 cast-on stitches under 1 sleeve. Work to this marker; the round now begins here.
Continue with stocking stitch in the round until the piece measures 25-28-31-34-36-37 cm from the marker mid-front.
Change to circular needle size 3 mm. Work rib (knit 1, purl 1), AT THE SAME TIME increase 28-30-32-34-32-34 stitches evenly on the first round = 162-172-182-192-202-212 stitches.
When the rib measures 3-3-3-3-4-4 cm, cast off with rib.
The jumper measures approx. 28-31-34-37-40-41 cm from the marker mid-front and 31-34-37-40-43-45 cm from top of shoulder.
SLEEVES
Place the 45-47-49-51-51-53 sleeve-stitches from one thread on circular needle size 4 mm and knit up 1 stitch in each of the 6-6-6-6-8-8 stitches cast on under the sleeve – read SLEEVE TIP = 51-53-55-57-59-61 stitches. Insert a marker-thread in the middle of the 6-6-6-6-8-8 stitches under the sleeve.
Start at the marker-thread and work stocking stitch in the round.
When the sleeve measures 2 cm, decrease 2 stitches under the sleeve – read DECREASE TIP. Decrease like this every 2-2½-3-3-3-4 cm a total of 8-8-9-9-10-10 times = 35-37-37-39-39-41 stitches. Continue working until the sleeve measures 20-24-28-31-34-40 cm from the division. Change to double pointed needles size 3 mm. Work rib (knit 1, purl 1), AT THE SAME TIME increase 9 stitches evenly on the first round = 44-46-46-48-48-50 stitches. When the rib measures 3-3-3-3-4-4 cm, cast off with rib. The sleeve measures approx. 23-27-31-34-38-44 cm.
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