​Fiona Knit Jumper

You’ll need:

500; 550; 600; 650g of yarn (75% wool, 25% silk; 200m/50g);

Straight knitting needles 4,5;

Circle knitting needles 4,5 (40 cm long).

Size: XS; S; M; L.

Used Patterns

2 x 2 rib;

Stockinette stitch: in RS row – knit sts, in WS row – purls, in circle rows – only knit sts;

Wrong-side: in RS row – purls, in WS row – knit sts, in circle rows – only purls;

Cable: due to the scheme A.

Horizontal pattern repeat – 18 sts, vertical pattern repeat – 38 rows.

Relief: due to the scheme B; start with sts before pattern repeat, pattern repeat, finish with sts after it. Horizontal pattern repeat – 17 sts, vertical – 8 rows.

Stitches control in 2 threads of yarn with knitting needles 4,5:

stockinette stitch and wrong-side: 17,5 sts x 29 rows = 10 x 10 cm;

cable: 18 sts – 8 cm;

relief pattern: 25,5 sts x 26,5 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 82; 86; 90; 94 sts with 2 threads of yarn, make 5 cm (= 16 rows) of placket with rib pattern. Start the row with 1 selvedge st and 1 knit st. Finish the row in reflection.

The, divide the sts in the following way: 1 selvedge st, 4; 6; 8; 10 sts of wrong-side pattern, 18 sts of cable, 3 sts of wrong-side pattern, 30 sts of stockinette stitch, 3 sts of wrong-side pattern, 18 sts of cable, 4; 6; 8; 10 sts of wrong-side pattern, 1 selvedge st.

Starting from the 19^th; 19^th; 19^th; 21^st rows from the placket, make increase from both sides:

In 18^th row: 1 x 1 st and in every 16^th row – 6 x 1 st;

In every 18^th row: 4 x 1 st and in every 16^th row – 3 x 1 st;

In every 18^th row: 7 x 1 st;

In every 18^th row: 1 x 1 st, in the 20^th row: 1 x 1 st and in every 18^th row – 6 x 1 st.

You should get 98; 102; 106; 110 sts in work. Make increased sts with wrong-side pattern.

At 51; 53; 55; 57 cm (= 148; 154; 160; 166 rows) from the placket, bind off 1 x 11; 11; 13; 13 sts from both sides for shoulders and then in all the paired rows 2 x 11; 12; 12; 13 sts.

At the level of decreases for shoulders beginning, bind off the central 32 sts for the neck-hole. Finish each part separately.

Front

Make in the same way, as back, but with deeper neck-hole. For this, bind off the central 12 sts at 45; 47; 49; 51 cm height (= 130; 136; 142; 148 rows).

For smooth rounding, bind off 1 x 3 sts, 2 x 22 sts, 3 x 1 st along the inner side of neck-hole in every even row.

Sleeves

Cast on 43; 60; 60; 77 sts with 2 threads of yarn and make 1 WS row with knit sts.

Make 48 rows of relief pattern.

Then, work with stockinette stitch, increasing 1 st in the 1^st row from both sides. There are 45; 62; 62; 79 sts in work.

For widening (except the 48^th row), increase 1 st from both sides in the 15^th, 39^th, 21^st rows (from stockinette stitch), then, 3 x 1 st in every 12^th row, 1 x 1 st in the 36^th row, 3 x 1 st in every 20^th row, 1 x 1 st in the 18^th row. Totally, 59; 66; 72; 79 sts.

At 36; 38; 40; 42 cm height (= 110; 116; 122 rows) of stockinette stitch, bind off the sts.

Assembly

Sew up the seams.

Lift 84 sts with circle knitting needles along the neck-hole line and make 2,5 cm (= 6 rows) of rib. Bind off the sts.

Sew up the sleeves, make sleeve and side seams.