Melange Pullover with Weaving Pattern

You’ll need:

550g of red-brown mélange West yarn of sectional coloring (55% sheep wool, 45% polyacryl; 82m/50g);

Straight and circle knitting needles 7.

Size: M.

Used Patterns

1 x 1 rib;

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

Weaving pattern: make separate stripes and twist them due to the scheme.

Stitches control: stockinette stitch: 14 sts x 19,5 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 72 sts and make 4 cm of rib between selvage sts. Then, work with stockinette stitch. In 64,5 cm = 126 rows from rib, bind off all the sts, the central 32 sts form neck-hole, outer 20 sts from each side – shoulders.

Front

Cast on 114 sts and make 4 cm with rib between selvage sts. Then, divide the sts into 6 parts of 19 sts for weaving pattern and make each part separately with stockinette stitch, increase 1 st in the 1^st row = 20 sts. In 50,5 cm = 98 rows from rib, decrease 1 st from both sides and 3 x 1 knit st in every 2^nd row. In 54,5 cm = 106 rows from rib, leave the rest 12 sts.

Note: the width of every stripe is 14 cm.

Then, twist the stripes: stripe 1 (red), stripe 3 (orange), stripe 5 (purple) put upon the next stripe, after that, twist them due to the scheme, stockinette stitch side is always upper side. After all the stripes are twisted, transfer 12 sts of stripes 5 (purple), 6 (blue), 3 (orange), 4 (grey), 1 (red) and 2 (green) to the knitting needle = 72 sts and work with stockinette stitch on all the sts. In 15,5 cm = 30 rows from the end of weaving pattern, bind off the central 20 sts for the neck-hole and finish both sides separately. For smooth rounding, bind off 1 x 2 sts and 4 x 1 st in every 2^nd row from inwards. In 22,5 cm = 44 rows from the end of weaving pattern, bind off the rest 20 sts of shoulder from each side.

Sleeves

Caston 40 stsandmake 4 cmofribbetweenselvagests. Then, work with stockinette stitch. In 18,5 cm = 36 rows from rib, increase 1 st from both sides for sleeve chamfers and 5 x 1 st in every 6^th row = 52 sts. In 39 cm = 76 rows from rib, bind off all the sts.

Assembly

The height of weaving pattern = 42 cm. Make shoulder seams. Cast on 64 sts with circle knitting needles along the neck-hole line and make 3 cm of rib with circle rows for the placket and bind off the sts due to the ornament. Make side seams at 50 cm from the lower edge. Make sleeve seam. Sew up the sleeves.