​Shantal Knit Jacket

You’ll need:

350g of light-beige woolen yarn;

150g of light-beige mohair yarn;

Knitting needles 5,5.

Note: work in 3 threads of yarn – 1 woolen and 2 mohair threads of yarn.

Size: S-M.

Used Patterns

Relief rib: 1^st row: * 2 purls, 1 knit st, 1 yarn over, knit2tog*; repeat from * to *;

2^nd and all the WS rows: due to the ornament, yarn overs – as purls;

3^rd row: * 2 purls, knit2tog, 1 yarn over, 1 knit st*; repeat from * to *.

Repeat 1^st-4^th rows.

Pearled pattern: 1 knit st, 1 purl, replacing the pattern to 1 st after every row.

Huge pearled patter: 1 knit st, 1 purl, replacing the pattern to 1 st after every 2^nd row.

Stitches control: huge pearled pattern: 16 sts x 19 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 80 sts with knitting needles 5,5 and work with huge pearled pattern. In 8 cm from the set-up row, bind off 3 x 1 st in every 6^th row form both sides for better fitting. In 26 cm from the set-up row, increase 2 x 1 st in every 8^th row from both sides. In 40 cm from the set-up row, bind off 1 x 3 sts and 3 x 1 st in every 2^nd row from both sides. In 60 cm from the set-up row, bind off the rest sts.

Right Front

Cast on 42 sts with knitting needles 5,5 and work with huge pearled pattern. Make arm-hole and fitting from the left side in the same way, as for back. In 30 cm from the set-up row, increase 2 x 1 st in every 2^nd row from the right side and knit them with pearled pattern, at the same time, increase the quantity of pearled pattern sts to the left: 10 x 1 st in every 2^nd row and 10 x 1 st in every 4^th row. In 60 cm from the set-up row, bind off the sts of huge pearled pattern, work with pearled pattern on the rest 22 sts for the collar for 10 cm and bind off the sts.

Left Front

Make in symmetry to the right front.

Sleeves

Cast on 48 sts with knitting needles 5,5 and make 12 cm of relief rib. Then, work with huge pearled pattern, decrease 3 x 1 st in every 6^th row from both sides. In 30 cm from the set-up row, increase 3 x 1 st in every 8^th row from both sides for sleeve chamfers. In 50 cm from the set-up row, bind off 1 x 3 sts, 10 x 1 st and 3 x 2 sts in every 2^nd row from both sides for sleeve caps. In 64 cm from the set-up row, bind off the rest sts.

Assembly

Make shoulder seams and sew the collar; sew up the sleeves, make side and sleeve seams. Make 2 cords of 35 cm long and sew them to the front near the collar base.