​Florentina Blue Jacket

You’ll need:

650g of blue Mondial Sorpresa yarn (100% merino wool; 100m/50g);

Straight knitting needles 5;

Auxiliary needle; 250 cm of blue satin lace 1,5 cm wide;

Tapestry needle.

Size: S.

Note: in order to make 1 size bigger/smaller, increase/decrease 2 cm (4 sts of back and 2 sts of wrong-side pattern of front) in width and 2 cm (6 rows) in length.

Used Patterns

Double rib: cast on the half of the needs quantity of sts.

1^st row: working yarn, * 1 knit st, 1 yarn over*; repeat from * to *;

2^nd row: * make yarn over as knit st, slip 1 purl without knitting, yarn in front of work*; repeat from * to *, take off the contrast yarn in the ready made detail.

1 x 1 rib;

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

Rib with cables (42 sts wide): work due to the scheme, make even rows due to the ornament;

41^st row: repeat the pattern from the 1^st row.

Stitches control: stockinette stitch: 19 sts x 25 rows = 10 x 10 cm;

Rib with cables: 42 sts = 12 cm;

Front placket: 11 sts = 3,5 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 75 sts for the placket with contrast yarn and make 23 rows of stockinette stitch with main tarn, 1 WS row of knit sts, 22 rows of stockinette stitch (totally, 18 cm), take off contrast yarn, collect 74 sts on the auxiliary needle, fold the placket in half WS inside, place auxiliary needles behind left needle and make 1 st from each needle as knit2tog, the last st from the left needle as knit st. Increase 1 x 1 st in the next row from both sides and work in the following way: 2 sts of double rib, 73 sts of stockinette stitch, 2 sts of double rib, increase 1 x 1 st in 9 cm from placket from both sides after the first 2 sts and before the last 2 sts, in 22 rows – 1 x 1 st, in 8 rows – 1 x 1 st, make all sts with stockinette stitch in 22 cm from placket. In 26 cm from placket, bind off 1 x 2 sts from both sides for arm-holes chamfers and 1 x 2 sts, then decrease 4 x 1 st in every 2^nd row after the first 2 sts and before the last 2 sts. In 17 cm from the beginning of chamfers, bind off the rest 71 sts.

Front

Cast on 64 sts and make 4 rows of double rib, 8 rows of 1 x 1 rib, start with 1 knit st on the RS (totally, 4 cm). Then, work in the following way: 2 sts of double rib, 9 sts of 1 x 1 rib, 42 sts of rib with cables, 9 sts of 1 x 1 rib, 2 sts of double rib, make 8 rows of 1 x 1 rib, 4 rows of double rib and bind off all the sts with kitchener’s stitch in 150 cm (376 rows).

Sleeves

Cast on 49 sts with contrast yarn and make placket with the main yarn in the same way, as for back, then, work with stockinette stitch. In 4 cm from placket, increase 3 x 1 st in every 20^th row from both sides after the first 2 sts and before the last 2 sts, 2 x 1 st in every 10^th row. In 34 cm from placket, bind off 1 x 2 sts from both sides for sleeve caps, then, decrease 20 x 1 st in every 2^nd row after the first 2 sts and before the last 2 sts. In 17 cm from the beginning of sleeve cap, decrease 17 sts (1 knit st, then, knit2tog), bind off the rest 8 sts.

Assembly

For side seams, sew the edges of back at 4 cm from the beginning of arm-holes to the WS of stripe behind the last 13 sts, sew upper part of back to WS of front stripe behind the last 13 sts, make sleeve seams and sew up the sleeves, sew them to the front strip behind the last 13 sts.