Elegant Blue Jacket
You’ll need:
500g of violet yarn (50% wool, 50% acryl);
Straight and circular knitting needles 5;
6 big buttons.
Size: S.
Instructions
Back
Cast on 140 sts with straight knitting needles and make 12 cm of 1 x 1 rib. Decrease 40 sts in the last row and then, work due to the scheme. At 20 cm height, bind off 2 sts for arm-holes from both sides, then, 1 x 2 sts, 4 x 1 st in every 2d row. At 50 cm height from the beginning of work, bind off the central 20 sts for neck-hole. Then, finish each side separately, decrease 1 x 3 sts, 1 x 2 sts and 1 x 1 st in every 2nd row from inwards for neck-hole chamfer. Bind off the rest sts.
Left Front
Cast on 96 sts with straight knitting needles and make 12 cm of 1 x 1 rib. Decrease 24 sts in the last row upon the last 64 sts = 66 sts. Then, work in the following way: 1 selvage sts, 36 sts due to the scheme, 30 sts of 1 x 1 rib. Make arm-hole from the right side in the same way, as for back. At 45 cm height from the beginning of work, make collar in the following way: 1 selvage st, 30 sts of rib for placket, increase 1 cross purl, 2 sts of rib, the rest sts – due to the pattern. Then, increase 8 x 1 st in every row for collar widening. The pattern due to the scheme should become narrower. Bind off 20 sts of shoulder at the height of back, leave the rest sts.
Right Front
Make in symmetry to the left front.
Sleeves
Cast on 92 sts with straight knitting needles and make 12 cm of 1 x 1 rib. Decrease 38 sts. Then, work due to the scheme, increase 7 x 1 st in every 8th row from both sides for chamfers. AT 35 cm height from the beginning of work, bind off 2 sts from both sides for sleeve caps and 12 x 2 sts. In 38 cm from the beginning of sleeve, bind off the rest sts.
Assembly
Make shoulder seams. For collar, transfer the previously left sts to circular knitting needles, cast on 44 sts between them upon previously bound off sts of back. Work with 1 x 1 rib on all the sts. At 13 cm height of collar, bind off all the sts. Sew up the sleeves, sew buttons.