​Knit Blue Jacket

You’ll need:

290g of light-blue Blues yarn;

80g of the same yarn, but in white color;

Knitting needles 4,5 and 5.

Size: S.

Note

Pearled rib is WS of half-patent rib.

Used Patterns

Main pattern: due to the scheme, make WS rows due to the pattern, yarn over as purls.

Stitches control: main pattern: 15 sts x 22 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 63 sts with white yarn and knitting needles 4,5 and work with pearled rib. In 4 cm from the beginning of work, change to knitting needles 5 and work with the main pattern with light-blue yarn. In 10 cm from the beginning of work, decrease 6 x 1 st in every 2^nd row from both sides for better fitting. Then, increase 5 x 1 st in every 5^th row. In 41 cm from the beginning of work, bind off 7 sts from both sides for arm-holes. In 16 cm from the beginning of arm-holes, bind off the central 21 sts for the neck-hole and finish both sides separately. For smooth rounding, bind off 2 x 2 sts, 1 x 1 st in every 2^nd row. In 60 cm from the beginning of work, bind off the rest 8 sts.

Front

Cast on 65 sts with white yarn and knitting needles 4,5 and work with pearled rib. In 4 cm from the beginning of work, change to knitting needles 5 and make 3 parts separately: 28 sts with main pattern with light-blue yarn and knitting needles 5, 9 sts of pearled rib with white yarn and knitting needles 4,5, 28 sts of the main pattern with light-blue yarn and knitting needles 5. In 10 cm from the beginning of work, decrease 7 x 1 st in every 2^nd row from outer side from both sides. Then, increase 6 x 1 st in every 5^th row from outer side for side chamfers. In 18 cm from the beginning of work, decrease 12 x 1 st in every 6^th row from inwards for neck-hole chamfer. In 41 cm from the beginning of work, make arm-hole in the same way, as back. In 60 cm from the beginning of work, bind off the rest 8 sts. Increase 5 x 1 st in every 2^nd row from both sides on the central placket in 18 cm from the beginning of work. In 25 cm from the beginning of work, bind off the central st for V-shape neck-hole and finish both sides separately. In 60 cm from the beginning of work, sew the plackets to the sides and continue work along the back neck-hole, connect the sts of placket with the sts of back.

Sleeves

Cast on 35 sts with white yarn and knitting needles 4,5 and work with pearled rib. In 4 cm from the beginning of work, change to knitting needles 5 and work with main pattern with light-blue yarn. In 11 cm from the beginning of work, change to knitting needles 4,5 and work with pearled rib with white yarn. In 15 cm from the beginning of work, change to knitting needles 5 and work with the main pattern with light-blue yarn. In 22 cm from the beginning of work, change to knitting needles 4,5 and work with pearled rib with white yarn. In 26 cm from the beginning of work, change to knitting needles 5 and work with the main pattern. In 15 cm from the beginning of work, increase 5 x 1 st in every 12^th row (= 45 sts). In 48 cm from the beginning of work, bind off 4 sts from both sides for sleeve caps and 1 x 2 sts, 14 x 1 st in every 2^nd row. In 63 cm from the beginning of work, bind off the rest 5 sts.