Relief Long Pullover
You’ll need:
Approx. 700g of Rumba yarn (100% cotton; 110m/50g);
Knitting needles 3,5;
7 buttons.
Measurements
Chest circumference: 100 cm;
Length: 70 cm.
Stitches control: 34 sts x 34 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Instructions
Back
Cast on 74 sts and make 2 cm of riffled pattern (3 knit sts, 3 purls by turn). Then, divide the sts in the following way: 24 sts of riffled pattern, * 15 sts of zigzags pattern, 21 sts of riffled pattern*; repeat from * to * x 3 times, 3 knit sts. At 53 cm height, star forming arm-holes. Bind off 9 sts from both sides, then, decrease 1 x 4 sts, 1 x 2 sts and 3 x 1 st in every 2nd row. At 68 cm height, bind off the central 46 sts for neck-hole, then, decrease 1 x 3 sts, 1 x 2 sts and 1 x 1 st in every 2nd row. At 70 cm height, bind off all the sts.
Left Front
Cast on 88 sts and work with riffled pattern, make 1 x 1 rib after 7 sts of placket. After making 2 cm, make motifs in the same way, as for back. Form arm-hole from the right side in the same way, as for back. At 50 cm height from the left side, make knit2tog for neck-hole line. Repeat these decreases x 5 times in every 2nd row, then, in every 4th row x 7 times. Bind off the sts of shoulders at 70 cm height, make the sts of placket to 10 cm height.
Right Front
Make in symmetry to the left.
Sleeves
Cast on 63 sts and work with riffled pattern. After making 2 cm, make zigzags pattern in the center of the detail and riffled pattern from both sides. Increase 1 st in every 6th row from both sides, include the increased sts in riffled pattern. At 50 cm height, bind off 9 sts from both sides, then, decrease 5 x 3 sts, 2 x 2 sts, 2 x 3 sts in every 2nd row. Bind off all the sts in the next even row.
Assembly
Make shoulder seams, sew placket to the back neck-hole. Sew up the sleeves, make side and sleeve seams. Sew buttons.