Knit Coat with Big Collar
You’ll need:
500 (550) 600g of mélange Lana Grossa yarn (45% silk, 30% alpaca, 25% merino wool; 140m/50g);
Knitting needles 5 and 8;
Circular knitting needles 5 and 8;
Crochet hook 6;
1 button.
Size: S (M) L.
Used Patterns
Rib A: 2 knit sts, 2 purls by turn;
Rib B: 1 knit st, 1 purl by turn;
Main pattern: the quantity of sts is odd. Work due to the scheme, on which RS and WS rows are stated. Repeat the pattern, finish with st after pattern repeat. Repeat 1st-2nd rows.
Decrease 1 st: make broaching in the beginning of row after the 1st st, make knit3tog in the end of row before the last st.
Stitches control: main pattern, knitting needles 8: 14 sts x 19 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Instructions
Back
Cast on 78 (86) 94 sts with knitting needles 5 and make 20 cm = 45 rows of rib A. Then, change to knitting needles 8 and work with main pattern, make knit2tog x 7 (9) 11 times in the 1st row = 71 (77) 83 sts. In 50 (49) 48 cm from rib, decrease 1 st from both sides for arm-holes and 6 (7) 9 x 1 st in every 2nd row, decrease 1 st = 57 (61) 63 sts. In 18 (19) 20 cm from the beginning of arm-hole, bind off 8 (9) 10 sts from both sides for shoulder chamfers and 1 x 9 (10) 10 sts in the next 2nd row. In 20 (21) 22 cm from the beginning of arm-hole, bind off the rest 23 sts.
Left Front
Cast on 46 (50) 54 sts with knitting needles 5 and make 20 cm = 45 rows with rib A. Then, change to knitting needles 8 and work with the main pattern, make knit2tog x 2 (3) 4 times in the 1st row = 44 (47) 50 sts. In 45 cm of rob, decrease 1 st from left side for neck-hole chamfer, then, 16 x 1 st in every 2nd row and 3 x 1 st in every 4th row, decrease 1 st. Make arm-hole and shoulder chamfer from the right side in the same way, as for back.
Right Front
Make in symmetry to the left front.
Sleeves
Cast on 46 sts with knitting needles 5 and make 15 cm = 35 rows of rib A. Then, change to knitting needles 8 and work with the main pattern, make knit2tog x once in the 1st row = 45 sts. For sleeve chamfers, increase 1 st in the 13th (9th) 9th rows from both sides, starting from rib and 3 (5) 6 x 1 st in every 14th (10th) 8th rows = 53 (57) 59 sts, include the increased sts in the pattern. In 37 (36) 36 cm from rib, decrease 2 sts from both sides for sleeve caps and 4 (4) 6 x 2 sts in every 2nd row and 0 (1) 0 x 1 st, decrease 2 sts and 1 st. In 42 (42) 43 cm from rib, bind off the rest 33 (35) 31 sts.
Assembly
Make shoulder seams; sew up the sleeves, make side and sleeve seams. Fasten the edges of front with 1 row of single crochets. For collar, cast on 114 sts along the neck-hole with circular knitting needles 5 and work with rib A. In 9 cm from the beginning of collar, change to knitting needles 8 ad work with B rib, increase 1 st in the 1st row = 115 sts. In 17 cm from the beginning of collar, bind off all the sts. Sew the button.