​Elegant Knit Pullover

You’ll need:

11/12/13/14 skeins of Anny Blatt Merinos yarn (100% merino wool; 125m/50g) in light-blue color (184);

Knitting needles 3 and 3,5.

Size: S (P1), M (P2), L (P3), XL (P4).

Stitches control: fancy rib, knitting needles 3,5: 29 sts x 32 rows = 10 x 10 cm;

Fancy pattern, knitting needles 3,5: 29 sts x 44 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 137/149/161/179 sts with knitting needles 3 and work with fancy rib, start with the 8^th/2^nd/16^th/17^th st of the scheme. At 13 cm height, continue work with 1 knitting needle 3 and 1 knitting needle 3,5. At 26 cm height, continue work with knitting needles 3,5. At 38 cm height, make arm-holes, decrease for P1: 1 x 4 sts, 1 x 3 sts, 1 x 2 sts and 2 x 1 st, for P2: 1 x 4 sts, 2 x 3 sts, 2 x 2 sts and 2 x 1 st, for P3: 1 x 4 sts, 3 x 3 sts, 2 x 2 sts and 3 x 1 st, for P4: 1 x 5 sts, 1 x 4 sts, 3 x 3 sts, 3 x 2 sts and 2 x 1 st. There are 115/117/121/127 sts left. At 56/57/58/59 cm height, form shoulder chamfers, bind off in every 2^nd row for P1: 3 x 7 sts and 1 x 8 sts, for P2: 2 x 7 sts and 2 x 8 sts, for P3: 4 x 8 sts, for P4: 1 x 8 sts and 3 x 9 sts. Bind off the rest 57 sts.

Front

Make in the same way, as back. At 26 cm height, increase 1^st in the 1^st row, then, work with fancy pattern with knitting needles 3,5, start with 3/3/3/0 sts of wrong-side pattern and 1/7/1/1^st st due to the scheme. At 38 cm height, make arm-holes, make decreases in the same way, as for back. There are 116/118/122/128 sts left. At 47/48/49/50 cm height, bind off the central 58 sts for neck-hole and knit both sides separately. At 56/57/58/59 cm height, form shoulder chamfer in the same way, as for back.

Sleeves

Cast on 65/71/77/83 sts with knitting needles 3 and work with fancy rib, start with the 14^th/11^th/8^th/5^th st of the scheme. Increase for P1: 2 x 1 st in every 10^th row and 10 x 1 st in every 12^th row from both sides, for P2: 8 x 1 st in every 10^th row and 5 x 1 st in every 12^th row from both sides, for P3: 14 x 1 st in every 10^th row, for P4: 9 x 1 st in every 8^th row and 7 x 1 st in every 10^th row. You should get 90/98/106/116 sts. At the same time, at 13 cm height, continue work with 1 knitting needle 3 and 1 knitting needle 3,5/ At 26 cm height, continue work with knitting needles 3,5. At 34 cm height, increase 1 st in the 1^st row and continue work with fancy pattern with knitting needle 3,5. At 44 cm height, form sleeve cap, decrease in every 2^nd row for P1: 1 x 3 sts, 1 x 2 sts, 22 x 1 st, 1 x 2 sts and 1 x 3 sts, for P2: 1 x 3 sts, 3 x 2 sts, 18 x 1 st, 3 x 2 sts, 1 x 3 sts, for P3: 1 x 3 sts, 5 x 2 sts, 14 x 1 st, 5 x 2 sts and 1 x 3 sts, for P4: 1 x 3 sts, 8 x 2 sts, 9 x 1 st, 7 x 2 sts, 1 x 3 sts. Bind off the rest 26 sts.

Assembly

Make one shoulder seam. Cast on 42 sts with knitting needles 3 along neck-hole and make 24 sts along each vertical half of front neck-hole and 42 sts along horizontal part. Make 2 rows of garter stitch, make knit3tog in the corners of front neck-hole in the 2^nd row, bind off the sts. Make second shoulder seam and seam along neck-hole placket, side and sleeve seams, sew up the sleeves.