Aquamarine Knit Sweater
You’ll need:
1000g of roving yarn (100% acryl), stranded of 2 threads of green-blue color yarn;
Knitting needles 9.
Size: M.
Used Patterns
Garter stitch: knit;
Stockinette stitch: in RS row – knit sts, in WS row – purls;
Wrong-side pattern: in RS row – purl, in WS row – knit st;
Fancy patterns: due to the schemes 1, 2 and 3.
Stitches control: 11 sts x 13 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Instructions
Back
Cast on 52 sts and work, dividing the sts in the following way: 1 selvage st, 5 sts of stockinette stitch, 8 sts due to the scheme 1, 24 sts due to the scheme 2, 8 sts due to the scheme 1, 5 sts of stockinette stitch and 1 selvage st. At 68 cm height, decrease 4 x 1 st after 1 selvage st in every 2nd row from both sides for arm-holes = 44 sts. At 89 cm height, bind off 9 sts for each shoulder and 26 sts for neck-hole.
Front
Make in the same way, as back. At 80 cm height, bind off the central 12 sts for the neck-hole, 1 x 3 sts, 2 x 2 sts in every 2nd row from both sides. At 89 cm height, bind off the sts for each shoulder.
Sleeves
Cast on 26 sts and make 8 cm of garter stitch. Continue work, dividing the sts in the following way: 1 selvage st, 5 sts of wrong-side pattern, 3 sts of stockinette stitch, 8 sts due to the scheme 1, 3 sts of stockinette stitch, 5 sts of wrong-side pattern, 1 selvage st. Knit, increasing 5 x 1 st in every 6th row from both sides = 36 sts. At 34 cm height from garter stitch, bind off 2 x 1 st in every 2nd row from both sides, then, bind off 3 x 3 sts and the rest 10 sts. Total height is about 55 cm.
Assembly
Make one shoulder seam. For collar, lift all the sts along the neck-hole and make 16 cm due to the scheme 3 and bind off the sts. Make second shoulder seam and sew the collar. Make the rest seams and sew up the sleeves in the arm-holes.