​Violet Knit Pullover

You’ll need:

600g of violet Mondial Polaris yarn (70% merino wool, 30% acryl; 100m/50g);

Straight knitting needles 4,5 and 5;

8 buttons;

Tapestry needle.

Size: S.

Used Patterns

Double rib: cast on the half of the needed sts with contrast yarn;

1^st row: working yarn * 1 knit st, 1 yarn over*; repeat from * to *;

2^nd row: * yarn over as knit st, slip 1 st as purl without knitting it, yarn in front of work*; repeat from * to *;

3^rd and all the following rows: * 1 knit st, slip 1 purl, yarn in front of work; repeat from * to *, take off the contrast yarn.

2 x 1 rib: *2 knit sts, 1 purl*.

Pattern of cables: the quantity of sts is multiple 8:

1^st, 3^rd, 7^th, 9^th, 11^th and 13^th rows: * 1 purl, 6 knit sts, 1 purl*; repeat from * to *;

2^nd and all the even rows: purl;

5^th row: * 1 purl, cross 6 sts to the right (leave 3 sts on the auxiliary needle behind work, 3 knit sts, 3 knit sts from the auxiliary needle), 1 purl*; repeat from * to *;

15^th row: repeat the pattern from the 5^th row.

Stitches control: pattern of cables: 22 sts x 27 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Front and Yoke of Back

Make as one-piece cloth, start with left front. Cast on 72 sts with knitting needles 4,5 and make 6 rows of double rib. Change to knitting needles 5 and make 5 edge sts with double rib, the rest sts – with pattern of cables. Make shorten rows in the following way:

9^th row: knit 28 sts, turn, knit 28 sts;

11^th row: knit 46 sts, turn, knit 46 sts;

13^th row: knit 60 sts, turn, knit 60 sts;

15^th row: knit 72 sts, turn, knit 72 sts.

Repeat shorten rows in every 20 rows. At 170 cm height, make 4 rows of double rib and bind off the sts with kitchener stitch.

Back

Cast on 79 sts with knitting needles 4,5 and make 6 rows of double rib. Change to knitting needles 5 and work with 2 x 1 rib, make 3 edge sts from both sides with double rib. At 30 cm height, bind off all the sts.

Sleeves

Cast on 43 sts with knitting needles 4,5 and make 6 rows of double rib. Change to knitting needles 5 and work with 2 x 1 rib, increase 14 x 1 st in every 6^th row from both sides. In 42 cm, bind off 1 x 4 sts from both sides, then, decrease 3 x 1 st in every 2^nd row. In 44 cm, bind off the rest sts.

Assembly

Sew upper edge of back to the central part of stripe, made of pattern of cables. Sew up the sleeves and make the seams. Cross both loose edges of stripe of cables and sew the edges to the sides of back. Sew 4 buttons along the side seams to the stripe of cables.