Knit Light-Blue Cardigan
You’ll need:
9 skeins of blue Pro Lana Cara yarn (25% merino wool, 25% alpaca, 50% polyacryl; 65m/50g);
Knitting needles 8.
Size: S-M.
Used Patterns
Garter stitch: knit.
Stockinette stitch: in RS row – knit sts, in WS row – purls.
Check-board pattern: 1st row (RS): 1 selvage st, * 2 knit sts, 2 purls*, 1 selvage st;
2nd and 4th rows: as sts face;
3rd row (RS): 1 selvage st, * 2 purls, 2 knit sts*, 1 selvage st.
Repeat 1st-4th rows.
Stitches control: 11 sts x 20 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Instructions
Back
Cast on 50 sts and make 6 cm of garter stitch and work with check-board pattern, for side chamfers, increase 1 x 1 st from both sides in every 4th row and 1 x 1 st in 12 rows. In 24 cm form the set-up row, bind off 1 x 3 sts, 1 x 2 sts and 1 x 1 st from both sides in every 2nd row = 42 sts. In 43 cm from the set-up row, bind off the central 10 sts for neck-hole and knit separately, bind off 1 x 3 sts and 1 x 2 sts in every 2nd row. At the same time, at 44 cm height, bind off 2 x 4 sts and 1 x 3 sts from both sides in every 2nd row for shoulder chamfers. Total height is 46 cm.
Right Front
Cast on 26 sts and work with garter stitch in the following way: 1 WS row of knit sts, then, work with shorten rows for lower chamfer: 7 knit sts, turn, work in reversed order, 14 sts, turn, work in reversed order, 21 sts, turn, work in reversed order. After that, work on all sts with check-board order, increase 1 x 1 st in the 4th row from the left side and 1 x 1 st in 12 rows = 28 sts. In 24 cm from the set-up row, bind off 1 x 4 sts from the left side and 2 x 1 st in every 2nd row = 22 sts. In 36 cm from the set-up row, bind off 1 st from the right side for neck-hole and 10 x 2 knit sts tog in every 2nd row = 11 sts. At 44 cm from the set-up row, bind off sts for shoulder in the same way, as for back.
Left Front
Make in symmetry to the right front.
Sleeves
Cast on 40 sts and work with garter stitch, decrease 1 st from both sides in every 6th row = 38 sts and 2 x 1 st in every 4th row = 34 sts. Make 10 cm of stockinette stitch, then, increase 3 x 1 st from both sides in every 8th row = 40 sts. In 48 cm from the set-up row, bind off 3 sts from both sides for sleeve caps, then, 2 x 2 sts, 7 x 1 st and 1 x 2 sts in every 2nd row. At 62 cm height, bind off the rest 8 sts.
Assembly
Make shoulder seams. For collar, cast on 52 sts and work in the following way: 1 selvage st, 2 sts of garter stitch, 46 sts of stockinette stitch, 2 sts of garter stitch, 1 selavge st. In 12 cm, make 5 rows of garter stitch on all sts and bind off sts. Sew up the sleeves, make side and sleeve seams.