​Knit Cardigan with “Faux Fur” Collar

You’ll need:

600 (650) 700g of beige yarn (50% wool, 40% polyamide, 10% Alpaca; 90m/50g);

100g of brown yarn (74% mohair, 17% wool, 9% polyamide; 50m/50g);

Knitting needles 7 and 8;

Beige button.

Size: L (XXL) XXXXL.

Used Patterns

Pearl pattern: 1 knit st, 1 purl by turn, replace the ornament to 1 st in every RS row. Make WS row due to the ornament.

Marked decreases: from right side: 1 selvedge st, 1 knit st, knit2tog; from left side – knit2tog with left decline, 1 knit st, 1 selvedge st.

Stitches control: pearl pattern: 14 sts х 19,5 rows = 10 х 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 80 (88) 96 sts with knitting needles 7 and beige yarn, make 8 cm with garter stitch, starting from WS row. Then, work with pearl pattern. After 53,5 cm = 104 rows, bind off 3 sts x 1 from both sides for raglan, then, marked decreases: 1 st x 24 (27) 30 in every 2^nd row. In 25,5 cm = 50 rows (28,5 cm = 56 rows) 31,5 cm = 62 rows (raglan), bind off 26 (28) 30 sts.

Left Front

Work 8 cm with garter stitch on 45 (49) 53 sts with beige yarn and knitting needles 7. In 28,5 cm = 56 rows, work with garter stitch for the pocket on 9^th-29^th (11^th-31^st) 13^th-33^rd sts, work with pearl pattern on the sts from outer side. In 6 cm, bind off the sts, leave the rest sts.

For the pocket, cast on 21 sts and work with stockinette stitch for 15 cm. Transfer the sts to the knitting needles between the previously left sts and work with pearl pattern on all 45 (49) 53 sts.

Make raglan chamfers on the opposite side also from back side. Decrease 1 x 1 st during the 1^st decrease for chamfers, 1 st x 8 in every 4^th row, 1 st x 7 (8) 9 in every 2^nd row. After 25,5 cm = 50 rows (28,5 cm = 56 rows) 31,5 cm = 62 rows, bind off the last 2 sts.

Right Front

Make in symmetry to the left front, don’t forget to make button-hole: bind off 5-7 sts at 5 cm lower from neck-hole, and cast on these sts in the next row.

Sleeves

Cast on 36 (40) 44 sts with beige yarn and knitting needles 7 and make placket, in the same way, as for back, after that, work with pearl pattern.

For chamfers, increase 1 st x 3 in every 4^th row from both sides, 1 st x 10 (1 st x 14 in every 4^th row and 1 st x 1 in every 2^nd row) 1 st x 12 in every 4^th row and 1 st x 5 in every 5^th row, include these sts in the pattern = 62 (70) 78 sts.

In 32 cm = 62 rows from the placket, make chamfers in the same way, as for back. In 25,5 cm = 50 rows (28,5 cm = 56 rows) 31,5 cm = 62 rows, bind off 8 (10) 12 sts.

Assembly

Sew the pockets to the WS of sides. Make all the seams. Sew button.

Collar

Cast on 17 sts with knitting needles 8 and brown yarn and work with garter stitch. In 80 (90) 100 cm, bind off all the sts and sew the detail to the cardigan.