​Aquamarine Cozy Sweater

You’ll need:

1000g of roving yarn (100% acryl), twisted with 2 threads of yarn in aquamarine color;

Knitting needles 9.

Size: S.

Used Patterns

Garter stitch: all knit sts;

Stockinette stitch: in RS rows – knit sts, in WS rows – purls;

Wrong-side pattern: in RS rows – purls, in WS rows – knit sts;

Fancy pattern: 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 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, 1 selvage st. At 68 cm height, decrease 4 x 1 st after 1 selvage st in every 2^nd row from both sides for arm-holes = 44 sts. At 89 cm height, bind off 9 sts for each shoulder and 26 sts for the 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 in every 2^nd row from both sides, 2 x 2 sts. 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 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. Increase 5 x 1 st in every 6^th row = 36 sts. At 34 cm height from garter stitch: decrease 2 x 1 st in every 2^nd row, then, bind off 3 x 3 sts and the rest 10 sts. Total height is about 55 cm.

Assembly

Make one shoulder seam. For the collar, lift all the sts along the neck-hole line and make 16 cm due to the scheme 3, then, bind off the sts. Make the second shoulder seam and sew collar. Make the rest seams and sew up the sleeves in the arm-holes.