​Light-Blue Knit Pullover

You’ll need:

11/12/13/14 skeins of Anny Blatt Merinos yarn (100% merino wool; 125m/50g) in light-blue color;

Knitting needles 3 and 3,5.

Size: S (P1), M (P2), L (P3), XL (P4).

Used Patterns

Garter stitch: all knit sts;

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

Fancy rib: due to the scheme, the quantity of sts is multiple 20 + 1;

Fancy pattern: due to the scheme, the quantity of sts is multiple 12.

Stitches control: fancy rib, knitting needles 3,5: 29 sts x 32 rows = 10 x 10 cm;

Fancy pattern, knitting needles 3,5: 29 sts x 44 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 137/149/161/179 sts with knitting needles 3 and work with fancy rib, start with the 8^th/2^nd/16^th/17^th st of the scheme. At 13 cm height, continue work with 1 knitting needle 3 and 1 knitting needle 3,5. At 38 cm height, make decreases for arm-holes in the following way:

For P1: 1 x 4 sts, 1 x 3 sts, 1 x 2 sts and 2 x 1 st;

For P2: 1 x 4 sts, 2 x 3 sts, 2 x 2 sts and 2 x 1 st;

For P3: 1 x 4 sts, 3 x 3 sts, 2 x 2 sts and 3 x 1 st;

For P4: 1 x 5 sts, 1 x 4 sts, 3 x 3 sts, 3 x 2 sts and 2 x 1 st.

There are 115/117/121/127 sts left. At 56/57/58/59 cm height, form shoulder chamfers, bind off the sts in every 2^nd row in the following way:

For P1: 3 x 7 sts and 1 x 8 sts;

For P2: 2 x 7 sts and 2 x 8 sts;

For P3: 4 x 8 sts;

For P4: 1 x 8 sts and 3 x 9 sts.

Bind off the rest 57 sts.

Front

Make in the same way, as back. At 26 cm height, increase 1 st in the 1^st row, then, work with fancy pattern, start with 3/3/3/0 sts of wrong-side pattern and 1^st/7^th/1^st/1^st st of the scheme. At 38 cm height, make arm-holes, making the same decreases, as for back. There are 116/118/122/128 sts left. At 47/48/49/50 cm height, bind off the central 58 sts for the neck-hole and finish each part separately. At 56/57/58/59 cm height, form shoulder chamfers in the same way, as for back.

Sleeves

Cast on 65/71/77/83 sts with knitting needles 3 and work with fancy rib, start with the 14^th/11^th/8^th/5^th st of the scheme. Make increases in the following way:

For P1: 2 x 1 st in every 10^th row and 10 x 1 st in every 12^th row;

For P2: 8 x 1st in every 8^th row and 5 x 1 st in every 12^th row;

For P3: 14 x 1 st in every 10^th row;

For P4: 9 x 1 st in every 8^th row and 7 x 1 st in every 10^th row.

You should het 90/98/106/116 sts. At the same time, at 13 cm height, continue work with 1 needle 3 and needle 3,5. At 26 cm height, continue work with knitting needles 3,5. At 34 cm height, increase 1 st in the 1^st row and continue work with fancy pattern. At 44 cm height, for sleeve caps, making decreases in every 2^nd row in the following way:

For P1: 1 x 3 sts, 1 x 2 sts, 22 x 1 st, 1 x 2 sts and 1 x 3 sts;

For P2: 1 x 3 sts, 3 x 2 sts, 18 x 1 st, 3 x 2 sts and 1 x 3 sts;

For P3: 1 x 3 sts, 5 x 2 sts, 14 x 1 st, 5 x 2 sts, 14 x 1 st, 5x 2 sts and 1 x 3 sts;

For P4: 1 x 3 sts, 8 x 2 sts, 9 x 1 st, 7 x 2 sts and 1 x 3 sts.

Bind off the rest 26 sts.

Assembly

Make one shoulder seams. Cast on 42 sts with knitting needles 3 along the back neck-hole, 24 sts along both vertical halves of front and 42 sts along the horizontal part. Make 2 rows of garter stitch, making knit3tog in the corners of front neck-hole in the 2^nd row, bind off the sts. Make the second shoulder seam, along the neck-hole placket seam, side and sleeve seams.

Sew up the sleeves in the arm-holes.