​Knit Coat with Big Collar

You’ll need:

500 (550) 600g of mélange Lana Grossa yarn (45% silk, 30% alpaca, 25% merino wool; 140m/50g);

Knitting needles 5 and 8;

Circular knitting needles 5 and 8;

Crochet hook 6;

1 button.

Size: S (M) L.

Used Patterns

Rib A: 2 knit sts, 2 purls by turn;

Rib B: 1 knit st, 1 purl by turn;

Main pattern: the quantity of sts is odd. Work due to the scheme, on which RS and WS rows are stated. Repeat the pattern, finish with st after pattern repeat. Repeat 1^st-2^nd rows.

Decrease 1 st: make broaching in the beginning of row after the 1^st st, make knit3tog in the end of row before the last st.

Stitches control: main pattern, knitting needles 8: 14 sts x 19 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 78 (86) 94 sts with knitting needles 5 and make 20 cm = 45 rows of rib A. Then, change to knitting needles 8 and work with main pattern, make knit2tog x 7 (9) 11 times in the 1^st row = 71 (77) 83 sts. In 50 (49) 48 cm from rib, decrease 1 st from both sides for arm-holes and 6 (7) 9 x 1 st in every 2^nd row, decrease 1 st = 57 (61) 63 sts. In 18 (19) 20 cm from the beginning of arm-hole, bind off 8 (9) 10 sts from both sides for shoulder chamfers and 1 x 9 (10) 10 sts in the next 2^nd row. In 20 (21) 22 cm from the beginning of arm-hole, bind off the rest 23 sts.

Left Front

Cast on 46 (50) 54 sts with knitting needles 5 and make 20 cm = 45 rows with rib A. Then, change to knitting needles 8 and work with the main pattern, make knit2tog x 2 (3) 4 times in the 1^st row = 44 (47) 50 sts. In 45 cm of rob, decrease 1 st from left side for neck-hole chamfer, then, 16 x 1 st in every 2^nd row and 3 x 1 st in every 4^th row, decrease 1 st. Make arm-hole and shoulder chamfer from the right side in the same way, as for back.

Right Front

Make in symmetry to the left front.

Sleeves

Cast on 46 sts with knitting needles 5 and make 15 cm = 35 rows of rib A. Then, change to knitting needles 8 and work with the main pattern, make knit2tog x once in the 1^st row = 45 sts. For sleeve chamfers, increase 1 st in the 13^th (9^th) 9^th rows from both sides, starting from rib and 3 (5) 6 x 1 st in every 14^th (10^th) 8^th rows = 53 (57) 59 sts, include the increased sts in the pattern. In 37 (36) 36 cm from rib, decrease 2 sts from both sides for sleeve caps and 4 (4) 6 x 2 sts in every 2^nd row and 0 (1) 0 x 1 st, decrease 2 sts and 1 st. In 42 (42) 43 cm from rib, bind off the rest 33 (35) 31 sts.

Assembly

Make shoulder seams; sew up the sleeves, make side and sleeve seams. Fasten the edges of front with 1 row of single crochets. For collar, cast on 114 sts along the neck-hole with circular knitting needles 5 and work with rib A. In 9 cm from the beginning of collar, change to knitting needles 8 ad work with B rib, increase 1 st in the 1^st row = 115 sts. In 17 cm from the beginning of collar, bind off all the sts. Sew the button.