Dust-Pink Knit Jacket

You’ll need:

500g of dust-pink (50% cotton, 50% viscose);

Knitting needles 4,5.

Size: S-M.

Note: work in 2 threads of yarn.

Used Patterns

Double rib: * 1 knit st, slip 1 purl, yarn in front of work*; repeat from * to *;

Main pattern: due to the scheme.

Stitches control: 19 sts x 28 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 75 sts and work with the main pattern. In 10 cm from the set-up row, bind off 3 x 1 st in every 10^th row from both sides for better fitting. In 22 cm from the set-up row, increase 3 x 1 st in every 6^th row from both sides. In 32 cm from the set-up row, bind off 1 x 6 sts and 3 x 1 st in every 2^nd row from both sides for arm-holes chamfers. In 52 cm from the set-up row, bind off all the sts.

Left Front

Caston 57 sts and work with the main pattern. In 10 cm from the set-up row, bind off 3 x 1 st in every 10^th row form both sides. In 22 cm from the set-up row, increase 3 x 1 st in every 6^th row. In 32 cm from the set-up row, bind off 1 x 6 sts and 3 x 1 st in every 2^nd row from both sides for arm-holes chamfers. In 52 cm from the set-up row, bind off all the sts.

Right Front

Make in symmetry to the left front.

Sleeves

Cast on 49 sts and work with the main pattern, increase 3 x 1 st in every 20^th row from both sides for sleeve chamfers. In 26 cm from the set-up row, bind off 3 sts from both sides for sleeve caps, then, decrease 18 x 1 st in every 2^nd row after the first 2 sts and before the last 2 sts. In 42 cm from the set-up row, bind off all the rest sts.

Assembly

Make shoulder seams; sew up the sleeves, make side and sleeve seams. Cast on 270 sts along the edges of front and neck-hole, make 4 rows of double rib and bind off all the sts with kitchener’s stitch. Make 2 cords 140 and 50 cm long and sew them to front.