​Knit Mint Pullover

You’ll need:

150g of mint Volo yarn (60% cotton, 40% polyamide; 200m/50g);

Knitting needles 5,5 and 12.

Size: M.

Stitches control: stockinette stitch, knitting needles 12: 10,5 sts x 9,5 rows = 10 x 10 cm;

stockinette stitch, knitting needles 5,5: 16 sts x 24,5 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Order of stockinette stitch stripes: 12 rows with knitting needles 12, 8 rows with knitting needles 5,5, 3 rows with knitting needles 12, 4 rows with knitting needles 5,5, 2 rows with knitting needles 12, 20 rows with knitting needles 5,5, 2 rows with knitting needled 12, 5 rows with knitting needles 5,5, 16 rows with knitting needles 12 = totally, 72 rows.

Instructions

Back/Front

Cast on 82 sts with knitting needles 5,5 and make 3 cm of garter stitch for placket. Then, decrease 27 sts in every 1st row with knitting needles 12 = 55 sts and increase them again with knitting needles 5,5 = 82 sts. In 51,5 cm = 72 rows from placket, make 1 cm of garter stitch with knitting needles 5,5, decrease 27 sts in the 1st row = 55 sts. Then, bind off sts as knit sts.

Sleeves

Cast on 44 sts with knitting needles 5,5 and make 3 cm of garter stitch for placket. Then, turn to knitting needles 12 and work with stockinette stitch, decrease 10 sts in the 1st row = 34 sts. At the same time from placket, increase 4 x 1 st in every 6th row from both sides for sleeve chamfers = 42 sts. In 29,5 cm = 28 rows from placket, bind off all sts.

Assembly

Make shoulder seams on outer 16 cm. Sew up the sleeves, make side and sleeve seams.