​Knit Melange Cardigan

You’ll need:

400g of sectional coloring Mohair Classic Fashion yarn (70% mohair, 30% acryl; 200m/100g);

Circular knitting needles 4 and 5;

Double-pointed knitting needles 5.

Size: M.

Used Patterns

1 x 1 rib

Stockinette stitch: in RS row – knit sts, in WS row – purls, circle rows – knit sts.

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

Instructions

Front and Back

Cast on 128 sts with knitting needles 5 and make 2 rows of 1 x 1 rib. After that, work with stockinette stitch. At 45cm height, divide your work into 3 parts: 29 sts for each half of front and 70 sts for back. Make each detail separately.

Back

For arm-holes bind off 1 x 3 sts, 1 x 2 sts and 2 x 1 st from both sides. After that crochet straight. At 64 cm height, bind off sts.

Front

Make arm-hole from one side in the same way, as for back. At the same time with this, decrease 1 st in evert 2nd row from inwards until there are 16 sts left on knitting needles. Bind off the rest sts of shoulder at once at the height of back

Sleeves

Work across. Cast on 48 sts with knitting needles 5 and work with stockinette stitch. At 5 cm height, increase 5 x 1 st from one side in every RS row. Then, make 1 x 2 ts, 1 x 3 sts, 1 x 4 sts and 1 x 5 sts in the end of every row. Make the second sleeve in the same way.

Assembly

Make shoulder seams, sew up the sleeves, make side and sleeve seams. Cast on sts along the edges of front anc neck-hole and make 4 rows of stockintte stitch. Sew buttons.