GREEN PULL
YARN: 3 skeins of “ORGANIC COTTON†by “Laines Du Nordâ€col 19 - 3 balls x 25 grams of “KID MOHAIR†by “Laines Du Nord†col.11. (Use 2 yarns together)
KNITTING NEEDLES: size 5
CIRCULAR NEEDLES: size 4.5
OTHER: darning needle, pins, scissors.
SKILL LEVEL: easy
Garter stitch
stocking stitch
Patterned stitch: multiple of 6 stitches
1st r. (RS): (k3, yo, sk2p, yo) rep. across the entire r.
2nd r. and even r. (WS): purl all stitches (yo included).
3rd r. (RS): (yo, sk2p, yo, k3)
Rep. from 1st r.
st. = stitch
r. = row
RS = right side of work
WS = wrong side of work
k = knit
p = purl
yo = yarn over
skp = slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over
k2tog = knit 2 stitches together
col. = colour
rep. = repeat
SIZE 42
Procedure
BACK
Using no. 5 knitting needles and 2 yarns together, cast-on 100 sts. and, for band shaping, work 6 r. in garter st.
1st row: work as follow: 3 sts. in garter st., 20 sts. in stocking st., 54 sts. in patterned st., 20 sts. in stocking st., 3 sts. in garter st.
From 2nd al 104th r.: work like 1st r.
105th r.: continue working all sts. in garter st.
106th r.: garter st.
107th r.: garter st. For neckline shaping bind off 44 central sts. and then continue working 2 pieces separately (shoulders shaping).
Work each piece as follow:
108th r.: garter st.
109th r.: on neckline edge, bind off 1 st. and then continue in garter st.
110th r.: garter st.
111st r.: on neckline edge, bind off 1 st. and then continue in garter st.
112nd r.: bind off the remaining sts. (in garter st.).
FRONT
NB: front is shorter than back.
Work as given for back, until the end of 86th r.
From 87th to 93rd r.: for neckline shaping, repeat from 105th to 111st r. of the back.
94th r.: bind off the remaining sts. (in garter st.).
SLEEVE (x 2)
Using no. 5 knitting needles, cast-on 64 sts. and, for band shaping, work 6 r. in garter st.
From 1st to 86th r.: in patterned st., working first and last 2 sts. in in garter st.
From 87th to 91st r.: garter st.
92nd r.: bind off the remaining sts. (in garter st.).
Work the second sleeve as given for first one.
FINISHING
On WS sew the shoulders.
Using the circular needle, pick-up 114 sts. around neckline, then work 1 r. in knit st., 1 r. in purl st. and at last bind off all sts (in knit).
On WS, sew side seams leaving the armholes opening on top part, sew undersleeves and then sew the sleeves inside the armholes. Cut the yarn and hide the ends.
