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Using no. 5 knitting needles and dark-blue-green yarn, cast-on 63 sts.and work in stocking st.

1st r. (RS): knit.

2nd r. (WS): purl.

From 3rd to 20th r.: rep. 1st and 2nd r.

From next r., for squares shaping (tiles), use the colours as you like, following this pattern:

21st r. (RS): k28 with dark-blue-green col., p9 with col. of your choice, k13 with dark-blue-green col., p9 with col. of your choice, k4 with dark-blue-green col.

22nd r. (WS): work the sts. as they appear, keeping same colours setting.

From 23rd to 34th r.: rep. 21st and 22nd r.

Using dark-blue-green yarn, cont. in stocking st. and start the neckline shaping.

35th r. (RS) 1 decr., knit the rem. sts.

36th r. (WS): purl.

From 37th to 42nd r.: rep. 35th and 36th r.

From next row, resume the tiles section, using the colours as you like and lining up these tiles with the same of previous section.

43rd r.: 1 decr. for neckline shaping, work the rem. sts. like set.

44th r.: work the sts. as they appear.

45th r.: rep.43rd r.

46th r.: rep. 44th r.

47th r.: bind off first 2 sts. for neckline shaping and then cont. like set.

48th r.: rep. 44th r.

49th r.: work the rem. sts. according to the setting of tiles section.

50th r.: work the sts. as they appear.

From 51st al 56th r.: rep. 49th r. and 50th r.

Using dark-blue-green col., cont. in stocking st.

57th r.: knit.

58th r.: purl.

From 59th to 64th r.: rep. the 57th and 58th r.

From next row, resume the tiles section, using the colours as you like and lining up these tiles with the same of previous section.

65th r.: work like set in tiles section.

66th r.: work the sts. as they appear.

From 67th to 78th r.: rep. 65th and 66th r.

Using dark-blue-green col., cont. in stocking st.

79th r.: knit.

80th r.: purl.

From 81st to 86th r.: rep. 79th and 80th r.

From next row, resume the tiles section, using the colours as you like and lining up these tiles with the same of previous section.

87th r.: for neckline shaping, cast-on 2 sts. and work like set in tiles section.

88th r.: work all sts. as they appear and purl the 2-cast-on-sts.

From 89th to 92nd r.: rep. 87th and 88th r.

93rd r.: for neckline shaping, cast-on 1 st. and work like set in tiles section.

94th r.: work all sts. as they appear and purl the cast-on st.

From 95th to 100th r.: rep. the 93rd and 94th r.

Using dark-blue-green col., cont. in stocking st.

101st r.: for neckline shaping, cast-on 1 st. and knit.

102nd r.: purl.

103rd r.: knit.

104th r.: purl.

From 105th r. to 108th r.: rep. the 103rd and 104th r.

From next row, resume the tiles section, using the colours as you like and lining up these tiles with the same of previous section.

109th r.: work like set in tiles section.

110th r.: work the sts. as they appear.

From 111th to 124th r.: rep. the109th and 110th r.

Using dark-blue-green col., cont. in stocking st.

125th r.: knit.

126th r.: purl.

From 127th to 142nd r.: rep. the 125th and 126th r.

143rd r.: bind off all sts. in knit st.

Cut the yarn and close, then hide the ends inside the fabric.

FRONT

Work as given for back.

SLEEVE (x 2)

Using no. 5 knitting needles and dark-blue-green yarn, cast-on 55 sts. and work in stocking st.

1st r. (RS): knit.

2nd r. (WS): purl.

From 3rd to 6th r.: rep. 1st and 2nd r.

From next r., for squares shaping (tiles), use the colours as you like, following this pattern:

7th r. (RS): k4 with dark-blue-green col., p9 with col. of your choice, k10 with dark-blue-green col., p9 with col. of your choice, k10 with dark-blue-green col., p9 with col. of your choice, k4 with dark-blue-green col.

8th r. (WS): work the sts. as they appear.

From 9th to 20th r.: rep. 7th and 8th r.

From 21st to 30th r.: work in stocking st. with dark-blue-green col.

From 31st to 44th r.: rep. the tiles section, using the colours as you like and lining up these tiles with the same of previous section.

From 45th to 54th r.: work in stocking st. con il dark-blue-green col.

From 55th to 68th r.: rep. the tiles section, using the colours as you like and lining up these tiles with the same of previous section.

From 69th to 78th r.: work in stocking st. con il dark-blue-green col.

From 79th to 92nd r.: rep. the tiles section, using the colours as you like and lining up these tiles with the same of previous section.

From 93rd to 102th r.: work in stocking st. con il dark-blue-green col.

103rd r.: bind off all sts. in knit st., loosely.

Work the second sleeve as given for first one.

Hide the ends inside the fabric.

FINISHING

Sew on WS.

Using the darning needle, sew the shoulder and side seams, leaving the armholes opening fit to the sleeves. Sew the undersleeves, then sew the top edge of the sleeves into the armholes.

Lower bands (x 2): using no. 4 knitting needles, on RS, pick-up 72 sts. along the lower edge of the front and work 34 r. rib 2/2 then, across next r., bind off all sts. as they appear. Along the lower edge of the back, work one band as given for front.

Using the darning needle, sew the side edges of 2 bands.

Collar: using no. 4.5 knitting needles, on RS, pick-up 100 sts. around the neckline edge (front and back), then work 34 r. rib 2/2 and, across next r., bind off all sts. as they appear.

Hide the ends inside the fabric.