SPORTY PULLOVER
YARN = Soft Lino by Laines du Nord; 4 balls of col. 1 (ivory); 1 balls of each col.: 23 (pink), 22 (lime green), 21 (light green), col. 17 (light blue)
CIRCULAR NEEDLES = one set with points size 3 and 4, one cable 60 cm in length, 1 cable 80 cm in length and cables to leave the sts. of the sleeves
CROCHET-HOOK = size 3
OTHERS = darning needle, pins, markers, scissors, tape measure
SKILL LEVEL: Easy
Work the pull top down (from top to bottom) in a single piece. After finishing the main piece, work the sleeves beginning from armholes edges.
Decrease (2 tr together): (yo, insert the hook in the next st., yo and pull new loop, yo and pull through 2 loops on crochet-hook) twice, yo and pull through 3 loops on crochet-hook.
Rib 1/1: multiple of 2 sts.
1st r.: (k1, p1) rep. across the entire r.
2nd r.: work the sts. as they appear
Circular stocking st.: knit, always on RS
RS = right side of work
WS = wrong side of work
M = marker
PM = place marker
r. = round / rounds
st. / sts. = stitch / stitches
incr. = increase
col. = colour
k = knit
k2tog = knit two stitches together
p2tog = purl two stitches together
k-tbl = knit through back loop (insert right hand needle into the next stitch on the left hand needle through the back loop)
yo = yarn over
tr = treble crochet
tog. = together
rep. = repeat
p = purl
foll. = follow / following
SIZE: 40/42
Procedure
Collar
Using no. 3 circular needles and 60 cm cable, cast-on 116 sts. and, for collar shaping, close in circle and work 20 r. rib 1/1. Then, using the crochet-hook, pick-up the cast-on sts. and slip them onto no. 4 circular needles with 80 cm cable, * put one needle next to the other one (1st r. with the sts. for collar and 2nd r. with the picked up sts.) and, using point no. 4, * work k2tog, picking up 1 st. from each needle *, rep. from * to * until you have joined the long edges of the collar.
Yoke
Using pink yarn, work as foll.: 34 sts. for front, 1 st. for raglan line (PM in this st.), 22 sts. for first sleeve, 1 st. for raglan line (PM in this st.), 34 sts. for back, 1 st. for raglan line (PM in this st.), 22 sts. for second sleeve, 1 st. for raglan line (PM in this st.).
1st round and odd rounds: yo before and after every st. (where you have placed M) that shape the raglan line, (move M in the st. between 2 yo), knit the remaining sts. [8 yo = 8 increased sts.]
2nd round and even rounds: knit all sts. and the yo in k-tbl. Cont. rep. 1st and 2nd round until you have worked the 47th round. Across the knitting, alternate the col. as foll.: from 1st to 6th r. pink; from 7th to 13rd r. ivory; from 14th to 20th r. lime green, from 35th to 41st r. ivory; from 42nd to 47th r. light green.
Body
Using the ivory yarn, across the 48th round, knit all sts. of back and front, with no increases at 4 raglans, slip the sts. of each sleeve on one cable and, at the same time, for armholes shaping, cast-on 8 sts. for each sleeve, re-joining the back and front sts. in correspondence with the armpits. Cont. in stocking st. until the lower band of the pull, changing the col. as foll.: from 48th to 54th r. ivory; from 55th to 61st r. light green; from 62nd to 68th r. ivory; from 69th to 75th r. light-blue; from 76th to 82nd r. ivory; from 83rd to 89th r. light-blue; from 90th to 96th r. ivory; from 97th to 103rd r. light-blue; from 104th to 110th r. ivory.
Band
Cont. working 12 r. rib 1/1 and then bind off all the sts. as they appear.
SLEEVES (x 2)
Move the sts. of first sleeve (you have left) to circular needle with size 4 points, close in circle and work in stocking st. alternating the col. as foll.: from 48th to 54th r. ivory; from 55th to 61st r. light-green; from 62nd to 68th r. ivory; from 69th to 75th r. light-blue; from 76th to 82nd r. ivory; from 83rd to 89th r. light-blue; from 90th to 96th r. ivory; from 97th to 103rd r. light-blue; from 104th to 110th r. ivory.
Across the 111st r. work the decr. (k1, p2tog).
Using the point size 3, for band shaping, work 20 r. rib 1/1, and at last bind off all sts. as they appear.
Work the second sleeve like first one.
FINISHING
Hide the ends inside the fabric.
