CROP TURTLENECK
YARN: CASHSILK LIGHT by Laines du Nord, 5 balls x 25 g, col. 3031
YARN: ANDINA by Laines du Nord, 5 balls x 50 g, col. 100
INTERCHANGEABLE CIRCULAR NEEDLES: size 5mm and 6 mm tips with size 40 cm, 60 cm and 120 cm cables.
CROCHET-HOOK: n. 4
OTHERS: stitch wires with caps, darning needle with silicone eye, stitch markers, pins, scissors, tape measure.
NOTES
The garment is worked in the round from the top down in one piece. Work seamlessly to the underarms, place sleeve sts on hold, and continue
working the body in the round. Sleeves are worked separately around the armholes, and the collar is worked around the neckline.
Work all sections holding one strand of each yarn together as one (double strand).
TENSION
10 x 10 cm = 15 sts and 20 r in stockinette st using size 5 mm knitting needles.
If your tension doesn’t match, try a different needle size
Stockinette stitch in the round: knit all rounds.
Joining to work in the round: Slip the first stitch from the left needle to the right needle purlwise. Pass the last cast-on stitch over the slipped
stitch and off the needle to close the round. Pull the cast-on tail to tighten the join. Place a stitch marker to indicate the beginning of the round
(BOR) and be sure to slip the marker at the end of each following round.
ABBREVIATIONS
RS = right side of work
WS = wrong side of work
BOR = beginning of round marker
st (s) = stitch (es)
skp = slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over
col. = color
decr = decrease / ing
cont = continue / ing
k = knit
yo = yarn over
tog = together
rep = repeat / ing
p = purl
foll = follow / ing
SIZE: S/M
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS (as shown in the picture)
Bust circumference: 90 cm
Total length: 48 cm
Body length from underarm to hem: 20 cm
Upper sleeve circumference: 30 cm
Lower sleeve circumference: 50 cm
Sleeve length from underarm to hem: 30 cm 13/15 cm for the bottom/terminal part of the sweater
Collar height: 36 cm
Procedure
YOKE AND BODY
Yoke
Using 5 mm needle tips, 60 cm cable and yarn held doble, cast-on 80 sts. Place a BOR marker and join in the round, being careful not to twist
the sts.
Rounds 1 and 2: knit.
Round 3: knit, work yo (incr) every k2 to end of round. [120 sts]
Round 4: purl all sts, working yo tbl.
Rounds 5 and 6: knit.
Round 7: purl.
Rounds 8 to 12: knit.
Round 13: knit, work yo (incr) every k3 to end of round. [160 sts]
Round 14: purl all sts, working yo tbl.
Rounds 15 to 22: knit. Switch to 120 cm cable.
Round 23: knit, work yo (incr) every k4 to end of round. [200 sts]
Round 24: purl all sts, working yo tbl.
Rounds 25 to 46: knit.
For armholes shaping, across the next round divide the sts.
Round 47: place first 40 sts on hold for first sleeve onto a stitch wire, k60 for front, place next 40 sts on hold for second sleeve, k60 for back.
Body
Continue working only the 60 front sts and the 60 back sts.
Rounds 48 to 90: knit. [120 sts
After completing round 9, shape the hem as foll:
Round 1: using 4 mm crochet hook and yarn held double, loosely bind off all sts with sl st. Begin by inserting the hook into the first st on the
needle, then into the next st and pull it through the st already on the hook to close the first sl st (insert the hook into the next st on the needle
and pull it through the st on the crochet hook); rep until you have bound off all sts.
Round 2: bring the yarn to the WS of the work and crochet 1 round of sl st in front loop only into the previously worked sl st around the hem.
Cut the yarn and fasten off. Weave in all ends.
SLEEVES
Using 5 mm needle tips, 60 cm cable and yarn held double, place the 40 held sleeve sts back on the needle. Pick up and knit 6 sts from the
underarm (3 on each side of the gap), place a BOR marker, and join to work in the round, making sure not to twist the work.
Rounds 1 to 44: knit [46 sts]
Rounds 45 to 88: knit and at the same time, increase 1 st after the first 3 sts and 1 st before the last 3 sts on the foll rounds: 45, 50, 55, 60,
65, 67, 72, 77, 82, 87, 89, 94, 99, 104, 109, 113.
Rounds 45 to 116 (except for rounds 93-97-105): knit with the current number of sts
Rounds 93-97-105: purl.
After working round 105, use 4 mm crochet hook and work the same hem as for the body.
Work the second sleeve as given for first one.
COLLAR
Using 6 mm needle tips, 60 cable and yarn held double, pick up 80 sts evenly around the neckline. Place a BOR marker and join to work in the
round.
Rounds 1 and 2: knit.
Round 3: (k6, k2tog) 10 times. [70 sts]
Rounds 4 to 14: knit.
Round 15: (k5, k2tog) 10 times. [60 sts]
Rounds 16 to 32: knit.
Round 33: (k8, k2tog) 6 times. [54 sts]
Rounds 34 to 46: knit. The collar now measures approx. 18 cm from the neckline.
Round 47: knit, incr 1 st every 8 sts across the round [60 sts]
Round from 48 to 52: knit.
Round 54: knit, incr 1 st every 6 st until the end of the round [70 sts]
Rounds 55 to 67: knit.
Loosely bind off all sts, leaving a long yarn tail.
Fold the collar to the inside of the sweater, then using darning needle and the yarn tail, sew the final round loosely to the base of the first
round. Weave in all ends.
