Pink Sweater with Mini Perforations
MATERIALS (for size 42): 400 gr. of yarn, color of your choice, needles size 3 and 5.
Find the yarn here.
STITCHES USED
WITH NEEDLES: Tubular stitch (cast on).
Garter stitch.
Pattern stitch (worked on 16 sts.); work as per chart, keeping in mind that:
| = 1 K st.
– = 1 P st.
O = 1 yarn over.
= 1 SKP (slip 1 st. as if to knit, knit 1 st., pass slipped st. over knitted st.).
Each square on the chart corresponds to 1 st. and 1 row.
After completing the 20 rows of the chart, repeat from the 5th row.
GAUGE
10x10 cm worked with needles size 3 and 5 in pattern stitch equals 22 sts. and 34 rows.
INSTRUCTIONS
Back: Cast on 80 sts with needles size 3, 5 and work 4 rows in tubular st., then 4 rows in garter st. for a total height of 1.5 cm. Continue in pattern st., repeating the 16 sts of the chart 5 times. At a total height of 34 cm, for the armholes, bind off 5 sts at each side, then decrease 1 st every 2 rows 3 times (64 sts). At a total height of 50 cm, bind off all sts.
Front: Work the same as the back. At a total height of 36 cm, for the neckline, divide the work and continue the two parts separately, decreasing 1 st every 2 rows at the side of the neckline, 11 times. At a total height of 50 cm, bind off the remaining 21 sts for each shoulder.
Sleeves:
Cast on 38 sts with needles size 3, 5 and work 4 rows in tubular st., then 4 rows in garter st. for a total height of 1.5 cm. Continue in pattern st., increasing 1 st at each side every 6 rows 20 times (=76 sts), expanding the pattern as the increases are formed.
At a total height of 43 cm, for the armholes, bind off 5 sts at each side, then decrease 1 st every 2 rows 24 times (=18 sts).
At a total height of 57 cm, bind off the remaining sts.
FINISHING:
Sew the shoulders, the sleeves along the armholes, the underarms, and the sides. With a crochet hook, finish the entire neckline with one row of SC, ending with 1 SL ST in the 1st st., and with one row of crab stitch into the next st., skipping 1 st.*; repeat from * to *.
