The neck

Already have the materials needed to get started? Then carry on reading and start knitting the sweater with us.

Still missing some of the materials? Here’s a list of what you need to knit the sweater.

One more thing before we start – Have you chosen the size you’ll be making? In the step-by-step pictures you’ll see that we are knitting the sweater in children size 3/4 years (marked in bold text), so make sure you follow the instructions corresponding to your size.

Sizes

Children:

By age: 2 - 3/4 - 5/6 - 7/8 - 9/10 - 11/12 - 13/14 years
By height in cm: 92 - 98/104 - 110/116 - 122/128 - 134/140 - 146/152 - 158/164
By height in feet: 3ft-3ft3/3ft5 - 3ft3/3ft5 – 3ft7/3ft9 - 4ft5/4ft7 - 4ft9/4ft12 - 5ft2/5ft5

Women:

S - M - L - XL - XXL - XXXL

SWEATER – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE:
The neck and yoke are worked in the round with circular needle, from-mid back and top down. The yoke is divided for body and sleeves and the body is continued in the round with a circular needle. The sleeves are worked with double pointed needles.

Let’s get started!

INCREASE TIP (evenly spaced):
Increase 1 stitch by making 1 yarn over, which is worked twisted on the next round to avoid a hole.

NECK:

Children:

Cast on 76-80-84-84-88-88-92 stitches with short circular needle size 3 MM = US 2.5 and color forest green DROPS Karisma. Knit 1 round.

Women:

Cast on 104-108-112-120-124-128 stitches with short circular needle size 3 MM = US 2.5 and color forest green DROPS Karisma. Knit 1 round.

Children:

Then work rib (knit 2, purl 2) and stripes as follows: 2 rounds with color forest green, 2 rounds with color light grey, 4 rounds with color forest green then continue the rib with color light grey until the neck measures 3 cm = 1 1/8". Cut the forest green strand.

Women:

Then work rib (knit 2, purl 2) and stripes as follows: 2 rounds with color forest green, 2 rounds with color light grey, 4 rounds with color forest green then continue the rib with color light grey until the neck measures 4 cm = 1 1/2". Cut the forest green strand.

Children:

When rib is completed, knit 1 round with color light grey and increase 24-26-28-28-28-28-30 stitches evenly spaced – read INCREASE TIP = 100-106-112-112-116-116-122 stitches.

Insert 1 marker mid-front – the yoke is measured from this marker!

Women:

When rib is completed, knit 1 round with color light grey and increase 26-27-28-34-40-42 stitches evenly spaced – read INCREASE TIP = 130-135-140-154-164-170 stitches.

Insert 1 marker mid-front – the yoke is measured from this marker!

And that’s all for the neck!

Now that the neck is completed, the first clue in this KAL has been solved. Are you ready to continue? Then click below on Next > to get to the next step of the sweater.

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Need some help?

Below you'll find a list of resources to help you with the neck of your Christmas sweater.

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