Desert Mirage Cardigan

Knitted jacket in DROPS Nord. Piece is knitted top down with raglan, broken rib and stripes. Size: S - XXXL

DROPS 232-15
DROPS design: Pattern no-057
Yarn group A
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SIZE:
S - M - L - XL - XXL - XXXL

MATERIALS:
DROPS NORD from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group A)
250-300-300-350-350-400 g colour 07, light beige
150-150-150-150-150-200 g colour 12, powder pink

DROPS BUTTON NO 521: 5-5-5-6-6-6 pieces

NEEDLES:
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 3 mm: Length 40 and 80 cm.
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 2.5 mm: Length: 80 cm
DROPS DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES SIZE 3 mm
DROPS DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES SIZE 2.5 mm
The technique MAGIC LOOP can be used – you then only need circular needle of 80 cm in each size.

KNITTING TENSION:
24 stitches in width and 32 rows vertically with pattern = 10 x 10 cm.
NOTE! Remember that needle size is only a suggestion. If you have too many stitches on 10 cm switch to larger needles. If you have too few stitches on 10 cm switch to smaller needles.

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EXPLANATION FOR THE PATTERN:

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PATTERN:
See diagrams A.1, A.2 and A.3. Diagrams show all rows in pattern seen from the right side.

GARTER STITCH (back and forth):
Knit all rows.
1 ridge vertically = knit 2 rows.

STRIPES:
* Work 7-7-7-8-8-8 cm with colour light beige, work 3 cm with colour powder pink *, work from *-*.

BUTTONHOLES:
Decrease for buttonholes on right band (when garment is worn). Decrease from right side when 4 stitches remain on row as follows: Make 1 yarn over, knit the next 2 stitches together, knit the last 2 stitches. On next row knit yarn over to make holes.
Decrease first buttonhole when rib in the neck measures 3 cm. Then decrease the next 4-4-4-5-5-5 approx. 10-10-10-9½-9½-10 cm between each buttonhole.

RAGLAN:
Increase 1 stitch in each side of 7 stitches (= A.2) in every transition between body and sleeves (= 8 stitches increased on round). Increase 1 stitch by making 1 yarn over. On next row work yarn overs twisted to avoid holes. Then work the new stitches in pattern A.3/A.1.

DECREASE TIP (applies to sleeves):
Decrease 1 stitch on each side of marker thread as follows: Work until 3 stitches remain before marker thread and knit 2 together, knit 2 (marker thread is between these 2 stitches), slip 1 stitch knitwise, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over stitch worked.

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START THE PIECE HERE:

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JACKET - SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE:
Work neck edge and yoke back and forth on circular needle from mid front, work top down. Now divide yoke for body and sleeves. Work body back and forth on circular needle. Work sleeves in the round on double pointed needles/a short circular needle.

NECK EDGE:
Cast on 133-133-141-141-149-149 stitches on circular needle size 2.5 mm with colour light beige in DROPS Nord. Purl 1 row from wrong side. Work next row as follows - from right side and mid front as follows:
Work 7 band stitches in garter stitch, * knit 1, purl 1 *, work from *-* until 8 stitches remain, knit 1 and finish with 7 band stitches in garter stitch.
Work like this until rib measures 4 cm.
Insert 1 marker after band, at the beginning of row mid front. Measure yoke from this marker. Work STRIPES - see explanation above. The 4 cm in the neck edge are not counted with the stripes (i.e. work 11-11-11-12-12-12 cm in total with colour light beige before first stripe with colour powder pink).

YOKE:
Switch to circular needle size 3 mm and work as follows - from right side: 7 band stitches in garter stitch, A.1 over the next 18-18-20-20-22-22 stitches, A.2, A.3 over the next 9 stitches, A.2, A.3 over the next 37-37-41-41-45-45 stitches, A.2, A.3 over the next 9 stitches, A.2, A.3 over the next 18-18-20-20-22-22 stitches, and finish with 7 band stitches in garter stitch. Continue this pattern, on next row from right side begin increase for RAGLAN – read explanation above (= 8 stitches increased). Increase like this on every other row (= every row from right side) 26-32-34-40-44-50 times in total = 341-389-413-461-501-549 stitches. REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION!

Work without increase until piece measures 21-23-25-27-29-31 cm from marker thread. Now divide yoke for body and sleeves:
Work the first 55-61-65-71-77-83 stitches as before (left front piece), slip the next 67-79-83-95-103-115 stitches on a thread for sleeve, cast on 9-9-11-11-13-13 new stitches on row (in the side under sleeve), work the next 97-109-117-129-141-153 stitches as before (back piece), slip the next 67-79-83-95-103-115 stitches on a thread for sleeve, cast on 9-9-11-11-13-13 new stitches on row (in the side under sleeve) and work the remaining 55-61-65-71-77-83 stitches as before (right front piece).

BODY:
= 225-249-269-293-321-345 stitches. Work in A.1 and back and forth with 7 band stitches in garter stitch in each side towards mid front. Continue with stripes but when 4 stripes have been worked in total with colour powder pink, finish the piece with colour light beige. Work until piece measures 24 cm from division - finish with a row from wrong side. 4 cm remain until finished measurements. Try the jacket and work to desired length. Knit 1 row from right side while increasing 46-50-54-58-64-70 stitches evenly, do not increase over band stitches = 271-299-323-351-385-415 stitches.
Switch to circular needle size 2.5 mm. Work next row as follows from wrong side: 7 band stitches in garter stitch, * purl 1, knit 1 *, repeat from *-* until 8 stitches remain on needle, purl 1, and finish with 7 band stitches in garter stitch. Continue rib like this for 4 cm. Cast off. Jacket measures approx. 52-54-56-58-60-62 cm from shoulder and down.

SLEEVE:
Slip the 67-79-83-95-103-115 stitches from thread in one side of piece back on a short circular needle/double pointed needles size 3 mm, and pick in addition up 1 stitch in each of the 9-9-11-11-13-13 stitches cast on under sleeve = 76-88-94-106-116-128 stitches. Insert a marker thread in the middle of the new stitches. Work pattern as before and continue with stripes. When 5 stripes have been worked in total with colour powder pink, finish the piece with colour light beige. AT THE SAME TIME when piece measures 3-3-3-2-2-3 cm, decrease 2 stitches under sleeve - READ DECREASE TIP. Decrease like this approx. every 6-3-2½-2-1½-1 cm 6-10-10-14-18-22 times in total = 64-68-74-78-80-84 stitches. Continue until piece measures 35-34-31-31-29-28 cm from division. Switch to double pointed needles size 2.5 mm. Work rib (knit 1/purl 1) for 4 cm. Cast off. Sleeve measures approx. 39-38-35-35-33-32 cm from division. Work the other sleeve the same way.

ASSEMBLY:
Sew the buttons on to left band.

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