Wishing Well Cardigan

Knitted jacket in DROPS Alpaca and DROPS Kid-Silk. The piece is worked top down, with round yoke and lace pattern. Sizes S - XXXL.

DROPS 231-10
DROPS Design: Pattern z-960
Yarn group A + A or C
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SIZES:
S - M - L - XL - XXL - XXXL

MATERIALS:
DROPS ALPACA Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group A)
250-250-250-300-300-350 g colour 3112, dusty pink
And use:
DROPS KID-SILK from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group A)
100-100-100-125-125-150 g colour 03, light pink

DROPS BUTTONS NO 608, 6-6-6-7-7-7 items

NEEDLES:
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 5 MM: Length 40 cm and 80 cm.
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 4 MM: Length 80 cm.
DROPS DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES SIZE 5 MM.
DROPS DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES SIZE 4 MM.
The technique MAGIC LOOP can be used – you then only need circular needle of 80 cm in each size.

KNITTING TENSION:
17 stitches in width and 22 rows in height with stocking stitch and 1 strand of each quality = 10 x 10 cm.
NOTE: Needle size is only a guide. If you get too many stitches on 10 cm, change to a larger needle size. If you get too few stitches on 10 cm, change to a smaller needle size.

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EXPLANATIONS FOR THE PATTERN:

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

PATTERN:
See diagrams A.1 and A.2. The diagrams show all rows in the pattern from the right side. Choose diagram for your size.

BUTTONHOLES:
Work the buttonholes on the right band (when the garment is worn).
1 buttonhole: From the right side, work until there are 3 stitches left, make 1 yarn over, knit 2 together, knit 1. On the next row (wrong side) knit the yarn over to leave a hole.
The first buttonhole is worked when the neck measures 3 cm, then the other 5-5-5-6-6-6 buttonholes with approx. 8½-9-9-8-8-9 cm between each one.

DECREASE TIP (sleeves):
Decrease 1 stitch on either side of the marker as follows: Work until there are 3 stitches left before the marker, knit 2 together, knit 2 (marker sits between these 2 stitches), slip 1 stitch as if to knit, knit 1 and pass the slipped stitch over the knitted stitch.
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START THE PIECE HERE:

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JACKET – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE.
The neck and yoke are worked back and forth with circular needle, from mid front and top down. The yoke is divided for body and sleeves and the body continued back and forth. The sleeves are worked in the round with double pointed needles/short circular needle, top down.

NECK/YOKE:
Cast on 95-95-101-101-107-107 stitches with circular needle size 4 mm and 1 strand DROPS Kid-Silk and 1 strand DROPS Alpaca. Purl 1 row (wrong side). The next row is worked as follows from the right side: 5 band stitches in GARTER STITCH – read description above, * knit 1, purl 1 *, work from *-* until there are 6 stitches left, knit 1 and 5 band stitches in garter stitch. Continue this rib for 3 cm. Work the first BUTTONHOLE on the right band – read description above.
On the next row from the right side increase 1 stitch at the end of each purled section by making 1 yarn over. On the next row (wrong side) knit the yarn overs twisted = 137-137-146-146-155-155 stitches. Continue as follows from the right side: 5 band stitches in garter stitch, * knit 1, purl 2 *, work from *-* until there are 6 stitches left, knit 1 and 5 band stitches in garter stitch. Continue the new rib until the neck measures 5 cm; finish after a row from the wrong side.
Knit 1 row from the right side where you increase 14-14-33-33-52-52 stitches evenly spaced = 151-151-179-179-207-207 stitches (do not increase over the bands). Change to circular needle size 5 mm. Purl 1 row from the wrong side (yarn overs purled twisted and bands knitted).
The next row is worked as follows from the right side: 5 band stitches in garter stitch, A.1 over the next 140-140-168-168-196-196 stitches, work the first stitch in A.1 (so the pattern is symmetrical) and 5 band stitches in garter stitch. Work and increase according to A.1. When A.1 has been completed in height there are 263-263-291-291-319-319 stitches on the needle. The piece measures approx. 26-26-29-29-33-33 cm from the cast-on edge.

Divide for the body on the next row as follows: Work the first 41-41-45-45-49-49 stitches (front piece), place the next 54-54-60-60-66-66 stitches on a thread for the sleeve, cast on 6-8-8-10-10-14 stitches (in side under sleeve), work 72-72-80-80-88-88 stitches (back piece), place the next 54-54-60-60-66-66 stitches on a thread for the sleeve, cast on 6-8-8-10-10-14 stitches (in side under sleeve), work the remaining 42-42-46-46-50-50 stitches (front piece). The body and sleeves are finished separately.

BODY:
= 167-171-187-191-207-215 stitches. Continue back and forth with stocking stitch and 5 band stitches in garter stitch on each side and on the first row increase 0-2-0-8-10-24 stitches evenly spaced = 167-173-187-199-217-239 stitches. When the piece measures 16-18-17-19-17-19 cm from the division work as follows from the right side: 5 band stitches in garter stitch, * knit 2 together, 1 yarn over *, work from *-* until there are 6 stitches left, knit 1 and 5 band stitches in garter stitch. Change to circular needle size 4 mm and work as follows from the wrong side: 5 band stitches in garter stitch, * purl 1, knit 1 *, work from *-* until there are 6 stitches left, purl 1 and 5 band stitches in garter stitch. Continue this rib for 6 cm. Cast off. The jacket measures approx. 52-54-56-58-60-62 cm from the shoulder down.

SLEEVES:
Place the 54-54-60-60-66-66 stitches from the thread on the one side of the piece on double pointed needles/short circular needle size 5 mm and knit up 1 stitch in each of the 6-8-8-10-10-14 stitches cast on under the sleeve = 60-62-68-70-76-80 stitches. Insert a marker in the middle of the 6-8-8-10-10-14 stitches under the sleeve. Allow the marker to follow your work onwards; it will be used when decreasing under the sleeve.
Start at the marker and work 3-4-4-5-5-7 stitches in stocking stitch, A.2 over the next 54-54-60-66-66 stitches and 3-4-4-5-5-7 stitches in stocking stitch. When A.2 has been completed in height continue with stocking stitch over all stitches.
When the sleeve measures 4 cm decrease 2 stitches under the sleeve – read DECREASE TIP. Decrease like this every 3½-3½-2½-2½-1½-1½ cm a total of 8-8-10-10-12-13 times = 44-46-48-50-52-54 stitches. Continue working until the sleeve measures 30-31-28-29-25-26 cm from the division. Work the next round as follows: * Knit 2 together, 1 yarn over *, work from *-* over all stitches. Change to double pointed needles size 4 mm. Work rib (knit 1, purl 1) for 6 cm. Cast off. The sleeve measures approx. 36-37-34-35-31-32 cm from the division.
Work the other sleeve in the same way.

ASSEMBLY:
Sew the buttons onto the left band.

Diagram explanations

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