Sea Bird Sweater

Knitted basic jumper in DROPS Paris. The piece is worked bottom up, with moss stitch and stripes. Sizes S - XXXL.

DROPS 230-2
DROPS Design: Pattern w-879
Yarn group C or A + A
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SIZES:
S - M - L - XL - XXL - XXXL

MATERIALS:
DROPS PARIS from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group C)
400-450-450-500-550-600 g colour 17, off white
150-150-200-200-200-250 g colour 30, jeans blue

NEEDLES:
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 5 MM: Length 80 cm.
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 4 MM: Length 40 cm.

KNITTING TENSION:
17 stitches in width and 28 rows in height with moss stitch = 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 diagram A.1. The diagram shows all rows in the pattern from the right side.

STRIPES BACK/FRONT PIECE:
Stripes are worked with colours off white and jeans blue as follows: Work 8-8½-9½-9½-10-10½ cm with colour off white, 3 cm with colour jeans blue. When you have worked 4 stripes with jeans blue, finish with colour off white.

STRIPES SLEEVES:
Stripes are worked with colours off white and jeans blue, after the rib, as follows:
Work 8 cm with colour off white, 3 cm with colour jeans blue. When you have worked 3 stripes with jeans blue, finish with colour off white.

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START THE PIECE HERE:

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JUMPER – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE:
The piece is worked in sections, back and forth and bottom up, then sewn together.

BACK PIECE:
Cast on 73-83-89-95-107-117 stitches with circular needle size 5 mm and colour off white DROPS Paris.
Work as follows: 1 edge stitch in GARTER STITCH – read description above, A.1 until there are 2 stitches left, work the first stitch in A.1 and 1 edge stitch in garter stitch. Work STRIPES – read description above. REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION!
Continue until the piece measures 31-32-33-34-35-36 cm from the cast-on edge.
Cast off for the armholes at the beginning of each row as follows: 4-5-6-7-10-12 stitches 1 time, then 1 stitch 3-6-7-8-10-12 times on both sides = 59-61-63-65-67-69 stitches. Continue with A.1 and stripes until the piece measures 47-49-51-53-56-58 cm from the cast-on edge.
On the next row from the right side cast off for the neck as follows:
Work the first 17-17-17-18-18-19 stitches, then place these stitches on a thread, cast off the next 25-27-29-29-31-31 stitches and work the last 17-17-17-18-18-19 stitches. Finish each shoulder separately.

LEFT SHOULDER:
= 17-17-17-18-18-19 stitches. The first row is from the wrong side. Then cast off for the neck at the beginning of each row from the neck as follows: 1 stitch 3 times = 14-14-14-15-15-16 stitches. Work until the piece measures 50-52-54-56-58-60 cm from the cast-on edge. Cast off with knit.

RIGHT SHOULDER:
Place the 17-17-17-18-18-19 stitches from the thread back onto the needle. Start from the wrong side. Then cast off for the neck at the beginning of each row from the neck as follows: 1 stitch 3 times = 14-14-14-15-15-16 stitches. Work until the piece measures 50-52-54-56-58-60 cm from the cast-on edge. Cast off with knit.

FRONT PIECE:
Cast on and work in the same way as the back piece.

SLEEVES:
Cast on 40-42-44-46-48-50 stitches with circular needle size 4 mm and colour off white DROPS Paris.
Work rib (knit 1, purl 1) with 1 edge stitch in garter stitch on each side for 7 cm. Change to circular needle size 5 mm and work A.1 with 1 edge stitch in garter stitch on each side. Work STRIPES SLEEVES – read description above. When the sleeve measures 12 cm, increase 1 stitch on each side. Increase like this every 4-3½-3-2½-2-1½ cm a total of 8-10-11-13-16-17 times = 56-62-66-72-80-84 stitches. Work until the sleeve measures 47-46-47-46-45-44 cm. Now cast off for the sleeve cap at the beginning of each row as follows: 3 stitches 1 time, 2 stitches 3-3-3-3-4-4 times and 1 stitch 1-2-2-4-4-6 times on each side. Then cast off 2 stitches on each side until the sleeve measures 55-55-56-56-57-58 cm. Cast off 3 stitches 1 time on each side. Cast off in moss stitch. The sleeve measures approx. 56-56-57-57-58-59 cm.
Work 1 more sleeve in the same way.

ASSEMBLY:
Sew the shoulder seams. Sew the sleeve cap to the armhole. Sew the sleeve seams and continue down the side seams, leaving a 5 cm split at the bottom.

Diagram explanations

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