Race the Wind Jacket

Knitted jacket in DROPS Muskat. Piece is knitted bottom up with raglan, lace pattern and short sleeves. Size: S - XXXL

DROPS 232-17
DROPS design: Pattern r-794
Yarn group B
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SIZE:
S - M - L - XL - XXL - XXXL

MATERIALS:
DROPS MUSKAT from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group B)
400-400-450-500-550-600 g colour 82, silver orchid

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

NEEDLES:
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 4 mm: Length: 80 cm
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 3 mm: Length: 80 cm

KNITTING TENSION:
21 stitches in width and 28 rows vertically in stocking stitch = 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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GARTER STITCH (back and forth):
Knit all rows.
1 ridge vertically = knit 2 rows.

PATTERN:
See diagrams A.1 to A.5. Diagrams show all rows in pattern seen from the right side.

BUTTONHOLES:
Decrease for buttonholes on right band. 1 BUTTONHOLE = knit third and fourth stitch from edge together and make 1 yarn over. On next row knit yarn over to make hole.
Decrease for buttonholes when piece measures:
S: 10, 18, 26, 35 and 44 cm
M: 10, 19, 28, 37 and 46 cm
L: 10, 19, 28, 38 and 48 cm
XL: 10, 18, 26, 34, 42 and 50 cm
XXL: 10, 18, 26, 34, 43 and 52 cm
XXXL: 10, 18, 27, 36, 45 and 54 cm

RAGLAN:
All decreases are done from the right side!
Decrease 1 stitch before marker thread as follows:
Work until 3 stitches remain before marker thread, knit the next 2 stitches together, knit next stitch, marker thread.
Decrease 1 stitch after marker thread as follows: Marker thread, knit 1, slip next stitch knitwise, knit 1 and pass slipped stitch over stitch worked. Decrease 4 stitches on every other row (1 stitch on each front piece and 2 stitches on back piece). Decreases on sleeves are in addition to these.

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START THE PIECE HERE:

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JACKET - SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE:
Work body back and forth from mid front on circular, from the bottom and up to armholes. Then work sleeves back and forth on circular needle up to armholes. Then slip sleeves on to same circular needle as body. Work yoke and neck edge back and forth from mid front. Do not sew the sleeve edge together, i.e. there is a vent under each sleeve.

BODY:
Cast on 277-291-319-347-389-417 stitches on circular needle size 4 mm with DROPS Muskat. Work as follows - from right side: 5 band stitches in GARTER STITCH – read explanation above, work A.1 19-20-22-24-27-29 times, work 1 stitch in stocking stitch (so that pattern begins and ends the same), finish with 5 band stitches in garter stitch. When A.1 has been worked, there are 201-211-231-251-281-301 stitches on needle. Knit 1 row from right side while decreasing 7-1-1-1-7-3 stitches evenly = 194-210-230-250-274-298 stitches. Insert 2 marker threads in the piece; 51-55-60-65-71-77 stitches in from each side (= 92-100-110-120-132-144 stitches on back piece). Continue in stocking stitch with 5 stitches in garter stitch in each side. Decrease for BUTTONHOLES - read explanation above! REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION!

Work until piece measures 27-26-25-24-23-23 cm.

Work next row from wrong side as follows: Work the first 47-51-56-61-67-73 stitches (= left front piece), cast off 8 stitches for armhole, work the next 84-92-102-112-124-136 stitches (= back piece), cast off 8 stitches for armhole, work the remaining 47-51-56-61-67-73 stitches (= right front piece). Cut the yarn. Put piece aside and work the sleeves.

SLEEVE:
Work sleeves back and forth on needle. Cast on 159-171-183-195-207-219 stitches on circular needle size 4 mm. Work as follows - from right side: 1 stitch in garter stitch, work A.2 13-14-15-16-17-18 times, work 1 stitch in stocking stitch and 1 stitch in garter stitch. Continue pattern like this. Work last row in A.2 as follows – from wrong side (there are now 81-87-93-99-105-111 stitches on needle): Cast off the first 8 stitches on needle, work until 8 remain, cast off these stitches = 65-71-77-83-89-95 stitches. Cut the yarn.
Put piece aside and knit the other sleeve the same way.

YOKE:
Slip sleeves on to same circular needle as body where armholes were cast off = 308-336-368-400-436-472 stitches. Now insert 4 marker threads in the piece. Insert marker threads 1 stitch in on front pieces and back piece.
Work in stocking stitch and garter stitch over stitches from body as before. Work stitches on sleeves as follows: A.3, work A.4 6-7-8-9-10-11 times, work A.5.
AT THE SAME TIME decrease for RAGLAN - read explanation above. The decrease on body and sleeves are uneven. On sleeves decreases are shown in A.3 and A.5. Every time A.3 and A.5 have been worked 1 time vertically, there are 2 repetitions less of A.4. On front pieces and back piece decrease for raglan as explained above on every other row (= every row from right side) 24-28-32-36-40-44 times in total. After all decreases are done, 140-140-144-148-156-164 stitches remain on needle.
Piece measures approx. 17-20-23-26-29-31 cm from where body and sleeves were put together. Knit 1 row from right side while decreasing 12-8-4-4-4-8 stitches evenly = 128-132-140-144-152-156 stitches. Then work neck edge as explained below.

NECK EDGE:
Switch to circular needle size 3 mm. Work rib as follows – from wrong side: 5 band stitches in garter stitch, * purl 2, knit 2 *, repeat from *-* until 7 stitches remain, purl 2, 5 band stitches in garter stitch. Continue rib like this for 3 cm. Cast off stitches with knit over knit and purl over purl. Jacket measures approx. 48-50-52-54-56-58 cm from shoulder and down.

ASSEMBLY:
Sew buttons on to left front piece.

Diagram explanations

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