Dandelion Field

Knitted jumper in DROPS Nepal. The piece is worked top down with European/diagonal shoulders, Nordic pattern and double neck. Sizes S - XXXL.

DROPS 255-2
DROPS Design: Pattern ne-392
Yarn group C or A + A
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SIZES:
S - M - L - XL - XXL - XXXL

YARN:
DROPS NEPAL from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group C)
500-550-600-650-700-800 g colour 2923, goldenrod
300-350-350-400-450-500 g colour 0100, off white

NEEDLES:
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 5 MM: Length 40 cm and 80 cm.
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 3.5 MM: Length 40 cm and 80 cm.
DROPS DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES SIZE 5 MM.
DROPS DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES SIZE 3.5 MM.
The technique MAGIC LOOP can be used – you then only need 80 cm circular needle in each size.

KNITTING TENSION:
17 stitches in width and 22 rows in height, with stocking stitch and Nordic pattern on needle size 5 mm = 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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GARTER STITCH (worked back and forth):
Knit all rows, from both the right and wrong side.
1 ridge in height = knit 2 rows.

PATTERN:
See diagrams A.1 to A.4.
The diagrams show the pattern from the right side. The pattern is worked in stocking stitch.
Choose diagram for your size(applies to A.1). Start/finish at arrow for your size (applies to A.3 and A.4).

INCREASE TIP-1:
INCREASE 1 STITCH TOWARDS LEFT – from right side:
Use the left needle to pick up the strand between 2 stitches from the previous row, pick up the strand from the front and knit the back loop.
INCREASE 1 STITCH TOWARDS RIGHT – from right side:
Use the left needle to pick up the strand between 2 stitches from the previous row, pick up the strand from the back and knit the front loop.

INCREASE TIP-2:
INCREASE 1 STITCH TOWARDS LEFT – from wrong side:
Use the left needle to pick up the strand between 2 stitches from the previous row, pick up the strand from the back and purl the front loop.
INCREASE 1 STITCH TOWARDS RIGHT – from wrong side:
Use the left needle to pick up the strand between 2 stitches from the previous row, pick up the strand from the front and purl the back loop.

INCREASE TIP-3 (evenly spaced):
To work out how to increase evenly, count the total number of stitches on the needle (e.g., 180 stitches) and divide by the number of increases to be made (e.g., 32) = 5.6.
In this example, increase by making 1 yarn over after alternately each 5th and 6th stitch (approx.). On the next round work the yarn overs twisted to avoid holes.

KNITTING TIP:
Mark in the diagram the row the back piece finishes on. This makes it easier to match the front piece when working the armholes.

DECREASE TIP:
Decrease 1 stitch on each side of the marker as follows:
Work until there are 2 stitches left before the marker-stitch under the sleeve, knit 2 together with colour goldenrod, knit 1 with colour goldenrod (marker-stitch), knit 2 twisted together with colour goldenrod (2 stitches decreased).

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START THE PIECE HERE:

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JUMPER – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE:
The pattern uses both long and short needles; start with the length which fits the number of stitches and change when necessary.
The piece is started back and forth, casting on stitches at the back of the neck and working the back piece top down with pattern, while increasing stitches on each side for the shoulders, which become slightly diagonal. The back piece is worked as far as the armholes.
The front piece is then worked in 2 sections, knitting up stitches along 1 back shoulder, working pattern and increasing for the neckline. This is repeated on the other shoulder. The 2 front sections are joined when the neckline is finished and then work until the armholes are finished.
The front and back pieces are then joined and the body worked in the round.
Stitches are knitted up around the armholes for the sleeves, which are worked in the round, top down. Stitches are knitted up around the neckline and the neck is worked in the round, then folded double to the inside.

BACK PIECE:
Cast on 33-33-33-43-43-43 stitches with circular needle size 5 mm and colour goldenrod DROPS Nepal. Work PATTERN – read description above, as follows:
NOTE: The 3 outermost stitches in each side + increases are worked with colour goldenrod until the armholes are finished.

ROW 1 (wrong side): Purl.
ROW 2 (right side): Read INCREASE TIP-1. Knit 3, increase 1 stitch towards the left, work A.1A, then A.1B a total of 1-1-1-2-2-2 times, work A.1C, increase 1 stitch towards the right, knit 3.
ROW 3 (wrong side): Read INCREASE TIP-2. Purl 3, increase 1 stitch towards the left, work A.1C, then A.1B as before, A.1A, increase 1 stitch towards the right, purl 3.
Work ROWS 2 and 3 a total of 14-17-17-17-19-22 times (28-34-34-34-38-44 worked rows). NOTE: Each time A.1 is finished in height, there is room for 2 more repeats of A.1B in width.
The increases for the diagonal shoulders are finished in sizes M, L, XL and XXXL. Continue as follows for sizes S and XXL.

SIZES S and XXL:
Work ROW 2 one more time, then ROW 3 one more time but without increasing (a total of 30-40 worked rows).

ALL SIZES:
After the last increase there are 91-101-101-111-121-131 stitches and the piece measures approx. 14-16-16-16-19-20 cm from the cast-on edge mid-back.
Insert 1 marker outermost on one side. The piece is now measured from here!
Work the next row as follows from the right side: 3 stocking stitches in colour goldenrod, work A.2A a total of 8-9-9-10-11-12 times (8 stitches left on row), work A.2B, 3 stocking stitches in colour goldenrod.
Continue this pattern back and forth. Remember to maintain the knitting tension.
Work until the piece measures 14-15-16-17-17-18 cm from the marker, measured along the armhole, and finishing with a row from the wrong side where you cast off 1 stitch on each side of the back piece = 89-99-99-109-119-129 stitches – read KNITTING TIP.
Cut the strand, place the stitches on a stitch holder and work the left front piece along the left back shoulder.

LEFT FRONT PIECE:
Find the left back shoulder as follows: Lay the back piece flat, right side up, with the stitch holder towards you; left side of piece = left shoulder.
Start from the right side on the left back shoulder by the neck. Use colour goldenrod and knit up 1 stitch in each worked row, inside 1 stitch, along the shoulder to the armhole then knit up 1 stitch in the next row at the outermost towards the armhole (pick up inside the outermost stitch)= 31-35-35-35-41-45 stitches.
All lengths on the front piece are measured from this knitted-up row.
Purl 1 row from the wrong side, then work as follows from the right side: Start at the arrow for your size in A.3A and work the last 3-7-7-7-3-7 stitches in A.3A, then repeat all of A.3A 2-2-2-2-3-3 times, work A.3B, finish with 3 stocking stitches in colour goldenrod.
Continue this pattern back and forth until the piece measures 7-8-9-9-10-10 cm. Now increase for the neckline as follows (the increased stitches are worked into the pattern):
ROW 1 (right side): Remember INCREASE TIP-1, knit 1 with colour goldenrod, increase 1 stitch towards the left (with colour goldenrod), continue A.3 as before, 3 stocking stitches with colour goldenrod.
ROW 2 (wrong side): Purl 3 with colour goldenrod, work A.3 until there is 1 stitch left, purl 1 with colour goldenrod.
Work ROWS 1 and 2 a total of 5 times (10 rows worked) = 36-40-40-40-46-50 stitches. Cut the strand, place the stitches on a stitch holder and work the right front piece along the right back shoulder.

RIGHT FRONT PIECE:
Start from the right side, 1 row before the last increase on the right back shoulder. Use colour goldenrod and knit up 1 stitch in each worked row, inside 1 stitch, from the armhole to the neckline = 31-35-35-35-41-45 stitches.
All lengths on the front piece are measured from this knitted-up row.
Purl 1 row from the wrong side, then work as follows from the right side: 3 stocking stitches with colour goldenrod, work A.4 a total of 2-3-3-3-3-4 times, then the first 8-2-2-2-8-2 stitches in A.4, finishing at the arrow for your size.
Continue this pattern back and forth until the piece measures 7-8-9-9-10-10 cm. Now increase for the neckline as follows:
ROW 1 (right side): Knit 3 with colour goldenrod, work A.4 until there is 1 stitch left, increase 1 stitch towards the right (with colour goldenrod), knit 1 with colour goldenrod – remember INCREASE TIP-1.
ROW 2 (wrong side): Purl 1 with colour goldenrod, work A.4 until there are 3 stitches left, purl 3 with colour goldenrod.
Work ROWS 1 and 2 a total of 5 times (10 rows worked) = 36-40-40-40-46-50 stitches.
Now join the 2 front piece together.

FRONT PIECE:
Work as follows from the right side:
Work the 36-40-40-40-46-50 stitches on the right front piece as before, cast on 19-21-21-31-29-31 stitches for the neckline, then work the 36-40-40-40-46-50 stitches on the left front piece as before = 91-101-101-111-121-131 stitches.
Continue with stocking stitch and pattern as before, back and forth across all stitches (i.e., 3 stocking stitches in goldenrod at the beginning and end of the row and pattern otherwise).
Work until the front piece measures 28-29-30-31-33-34 cm from the knitted-up row, finishing after the same row from the wrong side as on the back piece and casting off 1 stitch on each side on this last row = 89-99-99-109-119-129 stitches (to avoid cutting thread at the end of the row, the last 2 stitches can be purled together).
The front and back pieces are joined for the body.
The piece is now measured from here!

BODY:
Work pattern as before across the 89-99-99-109-119-129 stitches on the front piece, cast on 1-1-11-11-11-11 stitches (in side mid-under sleeve), work pattern as before across the 89-99-99-109-119-129 stitches from the back piece, cast on 1-1-11-11-11-11 stitches (in side mid-under sleeve) = 180-200-220-240-260-280 stitches.
Continue the established pattern in the round, working across all stitches. The round starts in the middle of the cast-on stitches under one sleeve.
Work until the body measures 28-29-30-30-30-31 cm from the join, finishing after row 5 or 9 in A.2 (the front piece measures approx. 56-58-60-61-63-65 cm from the knitted-up row).
Work 2 rounds of stocking stitch with colour goldenrod.
Change to circular needle size 3.5 mm. Work rib with colour goldenrod (knit 1, purl 1), AT THE SAME TIME increase 32-36-40-44-44-48 stitches evenly on round 1 – read INCREASE TIP-3 = 212-236-260-284-304-328 stitches.
When the rib measures 6-6-6-7-7-7 cm, cast off a little loosely with rib.
The front piece measures approx. 63-65-67-69-71-73 cm from the knitted-up row and is approx. 3 cm longer than the finished length, as the knitted-up row is not on top of shoulder but positioned slightly down the back piece. The jumper measures approx. 60-62-64-66-68-70 cm.

SLEEVES:
The sleeve is worked top down.
Lay the piece flat and insert 1 marker mid-top of shoulder (NOTE! Mid-top of shoulder is not the knitted-up row on the front piece but approx. 7 to 8 cm down the front piece).
Use circular needle size 3.5 mm and colour goldenrod. Start in the middle stitch of the cast-on stitches under the sleeve (insert 1 marker in this stitch) and knit up 72-76-90-92-96-100 stitches (inside 1 stitch) around the armhole, making sure you knit up 1 stitch in the marker-stitch under the sleeve and 1 stitch in the marker on top of the sleeve, and with equal numbers of stitches on each side of both marker-stitches.
Count out from the marker-stitch on top of the shoulder to determine where to start the pattern – the marker-stitch should match the mid-stitch in A.2A.

Change to circular needle size 5 mm. Work stocking stitch and A.2A in the round, but the middle 3 stitches under the sleeve are worked with colour goldenrod.
When the sleeve measures 1 cm, decrease 1 stitch on each side of the marker-stitch under the sleeve - read DECREASE TIP. Decrease like this every 2nd round a total of 4-6-8-10-12-13 times, then every 5-4½-2½-2½-2-2 cm 7-7-11-9-8-8 times = 50-50-52-54-56-58 stitches.
Continue the pattern with 3 stocking stitches in colour goldenrod under the sleeve, until the sleeve measures 42-40-41-38-36-34 cm from the shoulder-marker.
Change to double pointed needles size 3.5 mm and work rib with colour goldenrod (knit 1, purl 1). AT THE SAME TIME increase 8-10-10-10-10-10 stitches evenly on round 1 = 58-60-62-64-66-68 stitches.
When the rib measures 6-6-6-7-7-7 cm, cast off a little loosely with rib. The sleeve measures approx. 48-46-47-45-43-41 cm from top of shoulder.

DOUBLE NECK:
Use circular needle size 3.5 mm and colour goldenrod. Start from the right side on one shoulder-line and knit up 100-104-108-132-136-136 stitches, inside 1 stitch, around the neckline (if you knit up fewer stitches, this can be adjusted on the first round). The stitch count must be divisible by 2. Work rib in the round (knit 1, purl 1) for 4½-4½-5½-5½-6½-6½ cm (= approx. 12-12-15-15-18-18 rounds), change to colour off white and continue working until the rib measures 10-10-12-12-14-14 cm (= approx. 15-15-18-18-20-20 rounds with colour off white). Change to circular needle size 5 mm and cast off a little loosely with knit. Fold the neck double to the inside and sew down. There should be a visible stripe of colour off white at the top. To avoid the neck being tight and rolling outwards, it is important that the seam is elastic.

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