River Breakup

Knitted jumper in DROPS Air. The piece is worked top down with raglan, Nordic pattern and double neck. Sizes S - XXXL.

DROPS 254-30
DROPS Design: Pattern ai-505
Yarn group C or A + A
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SIZES:
S - M - L - XL - XXL - XXXL

YARN:
DROPS AIR from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group C)
250-300-300-350-350-400 g colour 36, light blue
100-100-150-150-150-150 g colour 01, 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 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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PATTERN:
See diagrams A.1 to A.3. The pattern is worked in stocking stitch.

RAGLAN:
Increase 1 stitch by making 1 yarn over as follows:
INCREASE 1 STITCH TOWARDS THE RIGHT BEFORE RAGLAN-STITCHES:
Make 1 yarn over the right needle, taking the strand from the back in front of the needle. On the next round knit the front loop. Continue the new stitch in stocking stitch.
INCREASE 1 STITCH TOWARDS THE LEFT AFTER RAGLAN-STITCHES:
Make 1 yarn over the right needle, taking the strand in front of the needle to the back. On the next round knit through the back loop of the yarn over. Continue the new stitch in stocking stitch.

INCREASE TIP (evenly spaced):
To work out how to increase evenly, count the total number of stitches on the needle (e.g., 168 stitches) and divide by the number of increases to be made (e.g., 28) = 6.
In this example, increase by making 1 yarn over after each 6th stitch. On the next round knit the yarn overs twisted to avoid holes.

DECREASE TIP:
Decrease 1 stitch on each side of the marker-thread as follows:
Work until there are 3 stitches left before the marker-thread, knit 2 together, knit 2 (marker-thread sits between these 2 stitches), slip 1 stitch knit-wise, knit 1 and pass the slipped stitch over the knitted stitch (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 neck and yoke are worked in the round with circular needle, top down, from the right back shoulder. When the yoke is finished, it is divided for the body and sleeves and the body continued in the round, while the sleeves wait. The sleeves are worked top down, in the round.
The neck is folded double and fastened to the inside.

NECK:
Cast on 88-88-88-104-104-104 stitches with circular needle size 5 mm and colour light blue DROPS Air. Change to needle size 3.5 mm (casting on with a larger needle size makes the cast-on edge elastic).
Work rib as follows: * knit 1, purl 2, knit 1 *, work from *-* to end of round. Work this rib for 11-11-11-13-13-13 cm. The neck is later folded double, leaving a neck-height of approx. 5-5-5-6-6-6 cm.
The round begins on the back right shoulder. Insert 1 marker after the first 32-32-32-36-36-36 stitches (= mid-front), the piece is measured from here.

YOKE:
Change to circular needle size 5 mm. Insert 4 marker-threads as follows without working the stitches and each thread inserted between 2 stitches, which are called raglan-stitches. The raglan-stitches are always worked in stocking stitch with colour light blue.
Insert 1 marker-thread at the beginning of the round, count 20 stitches (sleeve), insert 1 marker-thread before the next stitch, count 24-24-24-32-32-32 stitches (front piece), insert 1 marker-thread before the next stitch, count 20 stitches (sleeve), insert 1 marker-thread before the next stitch. There are 24-24-24-32-32-32 stitches left after the last marker-thread (back piece).

Work PATTERN and start increasing for RAGLAN – read descriptions above, as follows:
ROUND 1:
Work 1 stocking stitch with colour light blue (= 1 raglan-stitch), increase 1 stitch for raglan, work A.1, A.2, A.3 across the sleeve-stitches, increase 1 stitch for raglan on each side of the 2 raglan-stitches, increase 2-2-2-6-6-6 stitches evenly between marker-threads 2 and 3 while working A.1, A.2 2-2-2-4-4-4 times, A.3 across the front piece, increase 1 stitch for raglan on each side of the 2 raglan-stitches, work A.1, A.2, A.3 across the sleeve-stitches, increase 1 stitch for raglan on each side of the 2 raglan-stitches, increase 2-2-2-6-6-6 stitches evenly between marker-threads 4 and 1 while working A.1, A.2 2-2-2-4-4-4 times, A.3 across the back piece, increase 1 stitch for raglan before the last stitch on the round, work this stitch in stocking stitch with colour light blue (= 1 raglan-stitch) = 100-100-100-124-124-124 stitches.
ROUND 2:
Continue with stocking stitch and pattern, working the new stitches into the pattern as shown in the diagrams (remember to work the yarn overs as described in RAGLAN).
ROUND 3:
Continue with stocking stitch and pattern, increasing for raglan on each side of the raglan-stitches (= 8 increased stitches).
ROUND 4:
Continue with stocking stitch and pattern, working the new stitches into the pattern as shown in the diagrams (remember to work the yarn overs as described in RAGLAN).
Repeat ROUNDS 3 and 4, 11-11-11-17-20-17 times (= 22-22-22-34-40-34 rounds worked) = 188-188-188-260-284-260 stitches. Remember to maintain the knitting tension.
NOTE: Each time A.1 to A.3 are worked once in height, there is room for 2 more repeats of A.2 in width.

Continue with stocking stitch and pattern, now increasing for raglan as follows:
ROUND 1:
Increase for raglan after marker-thread 2, before marker-thread 3, after marker-thread 4 and before marker-thread 1; you are only increasing on the front and back piece, not on the sleeves (= 4 stitches increased).
ROUND 2:
Continue with stocking stitch and pattern, working the new stitches into the pattern as shown in the diagrams (remember to work the yarn overs as described in RAGLAN).
Repeat ROUNDS 1 and 2, 12-12-15-9-12-15 times (= 24-24-30-18-24-30 rounds worked) = 236-236-248-296-332-320 stitches.

All increases for raglan are now finished, with a total of 24-24-27-27-33-33 times on the front and back pieces and 12-12-12-18-21-18 times on the sleeves. The pattern begins and ends with either a whole or half repeat of A.2 on each side of each raglan-line.
Continue with stocking stitch and pattern, without further increases, until the yoke measures 22-22-25-25-30-30 cm from the marker mid-front. Now divide for the body and sleeves.

DIVIDE FOR BODY AND SLEEVES:
Place the first 44-44-44-56-62-56 stitches on a thread for the sleeve, cast on 10-16-22-16-16-22 stitches (in side mid-under sleeve), work 74-74-80-92-104-104 stitches as before (= front piece), place the next 44-44-44-56-62-56 stitches on a thread for the sleeve, cast on 10-16-22-16-16-22 stitches (in side mid-under sleeve), work the last 74-74-80-92-104-104 stitches as before (= back piece). The body and sleeves are continued separately and the round starts in the transition between the back piece and the cast-on stitches under the sleeve.

BODY:
= 168-180-204-216-240-252 stitches. Continue stocking stitch and pattern (A.2 is worked across the 10-16-22-16-16-22 cast-on stitches under each sleeve; the pattern now fits on the round), until the piece measures 44-46-48-49-51-53 cm from the marker, finishing after 1 round of colour light blue after a complete square in height.
Change to circular needle size 3.5 mm, using colour light blue and work rib (knit 2, purl 2) AT THE SAME TIME as increasing 28-32-36-40-44-44 stitches evenly on the first round – read INCREASE TIP = 196-212-240-256-284-296 stitches.
When the rib measures 6-6-6-7-7-7 cm, cast off.
The jumper measures approx. 50-52-54-56-58-60 cm from the marker and 56-58-60-62-64-66 cm from top of shoulder.

SLEEVES:
Place the 44-44-44-56-62-56 sleeve-stitches from the thread on one side of the piece on circular needle size 5 mm and knit up 1 stitch in each of the 10-16-22-16-16-22 stitches cast on under the sleeve = 54-60-66-72-78-78 stitches.
Insert a marker-thread in the middle of the 10-16-22-16-16-22 stitches under the sleeve.
Start at the marker-thread and continue the pattern from the yoke round the sleeve – the pattern will not fit under the sleeve while decreasing but will fit when the decreases are finished.
When the sleeve measures 3-3-3-2-2-2 cm, decrease 2 stitches under the sleeve – read DECREASE TIP. Decrease like this every 3-2-2-1½-1½-1½ cm a total of 3-6-6-9-9-9 times = 48-48-54-54-60-60 stitches. Continue working until the sleeve measures 40-41-39-37-33-34 cm from the division, finishing in the same way as on the body.
Change to double pointed needles size 3.5 mm. Work rib with colour light blue (knit 2, purl 2), increasing 8-8-10-10-12-12 stitches evenly on the first round = 56-56-64-64-72-72 stitches. When the rib measures 6-6-6-7-7-7 cm, cast off. The sleeve measures approx. 46-47-45-44-40-41 cm.

ASSEMBLY:
Fold the neck double to the inside and fasten down.

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