Juliana

Knitted DROPS jumper with raglan and lace pattern in ”BabyAlpaca Silk” or "DROPS ♥ You #7". Size: S - XXXL.

DROPS 161-22
DROPS design: Pattern no bs-079
Yarn group A
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Size: S - M - L - XL - XXL - XXXL
Materials: DROPS BABYALPACA SILK from Garnstudio
300-350-400-400-450-500 g colour no 8112, ice blue

Or use:
Materials: DROPS ♥ You #7 from Garnstudio
300-350-400-400-450-500 g colour no 06, light blue

DROPS DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES AND CIRCULAR NEEDLE (40 and 60 or 80 cm) SIZE 3 mm - or size needed to get 24 sts x 32 rows in stocking st = 10 x 10 cm.

GARTER ST (worked in the round):
1 ridge = 2 rounds. * K 1 round and P 1 round *, repeat from *-*.

PATTERN:
See diagrams A.1-A.2. Adjust so that pattern comes above each other as in diagram A.1.

INCREASE TIP:
Work until 1 st remains before marker, 1 YO, K 2 (marker is in the middle of these sts), 1 YO. On next round K YO twisted (i.e. work in back loop of st instead of front) to avoid holes.

RAGLAN:
Dec 1 st on each side of each marker.
DEC EVERY 4TH ROUND AS FOLLOWS:
Dec only on 1st round but all 4 rounds are explained to continue the lace pattern.
ROUND 1: Beg 5 sts before each marker and work as follows: K 3 tog, 1 YO, K 1 twisted, K 2 (marker is in the middle of these 2 sts), K 1 twisted, 1 YO, K 3 twisted tog.
ROUND 2: K all sts, do not work YOs twisted; they should make holes.
ROUND 3: Beg 4 sts before each marker and work as follows: K 2 tog, 1 YO, K 1 twisted, K 2 (marker is in the middle of these 2 sts), K 1 twisted, 1 YO, K 2 twisted tog.
ROUND 4: Work as 2nd round.
DEC EVERY OTHER ROUND AS FOLLOWS:
ROUND 1: Beg 5 sts before each marker and work as follows: K 3 tog, 1 YO, K 1 twisted, K 2 (marker is in the middle of these 2 sts), K 1 twisted, 1 YO, K 3 twisted tog.
ROUND 2: K all sts, do not work YOs twisted; they should make holes.

PATTERN-1:
ROUND 1: P all sts.
ROUND 2: K all sts.
ROUND 3: K all sts.
ROUND 4: * K 2 tog, 1 YO *, repeat from *-* the rest of the round.
ROUND 5: Work as 3rd round.
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JUMPER:
Worked bottom up, in the round on circular needle.

BODY:
Cast on 224-252-266-294-322-350 sts on circular needle size 3 mm with BabyAlpaca Silk or DROPS ♥ You #7. Work 2 ridges in GARTER ST - see explanation above - over all sts. Then work A.1 (= 14 sts) 16-18-19-21-23-25 times in total in width.
When A.1 has been worked 1 time vertically, there are 192-216-228-252-276-300 sts on needle. REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION On next round, dec 16-16-12-12-12-12 sts evenly = 176-200-216-240-264-288 sts. Piece measures approx. 21-21-21-21-24-24 cm. Continue in stocking st. Insert 1 marker at beg of round, then 1 marker after 88-100-108-120-132-144 sts. There are 88-100-108-120-132-144 sts on front and back piece. When piece measures 25-25-25-25-28-28 cm, inc 1 st on each side of both markers (= 4 sts inc) – see INCREASE TIP. Repeat inc every 1-2-1-1-1-1 cm 4-2-4-4-4-4 more times = 196-212-236-260-284-308 sts. When piece measures 31-32-33-34-35-36 cm, cast off for armholes in each side as follows: Cast off the first 6 sts, work until 6 sts remain before marker in the side, cast off the next 12 sts, work until 6 sts remain, cast off the last 6 sts. Fasten off.
There are 86-94-106-118-130-142 sts on back piece and front piece. Put piece aside and knit the sleeves.

SLEEVE:
Worked in the round on double pointed needles. Cast on 46-46-50-52-56-58 sts on double pointed needles size 3 mm with BabyAlpaca Silk or DROPS ♥ You #7. Work 2 ridges. On next round, K and inc 2-2-6-4-4-2 sts evenly = 48-48-56-56-60-60 sts. Then work A.2 (= 12-12-14-14-12-12 sts) 4-4-4-4-5-5 times in total in width. When A.2 has been worked 1 time vertically, continue in stocking st. Insert 1 marker at the beg of the round. When piece measures 7-6-8-8-8-7 cm, inc 1 st on each side of marker (= mid under sleeve). Repeat inc every 3-2½-2½-2-2-2 cm 13-16-14-17-17-19 more times = 76-82-86-92-96-100 sts. When piece measures 48-48-47-47-47-47 cm (shorter measurements in the larger sizes because of longer sleeve cap and wider shoulders), cast off 12 sts mid under sleeve = 64-70-74-80-84-88 sts. Put piece aside and knit another sleeve.

YOKE:
Slip sleeves on to same circular needle as body where armholes were cast off = 300-328-360-396-428-460 sts. Insert 1 marker in all transitions between sleeves and body (= 4 markers). Continue in stocking st AT THE SAME TIME dec for RAGLAN – see explanation above as follows: Dec every 4th round 7-5-3-0-0-0 times, then every other round 8-14-20-27-29-30 times. After all dec for raglan 180-176-176-180-196-220 sts remain on needle. P 1 round, K 1 round while AT THE SAME TIME dec 36-32-28-32-44-68 sts evenly = 144-144-148-148-152-152 sts. Then work PATTERN-1 - see explanation above. Work 2 ridges. Then loosely cast off all sts.

ASSEMBLY:
Sew the openings under the sleeves.

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