Sizes: 104/110 (116/122) 128/134
You will need:
- 300 (400) 500 g of turquoise yarn and 250 (350) 450 g of khaki yarn, Linle 20 Cora (60% merino wool, 40% polyacrylic, 85 m/50 g);
- 4 mm and 4.5 mm knitting needles;
- short 4 mm circular needles;
- a set of 4 mm double-pointed needles;
- a zipper of matching length.
Button band pattern, 4 mm needles: alternate 4 knit, 4 purl, working 3 rows in khaki and 3 rows in turquoise alternately.
Stockinette stitch, 4 mm needles: RS rows – knit, WS rows – purl; in rounds, knit every row. All other patterns are worked with 4.5 mm needles.
Rib pattern, width 8 sts: *2 purl sts, 1 garter st, 2 knit sts, 1 garter st, 2 purl sts, repeat from *
Stripe pattern 1, ribbing: *10 rows turquoise, 4 rows khaki, 4 rows turquoise, 4 rows khaki, repeat from *
Stripe pattern 2, ribbing: alternate 12 rows turquoise and 12 rows khaki.
Cable pattern, width 11 sts: work from the chart, which shows RS rows only; on WS rows, work all sts as they appear. Repeat the pattern repeat rows 1-24.
Gauge.
Ribbing: 18 sts and 25 rows = 10 x 10 cm; cable pattern: 22 sts and 24 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
PULLOVER
Back: using khaki yarn, cast on 58 (66) 74 sts and work 6 cm in button band pattern, increasing 6 (4) 4 sts evenly in the last row.
Then, keeping selvage sts, work in stripe pattern 1, starting with 1 garter st and 4 purl sts (1 garter st and 2 knit sts) 4 purl sts.
After 30 (34) 39 cm from the button band, bind off the center 14 (16) 18 sts for the neckline and finish both sides separately.
On the neckline edge, bind off 3 sts in the 2nd row. After 32 (36) 41 cm from the button band, bind off the remaining shoulder sts straight across.
Front: work as for the back, but with a slit and a deeper neckline. To do this, after 16 (20) 25 cm from the button band, bind off the center 4 sts and finish both sides separately.
After 26 (30) 35 cm from the button band, bind off for the neckline on the inner edge 1×3 (4) 5 sts, then in every 2nd row 2×2 and 1×1 sts. Bind off the shoulder sts straight across at the same height as the back.
Sleeves: using khaki yarn, cast on 42 sts and work 4 cm in button band pattern, increasing 4 sts evenly in the last row. Then, keeping selvage sts, work in cable pattern, starting from arrow A.
For the sleeve shaping, increase on both sides in every 8th row 2 (0) 0 x 1 st, in every 6th row 7 (8) 2 x 1 st, and in every 4th row 0 (5) 16 x 1 st, incorporating the increased sts into the pattern. After 27 (30) 33 cm from the button band, bind off the remaining sts straight across.
Finishing: sew the shoulder seams; set in the sleeves. Sew the side seams and sleeve seams. Along the neckline, pick up 50 (54) 58 sts on circular needles from the outside with khaki yarn and work 3 rows in stockinette stitch. Leave the sts on hold. Now pick up 50 (54) 58 sts along the neckline from the inside with khaki yarn and also work 3 rows in stockinette stitch. In the next row, knit one held st together with the st opposite it.
For the collar, work 8 cm in button band pattern, starting with turquoise yarn. Bind off the sts. Fold the collar in half to the inside and sew in place.
Along the edges of the slit and the short sides of the collar, pick up 34 sts each with khaki yarn and work 3 rows in stockinette stitch. Bind off the sts.
Now, along the edges of the slit, pick up 34 sts each with khaki yarn from the inside and work 3 rows in stockinette stitch. Bind off the sts. Sew the zipper in between the slit bands.
SCARF
Instructions: using turquoise yarn, cast on 42 sts and work, keeping selvage sts, in stripe pattern 2. After 110 (120) 130 cm from the cast-on edge, bind off the sts straight across.
Finishing: cut khaki yarn strands 20 cm long, fold groups of 5 strands in half and tie them tightly to both ends of the scarf.
HAT
Instructions: using khaki yarn, cast on 80 (88) 88 sts on double-pointed needles, distribute them on 4 needles and work 8 cm in khaki yarn (without stripes) in button band pattern.
Then work in stripe pattern 2. After 14 (16) 16 cm from the band, switch back to stockinette stitch in khaki yarn, working decreases as follows: *12 (14) 14 sts in stockinette, 1 slip-slip-knit (slip 1 st, knit 1, pass slipped st over), 4 sts in stockinette, k2tog, repeat from * 3 times.
Decrease in every 5th round 2 times, in the 4th round 1 time, in the 3rd round 1 time and in every round 4 times, working the decreases as described above for the 1st round of decreases. In the next round, k2tog across and pull the remaining sts together with the working yarn.
