2,5 mm needles for ribs, 3 mm needles for stockinette.
Mods:
Sleeves:
- CO 44 stitches, knit in knit 2 purl 2 rib for 14 cm
- Change to stockinette stitch
- Add 2 sts / increase row (close to sleeve “seam”) on the 4th stockinette row, after that add 2 sts / increase row on every 9th stockinette row = 66 sts on sleeve / 11 increase rows totally
- After increases, knit straight until total sleeve length is 56 cm
Body:
- CO 184 sts (180 for body, 4 for the steek), knit in knit 2 purl 2 rib for 14 cm
- Change to stockinette stitch
- Make 3 short rows to make back piece longer
- Knit in stockinette for 7 cm (measured from center front)
- Decrease 2 sts / side “seam” every 6th row for 3 times = 172 sts
- Knit stockinette after decreases for 5 cm
- Increase 2 sts / side “seam” every 6th row for 3 times = 184 sts
- Knit in stockinette until total body lenght is 40 cm (measured from center front)
Yoke:
- 268 sts on yoke (264 sts for yoke, 4 sts for steek)
- from body 154 sts (184 minus 12 + 12 for armpits and 2 + 2 sts for steek), from sleeves 54 + 54 sts (66 sts minus 12 for the armpit per each sleeve)
- For yoke knit first 2 sts of each row for steek, start reading chart 4 sts before repeat-section and end reading it 4 sts after, knit last 2 sts of each row for steek
Finishings:
- Sew or seam armpit sts together
- Block garment
- Sew steeks and cut
- Sew zipper and band
Yarn consumption:
- 65 grams of light beige heather
- 427 grams of black heather