The pattern
Materials
- Yarn: Rowan · Cotton Revive, about 1,360 m.
- 40 cm (collar) and 80 cm (yoke and body) circular needles, in your gauge size; or magic loop for the sleeves.
- 4 (one in a different color for the beginning of the round), waste yarn to hold the sleeves, a tapestry needle.
25 stitches × 34 rows = 10 cm in stockinette, after blocking.
Round neckline, worked flat
85 stitches. Row 1 (wrong side), purl, placing markers: 2 sts for the right front, marker, 19 sts for the right sleeve, marker, 43 sts for the back, marker, 19 sts for the left sleeve, marker, 2 sts for the left front. (Worked top down, the piece hangs upside down: wrong-side rows start with the right front, right-side rows with the left front.)
increases: the yoke schedule (below) starts on row 2, a right-side row; each row counts as one round.
At the same time, on the right-side rows listed below, increase at the neck edges: k1, M1L, knit to the last stitch, M1R, k1. +2 sts. The increases get closer together as you go down: that's what rounds the neckline.
Increase at the neck edges every 4 rows twice, then every 2 rows 6 times (the first time on row 4): 8 times on each side.
After row 20, a right-side row (about 5.9 cm): 23 sts for the bottom of the neckline, at the center front, and join in the round without twisting. Knit to the marker between the left sleeve and the back: it is now the start of the round. This partial round does not count in the schedule: the next round starts at the marker.
Yoke
The schedule starts at row 2: the flat neckline rows are part of it.
While the neckline is worked flat (through row 20), increase row (right side): *knit to 1 st before the marker, M1R, k1, slip marker, k1, M1L* 4 times, knit to the end of the row. +8 sts (two on each side of each of the 4 markers).
Once joined in the round, increase round: k1, M1L, *knit to 1 st before the marker, M1R, k1, slip marker, k1, M1L* 3 times, knit to the last stitch of the round, M1R, k1. +8 sts (the beginning-of-round marker is one of the 4).
Body increase round: increase only on the body side of each marker (back and front). +4 sts.
- Full increase round: 28 times, each followed by a plain round. 10 of them are already done flat (rows 2 to 20): 18 remain after the join.
- Body increase round: 7 times, each followed by a plain round.
- Body increase round: 3 times, every round.
You have 388 sts: 119 for the back, 119 for the front, 75 for each sleeve. The yoke measures 21.5 cm from the cast-on edge.
Dividing body and sleeves
Knit the back; place the 75 right-sleeve sts on waste yarn; 12 sts for the underarm; knit the front; place the left sleeve on hold; cast on 12 sts. You have 262 sts for the body. The round now ends under the left arm: place the beginning-of-round marker in the middle of these last cast-on stitches, at the side.
Body
Knit every stitch for 105 rounds, or 30.9 cm from the underarm.
Next round, adjusting the stitch count for the edge: *k131, M1L* 2 times. You now have 264 sts.
Work in (k2, p2) for 17 rounds, i.e. 5 cm.
loosely in rib.
Sleeves (both alike)
Return the 75 held sts to the needles and pick up 12 sts from the underarm cast-on: 87 sts. Place the beginning-of-round marker at the middle of the underarm.
Knit 9 rounds.
Decrease round: k1, k2tog, knit to the last 3 sts, ssk, k1. −2 sts.
Work this decrease round every 6 rounds 3 times, then every 7 rounds 14 times: 17 times in all, the first on the 6th round after the plain rounds; then knit to 39.5 cm from the underarm. You have 53 sts.
Next round, adjusting the stitch count for the edge: k51, k2tog. You now have 52 sts.
Work in (k2, p2) for 17 rounds, i.e. 5 cm.
loosely in rib.
Collar
With the 40 cm circular needle, right side facing, starting between the back and the left sleeve, : 19 sts across the top of the left sleeve, 17 sts down the left side of the neckline, 23 sts in the center cast-on stitches, 17 sts up the right side, 19 sts across the top of the right sleeve and 43 sts across the back: 138 sts. Place the beginning-of-round marker.
Next round, adjusting the stitch count for the collar: *k8, k2tog* 12 times, *k7, k2tog* 2 times. You now have 124 sts.
Work in (k2, p2) for 9 rounds, i.e. 2.6 cm.
loosely in rib.
Finishing
Weave in the ends, closing any small gaps at the underarms. the sweater flat to the schematic measurements.
Pattern calculated by FARROW. Knit and wash a swatch in your yarn before you start: every measurement depends on it.