Gentle sweater

• Model: BR-1023

• Description in Japanese: 植物模様のフレーニット（ajur vest with plant pattern)

• Yarn: Palette

• Amount of yarn: 8 skeins

• Needles: No. 2 (2.7 mm) and No. 4 (3.3 mm)

• Knitting density: 24 sts × 32 rows = 10 cm × 10 cm (meriasu/stockinette)

📏 Product size:

• Chest circumference: 84 cm

• Product length: 53 cm

• Width: 42 cm

• Armhole height: 18 cm

• Neckline depth: 13 cm

• Shoulder height: 4 cm

📐 Pattern (left to right):

🔹 Back (後身頃)

• Knitting starts from the bottom.

• Bottom — garter stitch (ガーター編み) for 5 rows.

• Then the main fabric — stockinette (メリヤス編み).

• Armholes start after 32.5 cm from the bottom.

• Shoulders are closed in 3 steps: 7, 7, 6 stitches.

• Neckline — 22 central stitches are closed at once, then 2, 2, 1 stitch from each side.

🔹 Front (前身頃)

• Similar to the back.

• Neckline is deeper: decreases start higher (2 rows after starting the armhole).

• A plant pattern is knitted (shown in the diagram below right).

🔹 Neckline (衿)

• The neckline is edged with garter stitch.

• 5 rows of garter stitch.

• Total number of stitches: 55 stitches.

🔹 Sleeve (袖)

• Knitting from the shoulder down, 29 stitches at the beginning.

• Increase 1 st every 6th row — a total of 6 times.

• Total sleeve length — 18 cm.

• Ends with garter stitch (5 rows).

🧩 Lace pattern (模様編み):

Located at the bottom right. This is a Japanese pattern chart with the following symbols:

🔺 The pattern is knitted according to the chart from bottom to top, numbering from right to left — it means it is read on the right side rows.

The rapport is symmetrical and visually resembles a leaf or plant element — hence the name.