Knitted jumper

Size: 46-48

Required: 500 g of yarn (“Puffy fine”, 50% viscose, 50% acrylic; 100 g/440 m; yarn doubled); straight and circular needles No. 4.

Knitting density: 21 sts x 26 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Ribbing: 1 knit, 1 purl.

Back (front) : cast on 101 sts, knit 4 rows of ribbing and continue in the following order: edge st., 12 sts of stockinette stitch, 2 purls, 9 sts of chart 1, 8 sts of chart 2, 37 sts of chart 3, 8 sts of chart 2, 9 sts of chart 1, 2 purls, 12 sts of stockinette stitch, edge st.

At a height of 38 cm from the beginning, bind off 4 sts on both sides and then for the raglan decreases, knit 21 times in each right-side row: at the beginning of the row – edge st., 2 knits, 2 together knitwise leaning left; continue as per the pattern; at the end of the row – 2 together knitwise leaning right, edge st.

At a height of 54 cm from the beginning, transfer the remaining 51 sts to circular needles.

Sleeve: cast on 37 sts and knit 4 cm of ribbing, in the last row evenly increase by 4 sts (= 41 sts). Continue in the following order: edge st., 7 sts of stockinette stitch, 8 sts of chart 2, 9 sts of chart 1, 8 sts of chart 2, 7 sts of stockinette stitch, edge st.

To widen, increase by 1 st on both sides every 6th row 12 times (= 65 sts), knit the new sts in stockinette stitch. At a height of 42 cm from the beginning, shape the raglan decreases on both sides as on the back, and transfer the remaining 15 sts to circular needles, placing them between the front and back pieces.

Knit the second sleeve in the same manner.

Assembly: sew the raglan seams, side seams, and sleeve seams. Along the neckline, knit 7 cm of ribbing on circular needles, while in the 1st row, knit the edge sts of adjacent pieces together (= 128 sts).

Bind off the stitches tightly.

Symbols (in charts 1 and 2):

• 1.+ — knit stitch

• 2.– — purl stitch

• 3.0 — yarn over

•  4. 2 sts together knitwise leaning right

• 5. — 2 sts together knitwise leaning left (slip 1 st., as in knitting, knit the next one and pull it through the slipped stitch)

• 6. slip 1 st., as in knitting, knit the next 2 together and pull the resulting stitch through the slipped one

• 7. slip 1 st. and leave it behind work, knit the next stitch, then knit the slipped stitch

• 8. slip 1 st. and leave it in front of work, knit the next stitch, then knit the slipped stitch

• 9. slip 2 sts and leave them behind work, knit the next stitch, then knit the slipped stitches

• 10. slip 1 st. and leave it in front of work, knit the next 2 stitches, then knit the slipped stitch

Chart 1

Pattern chart of 13 stitches and 9 rows. Uses knit, purl, yarn overs, decreases leaning, and crossovers.