Cardigan knitting needles

Knitted raglan sweater from bottom to top — seamless

• Size: 46 (L)

• Model height: 168 cm

• Construction: raglan from bottom to top, seamless

 Materials:

• Yarn: mink fluff (1 main + 1 additional thread)

• Consumption: 250 g

• Buttons: 7 pieces, diameter 1.1 cm (on a shank)

 Tools:

• Needles No. 2.75 — ribbing 1×1

• Needles No. 3.5 — main fabric

• Needles No. 3 — sleeves

• Double-pointed needles No. 2.75 — cuffs

Knitting density:

• Ribbing 1×1: 27 sts × 20 rows = 10×10 cm

• Main fabric: 26 sts × 30 rows = 10×10 cm

Knitting description

Body of the sweater

1. On needles No. 2.75, cast on 278 stitches using the Italian method.

2. Knit:

   • 4 rows of hollow ribbing 1×1

   • 16 rows of regular ribbing 1×1 (≈4.5 cm)

3. Switch to needles No. 3.5 and knit the main fabric:

   • 1 edge stitch + 23 pattern repeats + 1 edge stitch

   • Repeat = 12 stitches, front side — knit stitches, back side — purl stitches

4. Knit until the underarm for 31.5 cm (≈7 repeats in height)

Sleeves

• Wrist circumference: 16 cm

• Length to the underarm: 52 cm

Knitting:

1. On double-pointed needles No. 2.75, cast on 51 stitches (including 1 for closing in the round), using the Italian method.

2. Knit:

   • 4 rows of hollow ribbing

   • 16 rows of ribbing 1×1

3. Transition to needles No. 3:

   • Setup row: increase 12 stitches = 62 sts.

   • In the second row: 5 pattern repeats + 2 knit stitches (center of the sleeve)

4. Increases: in every 7th row — 2 stitches (according to the pattern)

5. Knit to the underarm:

   • In height — 47 cm = 10 repeats

   • In width — 96 stitches (8 repeats)

You can knit the sleeve separately — adding 2 edge stitches for sewing

Raglan lines

Each raglan line = 10 stitches:

• 1 knit

• 1 purl

• 6 knits (cable)

• 1 purl

• 1 knit

The pattern scheme — in photo No. 2

• Length of the line from the front — 21 cm = 10 crossings

• From the back — 25 cm = 12 crossings

• Formed from: 5 stitches of body + 5 stitches of sleeve

Underarm

• Width: 10 stitches
  Underarm scheme — in photo No. 3

Assembly

On circular needles:

• 55 sts. front

• 10 sts. raglan

• 86 sts. sleeves

• 10 sts. raglan

• 120 sts. back

• 10 sts. raglan

• 86 sts. sleeves

• 10 sts. raglan

• 55 sts. second front

Total: 442 stitches
Of which 10 stitches from the body and sleeve — for the underarm

Knit according to the pattern, decreasing 1 stitch from both sides of the raglan lines in every second row
After 150 rows from the ribbing — proceed to the neckline and short rows

Neckline and short rows

• On the needles: 226 stitches

  • 70 sts. back

  • 29 sts. sleeves each

  • 29 sts. fronts each

  • 4 raglan lines × 10 sts. = 40 sts.

The neckline is done using the short-row method, without closing stitches.
Continue to follow the pattern and make decreases along the raglan.

Short rows — also using short rows 

Finishing the neckline

1. Setup row from the right side: all stitches (including raglan) — purl

2. Change needles to No. 2.75

3. Knit ribbing 1×1 — 12 rows

4. Then 4 rows of hollow ribbing

5. Close stitches with a knitting needle

Vertical band

• Knit from bottom to top

• Needles No. 2.75, 17 stitches using the Italian method

• Start — 2 rows of hollow ribbing

In the 2nd row: do not finish the 17th st., slip it, lift the stitch in the yarn over and knit together with the 17th st. knitwise, turn and continue knitting
Every 3 regular rows + 1 short row (scheme 3×1), so that the band does not pull the fabric

• Length of the band: 51 cm

• Closing stitches: with a needle

Buttonholes

• Buttons: 1.1 cm on a shank

• Quantity: 7

Hole:

• Horizontal, made of 3 stitches (2 — from the front, 1 — from the back)

• From the front side:

  • knit 7 sts., close 3 sts., continue according to the pattern

• From the back:

  • make 3 yarn overs, knit according to the pattern

The first hole — after 2 cm (≈10 rows)
Interval between holes — 8.5 cm (≈25 rows)

1.I- knit

2. o- yarn over

3. 2 stitches together knitwise with a right slant

4. 2 stitches together knitwise with a left slant