CORAL SWEATER

For knitting you will need: 500 g of Alpina RAY yarn (50% cotton, 50% acrylic, 100 g/88 m).
Knitting needles size 6 and crochet hook size 5.5.

Knitting density: 10 sts x 16 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Knitting the model

Back. Cast on 45 sts and knit 2 rows of purl stitches, then continue with the pattern according to the chart. For shaping, decrease 1 stitch on each side in every 10th row 3 times, then increase 1 stitch on each side in every 8th row 3 times. At a height of 40 cm from the start of knitting, for the armholes, bind off 3 stitches on each side in every 2nd row once and 1 stitch twice (= 35 sts). At a height of 58 cm from the start of knitting, for the neckline, bind off the middle 11 stitches and then finish each side separately. To round off the inner side, bind off 1 stitch twice in every 2nd row. At a height of 61 cm from the start, bind off the remaining 10 stitches for the shoulder.

Front knit similarly to the back, but for the neckline at a height of 42 cm from the start, knit 2 stitches from the middle stitch: 1 knit, 1 twisted knit - and divide the stitches in half. Then knit both sides from separate balls of yarn. For the slope of the neckline, bind off 1 stitch alternately on the inner side in every 4th row and every 2nd row 8 times. At a height of 61 cm from the start, bind off the remaining 10 stitches for the shoulder.

Knitting the sleeve. Cast on 34 sts and knit 2 rows of purl stitches, then continue knitting in a mesh pattern according to the chart. At a height of 32 cm from the start, bind off 3 stitches on each side for the cap and then in every 2nd row 2 times 1 stitch, knit straight for 7 cm, then bind off 1 stitch twice on both sides, 1 time 2 stitches, 1 time 3 stitches. At a height of 48 cm from the start, bind off the remaining 10 stitches. Knit the second sleeve similarly.

Assembly. Sew the shoulder seams. Crochet 2 rows of single crochet around the neckline, while in the center of the front knit 3 unfinished single crochets together. Sew the side seams and the sleeve seams.