Pullover with braids and cowl neck

Sizes: 36/38 (40/42) 44/46

You will need: 750 (800) 850 g of brown yarn Bingo Melange (100% merino wool, 80 m/50 g); straight needles No. 4.5 and No. 6; circular needles No. 4.

Ribbing: odd number of stitches. Right side: selvedge, * 1 purl, 1 knit, repeat from *, 1 purl, selvedge. Wrong side: knit stitches according to the pattern.

Relief pattern: odd number of stitches. Right side: selvedge, * 1 purl, 1 knit, repeat from *, ending with 1 purl and selvedge. Wrong side: knit all stitches purl.

Twist (initially 21 st.): knit according to the pattern, which shows only right side rows, in the wrong side rows knit stitches according to the pattern. Knit from row 1 to row 16 once, then repeat from row 3 to row 16. After row 1, there are 26 stitches in work. Attention! When closing stitches, to ease the width over the twist alternately knit 1 x 3 and 1 x 2 stitches together.

Knitting density. Twist and relief pattern, needles No. 4.5: 25 st. and 25.5 rows = 10 x 10 cm; relief pattern, needles No. 4.5: 16.5 st. and 25.5 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Back: on needles No. 4.5 cast on 93 (101) 109 st. and knit 5 cm of ribbing. Then knit as follows: selvedge, 11 (13) 15 st. of relief pattern, * 21 st. of twist, 3 (5) 7 st. of relief pattern, repeat from * one more time, 21 st. of twist, 11 (13) 15 st. of relief pattern, selvedge. After row 1, there are 108 (116) 124 st. in work. After 34.5 cm = 88 rows (32 cm = 82 rows) 30 cm = 76 rows from the ribbing, bind off 3 st. for armholes on both sides and in every 2nd row 2 x 2 and 1 x 1 st. = 92 (100) 108 st. After 53.5 cm = 136 rows from the ribbing, bind off all stitches, with the middle 56 st. forming the neckline, the outer 18 (22) 26 st. on each side - shoulders.

Front: knit the same way, but for the neckline bind off the middle 20 st. after 45.5 cm = 116 rows from the ribbing and finish both sides separately. To round off, bind off from the inner edge in every 2nd row 1 x 5, 1 x 4, 1 x 3, 2 x 2 and 2 x 1 st.

Sleeves: on needles No. 4.5 cast on 39 (43) 47 st. and knit 5 cm of ribbing. Then knit with the relief pattern. At the same time, from the ribbing, increase for the sleeve slopes on both sides in every 16th row 6 x 1 st. (in every 12th row 8 x 1 st.) in every 8th row 2 x 1 st. and in every 10th row 8 x 1 st. = 51 (59) 67 st., including the added stitches in the pattern. After 40 cm = 102 rows from the ribbing, bind off 3 st. for the sleeve cap on both sides; in every 2nd row 3 x 1 st., in every 4th row 3 x 1 st. and in every 2nd row 7 x 1 and 1 x 2 st. (in every 2nd row 16 x 1 and 1 x 2 st.) in every 2nd row 2 x 2, 13 x 1 and 2 x 2 st. After 54 cm = 138 rows from the ribbing, bind off the remaining 15 (17) 19 st.

Assembly: sew the shoulder seams. For the neckline band, cast on 96 st. on circular needles at the neckline, knit 6 rounds of knit, 2 rounds of purl and bind off all stitches knit. Set in the sleeves, sew the side seams and sleeve seams.

Neck cowl: on needles No. 6 cast on 41 st. and knit with the relief pattern. After 80 cm from the cast-on edge, set all stitches aside. Join the set-aside stitches with the cast-on stitches using a knitted seam.