Pullover with an open back knitted with needles

Sizes

34/36 (38/40: 42/44: 46/48: 50/52)

Materials

Yarn Phildar Moheir Soie Lurex (78% — mohair, 14% — silk, 4% — polyamide, 4% — polyester, 200 m/25 g) — 9(10:11:11:12) skeins; needles 4.5 mm and 5 mm; stitch holder; markers.

Knitting Density

18 stitches/21 rows (10 cm/10 cm) — with a fancy pattern using double yarn on 5 mm needles.

Notations

Knit 3 stitches together

Slip 2 stitches as if to knit them together, knit 1, then pull it through the 2 slipped stitches.

Patterns

Stockinette Stitch

Ribbing (back and forth rows, circular knitting)

Knit alternately 1 knit, 1 purl.

Fancy Pattern

Knit according to the chart.

Knitting Description

Attention: the model is knitted with two strands.

Back

On 4.5 mm needles, cast on 97 (101:109:117:127) stitches and knit 4 cm in ribbing.
Switch to 5 mm needles and continue knitting in stockinette stitch and fancy pattern according to the chart, increasing 1 stitch at the beginning of the first row and distributing the stitches as follows: 1 (3:7:2:7) stitch in stockinette stitch, 96 (96:96:114: 114) stitches in fancy pattern and 1 (3:7:2:7) stitch in stockinette stitch = 98 (102:110:118:128) stitches.

Armholes

After 34 cm from the starting row, place markers on the 1st and last stitch of the row to mark the beginning of the armholes, and continue knitting in stockinette stitch and fancy pattern.

V-Neck

After 36 (37:38:38:39) cm from the starting row, divide the work into 2 equal parts and finish both sides separately. For the V-neck, bind off 19 (19:19:20:20) stitches at the inner edge in every 2nd row.

Shoulder Slants

After 55 (56:57:58:59) cm from the starting row, bind off the remaining 30 (32: 36:39:44) stitches for the shoulder.

Finish the second side symmetrically to the first.

Front

On 4.5 mm needles, cast on 97 (101:109:117:127) stitches and knit 4 cm in ribbing. Switch to 5 mm needles and continue knitting in stockinette stitch and fancy pattern according to the chart, increasing 1 stitch at the beginning of the row and distributing the stitches as follows: 1 (3:7:2:7) stitch in stockinette stitch, 96 (96:96:114; 114) stitches in fancy pattern and 1 (3:7:2:7) stitch in stockinette stitch = 98 (102:110:118:128) stitches.

Armholes

After 34 cm from the starting row, place markers on the 1st and last stitch of the row to mark the beginning of the armholes, and continue knitting in stockinette stitch and fancy pattern.

Neckline

After 46 (47:48:49:50) cm from the starting row, bind off the middle 12 (12:12:14:14) stitches for the neckline and finish both sides separately.

For rounding, bind off at the inner edge in every 2nd row: 2 x 3 stitches, 2 x 2 stitches, and 3 x 1 stitch.

Shoulder Slants

After 55 (56:57:58:59) cm from the starting row, bind off the remaining 30 (32:36:39:44) stitches for the shoulder. Finish the second side symmetrically to the first.

Sleeves

On 4.5 mm needles, cast on 54 (58:52:64:68) stitches for each sleeve and knit 4 cm in ribbing.

Then knit 1 row (= purl row) in purl stitches, increasing 22 stitches evenly = 76 (80:84: 86:90) stitches.

Switch to 5 mm needles and continue knitting in stockinette stitch and fancy pattern according to the chart, distributing the stitches as follows: 0 (2:4:5:7) stitches in stockinette stitch, 76 stitches in fancy pattern and 0 (2: 4:5:7) stitches in stockinette stitch.

After 47 (46.5:45.5:44.5:42.5) cm from the starting row, bind off the stitches.

Neckline Band

Sew the shoulder seams.

On circular needles No 4.5, starting from the shoulder seam, cast on 44 (44:44:46:46) stitches along the back neckline, 1 stitch in the middle of the V-neck and 58 (58:58:60:60) stitches along the front neckline = 147 (147:147:153:153) stitches. Join the stitches in a circle and mark the beginning of the round. Knit in rounds in ribbing, knitting 3 stitches together in the middle of the V-neck.

Knit in the same way in each subsequent round 5 more times. Bind off the remaining stitches.

Assembly

Sew the sleeves into the armholes between the markers.

Sew the side seams and sleeve seams.

 

 

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