216aw-19 Block Pattern Sweater
Suggested yarn:
• Pierrot Yarns Junmo Gokubuto 2 [100% Wool; 57yds/52m per 1.41oz/40g skein]; color #104 autumn blue, 19 skeins [730g]
Tools/Notions:
• 4.2mm (approx. US 6), 4.5mm (US 7), and 5.1mm (approx. US 8) knitting needles or size necessary to achieve gauge
Finished measurements:
• chest 105cm/41.34"
• cross back width 42.5cm/16.73"
• back length 61cm/24.02"
• sleeve length 61cm/24.02"
Gauge (10cm/4" square):
• pattern stitch: 16.5 sts and 25 rows
• k1p1 ribbing: 17.5 sts and 28.5 rows
Gauge may vary according to individual knitting style. Change needle size if necessary to achieve gauge. Alternatively, rework pattern with your own gauge measurements.
Summary
Body & sleeves: Cast on with long-tail cast-on method. Work in k1p1 ribbing and pattern stitch. Shape armscye, neckline, and sleeve caps by binding off stitches as indicated and
by working fully fashioned decreases (1 stitch in from the edge). Shape sleeves by working fully fashioned lifted increases (2 stitches in from the edge).
Finishing: Seam shoulders with crochet slip stitch seam. Seam sides and sleeve undersides with mattress stitch. Seam sleeves to body with crochet slip stitch seam. Pick up
stitches around neckline; work garter stitch and k1p1 ribbing in the round. Bind off in pattern.
Abbreviations:
BO = bind off
CO = cast on
k = knit
p = purl
PU = pick up
RE = row(s) even
#-#-# = rows-stitches-times
© 2017 Pierrot Yarns (Gosyo Co., Ltd.). Translation by Linda Lanz. All rights reserved.
Back
Front
12cm
20 sts
18.5cm
31 sts
12cm
20 sts
4-1-1
2-1-2
2-2-1
BO 3
-8 sts
23cm
58 rows
5.1mm needles
6 RE
4-1-3
2-1-2
2-2-1
BO 21
-26 sts
pattern stitch
61cm
pattern stitch
-5 sts
5.1mm needles
+12 sts
CO 92 sts
Pattern stitch
3cm 8 rows
k1p1 ribbing
29.5cm|49 sts
k1p1 ribbing
4.5mm needles
CO 92 sts
5.1mm needles
=
knit
4cm 12 rows
CO 50 sts
4.5mm needles
Collar
garter stitch & k1p1 ribbing
garter stitch
6 rounds
PU 35 sts
=
7cm
22 rounds
k1p1 ribbing
10 rounds
4.2mm DPNs
12 rounds
4.5mm DPNs
PU 67 sts
= 1 repeat = 16 sts & 20 rows
start sleeve
knit
4.2mm
needles
4.5mm
needles
garter stitch
start body
45cm
112 rows
-1 st
52.5cm | 87 sts
4.5mm needles
8 RE
8-1-8
10-1-4
5.1mm needles
-5 sts
k1p1 ribbing
12cm
30 rows
44cm | 73 sts
-8 sts
35cm
88 rows
2 RE
2-3-1
2-2-2
2-1-1
2-2-1
2-1-5
2-2-4
BO 3
Sleeve
BO 17
pattern stitch
61cm
12cm
20 sts
24
9.5cm rows
same as back
2.5cm 6 rows
BO 23
2 RE
2-2-2
18.5cm
31 sts
12cm
20 sts