Betty-Sweater

We´ve been inspired by Mad Men´s Betty, and wondered what kind of Easter sweater she would wear. We´ve made a super simple, yet feminine sweater with raglan decrease. It´s knitted with one strand cotton and one strand alpaca.
Sizes
10-12 y (14-16 y) S (M) L (XL)
Side 10-12 y for free below. The rest can be bought here.

Needles
Long circular needles and dp needles US 7 and 10

Yarn
150 (150) 200 (250) 250 (300) g Pickles Pure Thin Alpaca AND
200 (250) 300 (350) 400 (450) g Pickles Baby Organic Cotton

Alternative yarn: Pickles Pure Thick Alpaca, single strand:
400 (500) 600 (700) 800 (900) g

Gauge
13 s = 4”

Chest width

about 17.7 (19.7) 20.8 (22) 23.6 (25.6)”

Full length
about 19.7 (20.4) 21.2 (22) 22.8 (23.6)”

Body piece
The whole sweater is knitted with double strands, one cottona and one alpaca.
Cast on 106 stitches on circular needles US 7. Knit a rib, K1 P1 in the round for about 3”.
 Change to US 10 and start knitting in stockinette. Increase 12 stitches evenly throughout the first round = 118 stitches.
Place marker (PM) at the beginning of the round and after 59 stitches to mark the sides in the sweater.

Knit until the piece is 11”. Cast off 2 stitches on each side of the PM = 110 stitches. Put the work aside.

Sleeves
Cast on 32 stitches on DP needles US 7. Knit a rib, K1, P1, in the round for about 3”.

Start knitting in stockinette on US 10 and increase 4 stitches evenly througout the 1.6” 3 times in total = 42 stitches. Knit until the sleeve is 15”. Cast off the 4 stitches right under the sleeve = 38 stitches. Make another sleeve.

Raglan decrease
Put the sleeve on to the same circular needles as the body piece = 186 stitches. Place markers (PM) in all transitions between the sleeves and the body piece, 4 in total. On every other round you´ll decrease like this:
Knit until you´re 3 stitches away from PM, SSK, K2, K2tog. Repeat on the three other PMs.

When you´ve made 17 decreases and have 50 stitches left. Change to US 7 needles and knit a rib K1, P1 for about 1.2”.
 Cast off.