We´ve been inspired by Mad Men´s Betty, and wondered what kind of 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
250 (300) 350 (400) 450 (500) g Pickles Thin Organic Cotton
Alternative yarn: Pickles Pure Thick Alpaca, single stranded:
400 (500) 600 (700) 800 (900) g
Gauge
13 s/20 rows = 4”
Measurements lying flat
Chest: about 17.7 (19.7) 20.8 (22) 23.6 (25.6)”
Length: about 19.7 (20.4) 21.2 (22) 22.8 (23.6)”
Body piece
Body piece
The whole sweater is knitted using one strand alpaca and one strand cotton.
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 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.
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