Cherry by Helga Isager

Craft: Knitting

This pattern is available on Ravelry.

The sweater has set in sleeves with box pleats and rib edges, that are finished with a row of horizontal stitches and a row of eyelets. Stitches are picked up along the neckline from the WS for the neck edge and sewn to the RS with back stitches. The sweater is worked flat from the bottom up in 4 pieces, which are blocked before being sewn together.

SIZE

S (M) L (XL)

MATERIALS

150 (150) 200 (200) g Isager Alpaca 1 in colour Peach

150 (200) 200 (200) g Isager Trio 1 in colour Powder

Hold one strand of each yarn together throughout the knitting

Or

250 (300) 350 (400) g Isager Merilin colour 0

Knit with one thread throughout the knitting

MEASUREMENTS

Half chest circumference:

front 46 (48,5) 51,5 (55) cm 18 (19) 20¼ (21¾) inches / back: 40,5 (43,5) 47 (50) cm 16 (17¼) 18½ (19¾) inches

Length from armhole: 32 (33) 34 (35) cm 12½ (13) 13¼ (13¾) inches

Total length: 54,5 (57) 60 (62,5) cm 21½ (22½) 23½ (24½) inches

Armhole depth:

front 19,5 (21) 23 (24,5) cm 7¾ (8¼) 9 (9½) inches / back: 21,5 (23) 25 (26) cm 8½ (9) 8¾ (10¼) inches

Sleeve length from armhole: 30,5 (31,5) 32,5 (32,5) cm 12 (12,5) 12¾ (12¾) inches

Note! These measurements are the measurements for the finished
top, not for the body. The design is fitted.

GAUGE

Rib (k1, p1) on a 2,5 mm (US1½) needle (un-stretched):

10 cm 4 inches = 34 sts

10 cm 4 inches = 38 rows

Stockinette stitch on a 3 mm (US2½) needle:

10 cm 4 inches = 25 sts

10 cm 4 inches = 36 rows

SUGGESTED NEEDLES

2,5 mm (US1½) and 3 mm (US2½)

Blunt needle