BIRCH CRETIVE - TWIST YARN PATTERN - EASY SUNSET SWEATER

EASY SUNSET SWEATER Easy Knit

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TWIST YARN

MEASUREMENTS Size S (M-L-XL) To fit bust 80 (90-100-110) cm To measure (approx) 110 (120-130-140) cm Length 60 (61-62-63) cm Sleeve length (approx) 43 cm

YARN Twist 200g x 3 (3-4-4) balls.

NEEDLES AND EXTRAS

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A pair each 4mm and 4.50mm knitting needles, or size that gives correct tension.

A yarn needle.

TENSION 18 sts and 26 rows to 10 cm over stocking st, using 4.50mm needles.

BACK AND FRONT (both alike) Using 4mm needles, cast on 101 (111-119-129) sts.

Knit in garter st (every row knit, 1st row is WS) until work measures 4.5 cm from beg, working last row on WS. Change to 4.50mm needles.

Work in stocking st (beg with a knit row) until work measures 37 cm from beg, ending with a purl row.

Tie a coloured thread at each end of last row to mark beg of armholes as there is no armhole shaping.

Cont in stocking st until work measures 23 (24-25-26) cm from coloured threads, ending with a purl row.

Shape Shoulders – Next row – Cast off 31 (35-38-42) sts, knit to end.

Next row – Cast off 31 (35-38-42) sts, purl to end.

Cast off rem 39 (41-43-45) sts loosely.

SLEEVES Using 4mm needles, cast on 49 (53-57-61) sts.

Knit 5 rows garter st (1st row is WS).

Change to 4.50mm needles. ** Work 23 rows stocking st (beg with a knit row), inc one st at each end of 3rd row, then in every foll 6th row 3 times = 8 sts increased.

Knit 3 rows garter st (= 2 ridges). ** Rep from ** to ** twice more.

Work 25 rows stocking st (beg with a knit row), inc one st at each end of 3rd row, then in every foll 6th row 3 times = 81 (85-89-93) sts.

Cast off loosely.

FINISHING DO NOT PRESS. Using mattress st, join shoulder seams.

Sew in sleeves evenly between coloured threads, placing centre of sleeve to shoulder seams. Join side and sleeve seams. Darn in all ends.

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