Smoky Earl Grey: A Cropped Pullover Knitting Pattern with Detailed Instructions and Gauge Notes

Smoky Earl Grey by Alice B.

NOTIONS

4 skeins of Hedgehog Fibres Blue Faced DK (225 meters/100 grams) or around 900 meters of DK weight yarn. · 2 circular needles (one for knitting gauge and one a size smaller for knitting the neckline ribs). ·2 stitch markers. · 6 stitch holders or scrap yarn.

GAUGE

20 stitches / 30 rows in stockinette stitch (st. st.) for a 10 cm (4") square swatch [washed). I don't give any needle size because I am a very loose knitter, and I have to knit this sweater in 3,5mm (Us 4). I suggest you to find out by yourself your own needle size to obtain gauge. I think it would be somewhere between 3,25 and 4,5 mm, depending on your knitting tension.

SizE : Fits Small to Large

This is a cropped pullover worn with a lot of ease knitted seamlessly in the round, from thebottom up.

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SCHEMATICS :

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BODY :

CO 240 sts. on gauge needle, join to knit in the round, taking care not to twist the stitches. Place marker at the begining of round and after the 120th st. Knit 6 rows in 1/1 ribs, then continue in stockinette st. until the body measures 38 cm (15 inches) from the cast on row (approx. 100 rows).

ARMHOLES :

After this point, knit the front and the back separately, in st. st. (k on RS, p on WS). Smoky Earl Grey

FRONT :

Put the 120 sts. of the back on a stitch holder or scrap yarn (between the markers). K 21 rows of the front (7 cm/ 2 3/4 inches). On next row put the 16 central stitches on a stitch holder or scrap yarn, and go on decreasing for each shoulder separately : · Dec. 2 sts. (K2tog, K 1 st., pkso, at the begining of the row) every 2 rows, 5 times on the neckline side. Dec. 1 st. every 2 rows, 6 times (k2tog) on the neckline side. 36 stitches remaining. K 4 rows in st. st. and put the remaining sts. on a st. holder. K the second shoulder symetricaly.

BACK :

K 39 rows back and forth in stockinette the 120 sts. of the back. On the next row, put 40 central sts. on scrap yarn for the neckline and begin to decrase for each shoulder separately: K2tog at the beg. of the row, every 2 rows, 4 times, on the neckline side. Put the remaining st. on a st. holder (36 st.) K the second shoulder symetricaly.

SHOULDERS :

The shoulders seams are made with a 3 needles bind off on the RS. You should do like in this video : http://vimeo.com/6321623 but with RS facing, in order to obtain a beautiful visible seam.

NECKLINE

Begining at the right shoulder seam, the RS facing, with the smaller needle : Pick up and knit 21 sts along the front right neckline, ? K the 16 sts left on the stitch holder, ? Pick up and knit 21 sts along the front left neckline to the left shoulder, Pick up and knit 7 sts in the back left neckline, K the 40 sts left on a stitch holder, Pick up and knit 7 sts to the right shoulder seam . 112 sts on needle. K in the round in 1/1 ribs, 6 rows. Bind off.

SLEEVES

Pick up and knit around the armhole, begining at the underarm 2 sts every 3 rows : 64 sts. Place a marker at the begining of the row. K in the round (in magic loop : http: //vimeo.com/7236581). K 25 rows in st. sts (k every row), then begin decreases at the beg. of the row: · Row 1 : k1, k2 tog, k to 3 sts before marker, k2tog, k1. ·Row 2-15 : Knit Repeat these 15 rows 5 times. Repeat Row 1, K 10 rows. K 6 rows in 1/1 ribs. Bind off.

FINISHING:

Weave in all ends. Wash and dry flat.

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