Raglan sweafeh by Julia Alen from Tejer Bien
Raglan sweater is made from the top down, constructed in one seamless piece, which means little or no fussy seam sewing once the sweater is finished. Unisex sweater size 12 months to 6/7 years.
Raglan sweater 2014 @ Tejer Bien - Guia para Tejer Bien Blog: www.guiaparatejerbien.com English Version Blog: www.thebestknittersguide.com SIZEs: 12 months (2, 3, 4, 5 and 6/7) years Neeales anasupplles: . US 6 / 4 mm 24" / 60 and 40 cm circular knitting needles .US 7 / 4.5 mm 24" / 60 cm circular knitting needles and DPNs or 1 needle size smaller than needle used to get gauge. . 4 stitch markers Yarn: 180 (180, 200, 250, 300, 350) grams Gauge: 20 sts in stockinette st = 4" x 4" Abbreviations: K: knit P: purl M1B: make 1 back PM: place marker RM: remove marker BO: bind off RND:Round Work instructions within parentheses in order for each size 12 months ( 2, 3, 4, 5, 6/7) years.
The body
Knitted top down in the round. Cast on 60 (60, 60,62, 64, 64) stitchs on US 6. Place a marker and join in the round. Make 6 (8, 8, 10, 10, 10) rounds in 1x1 rib (\*1 k, 1p\*). Place the rest 3 markers as follow: K 22 (22, 22, 23, 24, 24) sts, PM, K 8, PM, k 22 (22, 22, 23, 24, 24), PM, k 8. Change to Us 7 / 4.5 mm needles.
Begin increases every second round for yoke and sleeves as follows:
Rnd 1: K all sts. Rnd 2: \*make an increases on each side of the stitch marker (M1B)\* 3 more times until end of round. 8 sts increased. Rep Rnds 1 and 2 another 16 (18, 20, 21, 22, 24) times. There are 180 (204, 220, 230, 240, 264) sts on needles.
Divide body and sleeves:
Next round: Knit to marker, RM, place next 38 (44, 48, 50, 52, 58) sts on holder, RM, knit to marker, RM, place next 38 (44,48,50,52,58) sts on holder. There are 160[180, 200, 220, 240, 260, 280] sts rem on needlesforbody.
Body:
K all sts until piece is 29 (32, 35, 38, 41, 46) cm long. Change to smaller needle. knit 6 (8, 8, 10, 10, 10) rounds in 1x1 rib (\*1 k, 1p\*) BO loosely purl-wise, using larger needle if necessary.
Sleeves
There are 38 (44, 48, 50, 52) sts for each sleeve on wasteyarn. In preparation for working the first sleeve, place one set of sleeve sts on US7 / 4.5 mm DPNS.and use a ring marker to mark the center of the CO edge at the underarm. K all sts until sleeve is 18 (22, 24, 26, 28, 30) cm long. Cuff: Change to US 6 / 4 mm needles. Make 6 (8, 8, 10, 10, 10) rounds in 1x1 rib (\*1 k, 1p\*). BO all sts loosely in pattern.
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