FLAME CHEVRON
SWEATER
Gauge
21
sts. X 28 sts = 10 cm (4 inches)
Materials
4
skeins (400 grams) LHO Bruma
SIZE
Medium
Needles
Circular
Needles 3.00 mm and 4.00 mm
Double
pointed Needles 3.00 mm and 4 mm
Markers
KFB: Knit front and back increase for raglan
seam shaping
PM: place marker
SM: slip marker
This square neck
sweater is knitted from the top-down. It’s very comfortable since it’s not fitted
to the body yet not oversized. The pattern is not a detailed explanation; it’s
only the basic notions of how I did it, assuming that this won’t be your first
top-down!!
Yoke
Cast
on 168 stitches (I used the long-tail cast on method) on a circular needle 3mm
and place a marker. Work 2x2 ribbing for 2 inches.
Once
you finish the ribbing switch to needles 4.00 mm. and work like this:
Knit
the first row without increases or the flame chevron pattern. For the second
row knit 27 kfb sm kfb, knit 27 kfb sm kfb work the first row of the flame
chevron pattern over the next 55 sts, kfb sm kfb, knit 27 kfb sm kfb and knit
27. Keep on knitting the yoke making increases every 3 rows (19 increases in
all) until you get this…
HOW TO WORK THE PATTERN
On the
first row you’ll start with 5 complete panels, as you knit with the increases
you’ll get one more on each side and the last ones won’t have all the stitches
but they’ll look fine anyway!. So you’ll get 7 complete panels (77 stitches)
and 2 incomplete ones (ONE WITH 9 AND THE OTHER WITH 10) UPS!
The
stitch pattern I used was taken from http://www.knitty.com/. This is the chart
(I placed markers every 11 stitches to make it easier to follow the pattern)
SLEEVES &
BODY
Knit until
you reach the first stitch marker, remove the marker and place all of the
stitches between this and the following marker on a stitch holder (1 sleeve). Go
on knitting until you get to the next marker, take away the markers and place
all the stitches between here and the next markers on a stitch holder (2
sleeve) knit to the end.
All
the stitches you have on the needle will be the rest of the body which has no waist
shaping and it’s actually quite loose. You
will work all the back stitches in stockinette stitch and the front following
the flame chevron chart. When body reaches the desired length, you will begin, work
in k2 p2 ribbing for 2 inches and then bind off loosely.
Pick
up the 66 stitches and work in the round with circular or double pointed needles.
Place a marker and make 1 decrease on each side of the marker every 10 rows
until you get 48 stitches. Change to double pointed needles 3.00 mm and work
2x2 ribbing for 3 inches.
