Knitting turtleneck sweater - instructions and cut
Instructions for a turtleneck sweater in sizes S / M / L
Material: 400/450/500 g gray wool, Fb 0070, "Naturale" quality (43% baby alpaca, 23% kidmohair, 17% merino wool, 17% polyamide, running length 95 m / 25 g) and 200/225/250 g gray mohair wool , Fb 0070, "Mohair Luxe" quality (77% kidmohair, 23% silk, 175 m / 25 g silk length) by Lang Yarns, knitting needles nos. 7 and 8, 1 double pointed needles or 1 short circular needle n ° 7.
Note: It is possible that the given wool can not be bought anymore. In this case, you are looking for a similar quality. Please note the specified run length and do a stitch test!
The sweater is knitted with fourfold thread: 2 threads each "Naturale" and 2 threads "Mohairluxe"!
Bund pattern: Needle No. 7. 1st row: 1 st in the left, 2 sts in the right. 2nd R: Knit the sts as they appear. Always repeat the 2nd R
Pattern: With needle no. 8. Smooth right (right rows, back rows left).
Knitting tension: Knitted in the basic pattern results in 11 M x 16 R = 10x10 cm.
Back: Cast on 43/47/51 sts and knit 13 cm in the border pattern, continue in the basic pattern. For the armholes, cast off 45 cm from the waistband on both sides 1x2 and 4x1 sts in every other row = 31/35/39 sts. For the neckline at an armhole height of 14/16/18 cm cast off the middle 9/11/13 sts and both sides Bind off in the 2nd row 1x2 sts, cast off the remaining 9/10/11 sts at an armhole height of 17/19/21 cm.
Front: While knitting the back piece, bind off the middle 7/9/11 sts for the neckline at an armhole height of 11/13/15 cm and bind off on both sides in every 2nd row 3x1 sts.
Sleeve: Cast on 20 sts each time and knit 13 cm in the garter pattern, continue knitting in the basic pattern, 13/15/17 sts in the 1st row = 33/35/37 sts. For the arm ball 37 cm from the waistband on both sides in every 2nd row Take off 1 st until a ball height of 15/16/17 cm is reached, then bind off the remaining sts.
elaboration: Close the shoulder, side and sleeve seams and sew in the sleeves. For the turtleneck pick up from the neckline 48/51/54 sts and knit in pattern 2 sts left, 1 sts right alternately (so the collar pattern appears when the turtleneck is folded) in rounds 30 cm. Then cast off all sts loose.
