Knitting Tension: 13 sts x 18 rows on needles size 7 mm in stocking sts. = 10 x 10 cm.
Back and front piece: Knit back and front in one piece from right front (= cast on edge) to left front (= cast off edge) – see photo.
Cast on 96-102-105-108-111 sts on needles size 7 in Vivaldi and knit 3 cm stocking sts. Knit next row as follows from the right side: 4 sts in stocking st *yo, K2 tog, K1*, repeat from *-* until there are 5 sts left and finish with yo, K2 tog and 3 sts in stocking st. Now continue in stocking st whilst continuing the outermost hole each side on every other row (i.e. on each row from the right side) as follows: 4 sts in stocking st, yo, K2 tog, stocking st until there are 5 sts left, finish with yo, K2 tog and 3 sts in stocking st. At the same time when piece measures 20-21-22-23-24 cm, knit next row as follows from the right side: K 18-20-21-21-22 sts as before, cast off the following 25-26-27-29-30 sts loosely for armhole, K the remaining 53-56-57-58-59 sts as before. Now knit 4 rows (with hole-rows at sides as before) on both sides of the armhole. Now cast on 25-26-27-29-30 sts loosely over the cast-off sts and continue in stocking st with hole-rows at sides as before until piece measures 56-59-62-65-68 cm. Now cast off for armhole as before and knit 4 rows (with hole-rows at sides as before) on both sides of the armhole. Cast on over armhole as before and continue in stocking st with hole-rows each side as before until piece measures 74-78-82-86-90 cm. Knit next row as follows from the right side: 4 sts in stocking st, *yo, K2 tog, K1*, repeat from *-* until there are 5 sts left and finish with yo, K2 tog and 3 sts in stocking st. Knit 3 cm stocking st over all sts and cast off loosely – piece measures approx 78-82-86-90-94 cm.
Sleeve: Cast on 32-35-35-38-41 sts (inclusive of 1 seam st each side) on needles size 7 in Vivaldi. Knit 3 cm stocking st. Knit next row as follows from the right side: 1 seam st, *K1, yo, K2 tog*, repeat from *-* and finish with 1 seam st. Continue in stocking st. When piece measures 21-21-18-18-18 cm inc 1 st each side on every 3-3-3-3-3 cm a total of 10-10-11-11-10 times = 52-55-57-60-61 sts. When piece measures 52-52-50-50-49 cm cast off for sleeve cap each side on every other row: 3 sts 1 time. Continue to cast off 2 sts each side until piece measures 55 cm. Then cast off each side 3 sts 1 time. Cast off remaining sts when piece measures approx 57 cm.
Assembly:
Sew sleeve seams within 1 edge st. Set in sleeves.
Crochet border: Crochet along all edges inclusive the sleeves using crochet hook size 5 and Vivaldi as follows:
1st round: 1 dc in first st, *5 ch, skip approx 3 sts (i.e. approx 2 cm), 1 dc in next st*, repeat from *-* and finish with 5 ch and 1 sl st in first dc from beginning of round.
2nd round: 2 sl st round first ch-loop, 4 ch (equals 1 dtr), 4 dtr in next ch-loop, *3 ch, 5 dtr in next ch-loop*, repeat from *-* and finish with 3 ch and 1 sl st in 4th ch from beginning of round.
3rd round: Crochet 1 sl st in gap before next dtr, 4 ch, a dtr between each of the next dtr’s in the tr-group (= 4 dtr), *1 ch, 1 dtr in ch-loop, 1 ch, 1 dtr in the same ch-loop, 1 ch, 1 dtr in between each of the 5 dtr’s in the tr-group (= 4 dtr)*, repeat from *-* and finish with 1 ch, 1 dtr in last ch-loop, 1 ch, 1 dtr in the same ch-loop, 1 ch and 1 sl st in 4th ch form beginning of round.
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