I wanted a quick to knit chunky design that was slimming rather than adding inches, so came up with this sweater with side cable panels to add shaping.
The main pieces are knitted flat to the underarm, then joined and knitted flat to the neck with raglan and front shaping, then finished with a back neck band and with just side and sleeve seaming.
The pattern is only available in my size (36” bust).
Suitable for knitting in any chunky yarn to match gauge.
It can be downloaded as a PDF file from Ravelry and is also reproduced below. Hope you like it and I would love to receive comments and photos if you knit it!
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A quick to knit
sweater in chunky yarn. Twisted side
panels and ribbings give a slimming outline.
Materials:
8 balls of Sirdar Tweedie Chunky
50g (864 yards, 800 metres)
or7 balls of Patons Soft Tweed 50g (882 yards, 805 metres)
or
Any light weight chunky yarn to give correct gauge.
A pair of 4mm knitting
needles
A 5mm circular needle
4 stitch markers
Size:
To fit chest size 36 inches
(92 cm)
Actual measurements of
finished sweater laid flat after blocking:
|
Chest
|
Length to underarm
|
Length of sleeve to underarm
|
Length to back of neck
|
|
20 inches
|
15 inches
|
17 inches
|
23 ½
inches
|
|
51 cm
|
38 cm
|
43 cm
|
59.5 cm
|
Gauge:
14 stitches and 21 rows to 10cm over stocking
stitch on 5mm needle
Abbreviations:
K = knit; p = purl; st = stitch; sts = stitches; ss = stocking stitch (stockinette stitch);
twist2back = twist two sts back by knitting into the back of the second st on
the needle, then into the front of the first st on the needle and dropping both
loops off together; knit2front = knit
two sts front by knitting into the front of the second st on the needle, then
into the front of the first st on the needle and dropping both loops off
together; ssk = slip the next 2 sts
knitwise, transfer back to left hand needle, then k together through back of
loops; sl1 = slip one; [ ] = repeat instructions in brackets
All pieces are knitted
flat. The main sections are knitted
separately flat to the underarm, then joined and knitted flat to the neck. The circular needle is required to hold the
large number of stitches on the yoke.
BACK AND FRONT (make two pieces the same)
With 4mm needles cast on 74
sts.
Work rib as follows:
Row 1: p2, [k4, p2] to end
Row 2: k2, [p4, k2] to end
Row 3: As Row 1
Row 4: As Row 2
Row 5: p2, [twist2back, twist2front, p2] to end
Row 6: As Row 2
Repeat these 6 rows 3 times
more.
Change to 5mm needle and
work in pattern as follows:
Row 1: p2, k4, p2, k to last 8 sts, p2, k4, p2
Row 2: k2, p4, k2, p to last 8 sts, k2, p4, k2
Row 3: As Row 1
Row 4: As Row 2
Row 5: p2, twist2back, twist2front, p2, k to last 8 sts, p2,
twist2back, twist2front, p2
Row 6: As Row 2
Continue in pattern until work
measures approximately 15 inches (38 cm).
Break yarn and leave sts on
a stitch holder or a spare needle.
SLEEVE (make two the same)
Cast on 38 sts with 4mm
needles.
Work 24 rows of rib as given
for Back/Front.
Change to 5mm needle and
continue in ss.
Increase one st at both ends
of 9th and then every following 8th row to 52 sts.
Work straight until work
measures approximately 17 inches (43 cm).
Break yarn and leave sts on
a stitch holder or spare needle.
YOKE
The yoke and raglan decrease
is knitted in one piece from the underarm to the neck.
Take the Front, and with right side facing slip
37 sts onto a stitch holder.
Using the 5mm circular
needle, join in yarn (centre front) and starting with the remaining sts of the
Front, work as follows:
-
sl1 purlwise,
p1, twist2back, twist2front, p2, k26, ssk, place marker, k1
-
continue across
first Sleeve, k1, k2tog, k46, ssk,
place marker, k1
-
continue across Back, k1, k2tog, k68, ssk, place marker, k1
-
continue across
second Sleeve, k1, k2tog, k46, ssk,
place marker, k1
-
continue across
sts on stitch holder for Front, k1, k2tog, k26, p2, twist2back, twist2front, p2
(244 sts)
Note that the yoke is
knitted flat – sts are not joined in a circle and the work is turned at the end
of each row.
Next row: sl1 knitwise, k1, p4, k2, p to last 8 sts, k2, p4, k2
Continue in pattern as
follows:
Row 1: sl1 purlwise, p1, k4, p2, [k to 2 sts before next
marker, ssk, k2, k2tog] 4 times, k to last 8 sts, p2, k4, p2
Row 2: sl1 knitwise, k1, p4, k2, p to last 8 sts, k2, p4, k2
Row 3: As Row 1
Row 4: As Row 2
Row 5: sl1 purlwise, p1, twist2back, twist2front, p2, k2tog,
[k to 2 sts before next marker, ssk, k2, k2tog] 4 times, k to last 10 sts, ssk,
p2, twist2back, twist2front, p2
Row 6: As Row 2
Repeat Rows 1 to 6 until 72
sts remain, ending on Row 4.
Next row: sl1 purlwise, p1, twist2back, twist2front, p2, ssk, (remove
marker), k1, k2tog, [knit to 2sts before next marker, ssk, k2, k2tog] twice, k
to 2 sts before next marker, ssk, k1, k2tog, p2, twist2back, twist2front, p2
Next row: sl1 knitwise, k1, p4, k2, p to last 8 sts, k2, p4, k2
Next row: sl1 purlwise, p1, k4, p2, ssk, k2tog, [knit to 2sts
before next marker, ssk, k2, k2tog] twice, k to 2 sts before next marker, ssk,
k2tog, p2, k4, p2
Next row: sl1 knitwise, k1, p4, k2, p to last 8 sts, k2, p4, k2
Next row: sl1 purlwise, p1, k4, p2, k2tog, k1, ssk, k2, k2tog,
knit to 2sts before next marker, ssk, k2, k2tog, k1, ssk, p2, k4, p2
Next row: sl1 knitwise, k1, p4, k2, p to last 8 sts, k2, p4, k2
Next row: sl1 purlwise, p1, twist2back, twist2front, p2, cast
off 34 sts, p1, twist2back, twist2front, p2 (2 sets of 8 sts remain)
BACK NECK BANDS
Continue working on last 8 sts,
and starting with a wrong side row, working in twist pattern (slipping first
stitch of row on neck edge and twisting on every 6th row) until
length reaches to centre back with slight stretching. Cast off.
Rejoin yarn to 8 sts on
needle and complete in same way, working twist pattern to match.
Cast off.
TO MAKE UP
Join cast off edges of back
neck bands.
Join neck bands to back
along neck edge.
Join side and sleeve seams.
Run in ends and block to
size.
© Helen Cox 2012
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