knitting instructions
Knitting a knitted coat
© Kumicak + Namslau
From head to toe in knitwear – this is how the cooler weather can be endured! Here we show you how you can knit the knitted coat yourself.
Knitting a knitted coat: material
Difficulty level: easy
Estimated time: approx. 26 hours
Size: S / M / L
The information for the small size is in front of the brackets, for the larger sizes in the brackets, each separated by slashes. If there is only one specification, it applies to all sizes.
MATERIAL: Yarn from Lana Grossa, “Brigitte No. 3” quality (40% mohair, 37% new wool, 23% polyamide, length 100 m/25 g): 175 (200/225) g in black No. 10, 50 (75/ 75) g lilac no. 6, 50 (75/75) g beige no. 18, 25 (50/50) g grey-green no. 17, 50 g copper-red no. 23, 25 g orange no. 27 and 25 g Dark blue no. 12. Knitting needles 8 and 9 (if you knit loosely) or 9 and 10 (if you knit tightly) – it is important that you get the information in the gauge.
Knitting a knitted coat: instructions
THE COAT IS ALWAYS KNITTED WITH DOUBLE THREAD.
WAIST PATTERN: With a thin needle and double thread. Back: K 1 crossed (insert into the back loop, the M twists 1x), P 1 alternately. WS: Knit sts as they appear.
WAISTBAND PATTERN FOR RIGHT FRONT PIECE: With a thin needle and double thread. Back: P 1 crossed (insert into the back loop, the st is twisted 1x), K 1 alternately. Hinr: Knit the sts as they appear.
SMOOTH RE: With thick needle and double thread. Back right M, back left M.
SMOOTH LE: With thick needle and double thread. Knit back purl st, back knit st.
KNIT TENSION: Stocking st with thick needle and double thread: 9 sts and 13 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
STRIP SEQUENCE: *6 rows with beige and black thread each, 4 rows with orange and black thread each, 8 rows with purple and black thread each, 4 rows with dark blue and black thread each, 6 rows with grey-green and black thread each , 4 rows each with one thread copper red and black, always repeat from *.
BACK PART: Cast on 50 (54/58) sts with a thin needle and one thread each in copper red and black and knit 4 cm in the waistband pattern. Continue in stocking st with a thick needle in the sequence of stripes above. 81 (80/79) cm from waistband pattern, mark the beginning of the armholes on both sides – measure hanging. 25 (26/27) cm from the beginning of the armholes for the shoulders on each side in every 2nd row. Size S: 2 x 6 and 1 x 7 st, size M: 2 x 8 and 1 x 7 st and size L: 2 x 8 and bind off 1 x 9 sts. Then cast off the remaining 12 sts.
LI FRONT PART: Cast on 26 (28/30) sts with a thin needle and one thread each in copper red and black and knit 4 cm in the waistband pattern. Continue knitting with a thick needle in the following pattern: 20 (22/24) sts in stockinette st, 6 sts for the band continue according to the pattern in the waistband pattern in the stripe sequence given above. 81 (80/79) cm from waistband pattern – measure hanging – mark the beginning of the armhole on the right side. 25 (26/27) cm from the beginning of the armhole, work the shoulder and the neckline at the same time: work the shoulder on the right side as on the back piece, bind off 3 sts for the neckline on the left side and then dec 4 x 1 st in every row .
R FRONT PIECE: It is knitted in stocking pi (appears on the inside) so that the thread change is in the side seam! Cast on 26 (28/30) sts with a thin needle and one thread each in copper red and black and knit 4 cm in waistband pattern for the right front piece. Continue knitting with a thick needle in the following pattern: 20 (22/24) sts in stockinette purl, 6 sts for the band, continue according to the pattern in the waistband pattern for the right front piece in the stripe sequence given above. 81 (80/79) cm from waistband pattern – measure hanging – mark the beginning of the armhole on the left side. 25 (26/27) cm from the beginning of the armhole, work the shoulder and the neckline at the same time: work the shoulder on the left side (when the knitted side is up!) as on the back piece, for the neckline 3 sts on the right side Cast off and then dec 4 x 1 st on each row.
SLEEVE: Cast on 26 (28/30) sts each with a thin needle and one thread each in copper red and black and knit 4 cm in tie pattern. Continue knitting in stockinette st with a thick needle in the sequence of stripes above, increasing 10 sts on the first row = 36 (38/40) sts and then for the arm diagonals inc 5 x 1 st on each side in every 8th row = 46 (48 /50) M. 36 cm from waistband pattern – measure hanging – bind off all sts.
Elaboration: Sew the shoulder, side and sleeve seams. Sew in the sleeves.
© Caroline Schwarberg
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