Pullover with Three-Dimensional Leaves
How to knit a pullover with three-dimensional leaves:
Size: European 36-38 (approx. US 4-8, UK 8-10).
Materials:
600 g yarn (70% acrylic, 30% wool, 190 m/100 g), needles No. 5 (European: 3.75 mm / US: 5 / UK: 9).
Ribbing Pattern: In right side rows, alternate 1 knit stitch, 1 purl stitch; in wrong side rows, knit stitches as they appear.
Leaf Pattern: number of stitches divisible by 31.
Knit according to the chart, which shows only right side rows.
In the wrong side rows, knit stitches as they appear, yarn overs as purl stitches.
The central stem in this version is knitted with 3 knit stitches to make it more distinct.
The leaf pattern for the front and back differs in size from the leaves on the sleeves.
The leaves on the sleeves are the same, but on the front and back the number of yarn overs changes in each tier: for the bottom leaves in this version, the number of yarn overs is increased to 8, for the second tier of leaves it is increased to 7, the third tier and the final leaf are knitted without changes.
Back:
Cast on 86 stitches and knit ribbing.
At 7 cm (≈ 2.75 in) from the cast on edge, start knitting the leaf pattern.
After 29 cm (≈ 11.5 in) from cast on edge (78 rows after ribbing), for the raglan on both sides bind off 2 stitches, then in every 2nd row bind off 24 times 1 stitch.
At 59 cm (≈ 23.25 in) from the cast on edge (after 50 rows from the start of raglan), bind off all stitches.
Front:
Knit as for the back, but with a neckline.
For this, at 41 cm (≈ 16 in) from cast on edge (28 rows from the start of raglan) bind off the middle 14 stitches for the neckline and finish both sides separately.
To round off, at the inner edge, in every 2nd row bind off 1 time 3 stitches, 2 times 2 stitches, 4 times 1 stitch.
At 59 cm (≈ 23.25 in) from cast on edge (after 16 rows from the start of neckline) bind off the remaining 2 stitches.
Sleeves:
Cast on 46 stitches and knit ribbing.
At 7 cm (≈ 2.75 in) from cast on edge knit leaf pattern.
For widening, increase 1 purl stitch on both sides every 6th row (70 stitches).
At 39 cm (≈ 15.4 in) from cast on edge (110 rows from start of ribbing), for raglan bind off 2 stitches on both sides.
Then, for raglan shaping, on the right side of the sleeve bind off 1 stitch 24 times every 2nd row; on the left side bind off 21 times 1 stitch, 1 time 6 stitches, 1 time 5 stitches, 1 time 4 stitches, 1 time 6 stitches.
Knit the second sleeve mirrored.
Finishing:
Sew the sleeves along raglan lines.
Sew side and sleeve seams.
For the neckline band, pick up 116 stitches along the neckline edge and knit 10 rows of ribbing, then bind off stitches according to pattern.
Chart:
Explanation of symbols in knitting chart:
