Sweater with Short Sleeves and Carmen Collar

How to knit the Sweater with Short Sleeves and Carmen Collar:
Sizes: US 8/10 (12/14), UK 12/14 (16/18)
Materials:
550 (600) g yarn (100% cotton, 137 yd/50 g); knitting needles US 2.5 and 4 (3 mm and 3.5 mm).

Garter Stitch in the round: alternate 1 round knit and 1 round purl.
Ribbing Pattern, needles US 2.5 (3 mm): alternate 1 knit stitch, 1 purl stitch.
Pattern sequence for the collar, circular needles US 2.5 (3 mm):
Rounds 1 - 4, 19 - 24 and 37 - 48: Garter Stitch.
Rounds 5 - 18 and 25 - 36: work according to chart 4, empty squares = 1 knit stitch or no stitch.
Rounds 49 - 57: Ribbing Pattern.
Work all following patterns with needles US 4 (3.5 mm).
Stockinette Stitch: right-side rows knit stitches, wrong-side rows purl stitches.
Border:
Work according to chart 1, which shows only right-side rows.
On wrong-side rows, purl all stitches and yarn overs.
At the edges decrease as many stitches as yarn overs made.
Openwork Stripe over 3 stitches:
Rows 1, 2 and 4: Stockinette Stitch, purl the yarn overs.
Row 3: yarn over, slip 2 stitches together as if to knit, knit 1 stitch and pass the slipped stitches over the knitted stitch; yarn over.
Repeat Rows 1 - 4 throughout.
Openwork Stripe over 17 stitches:
Work according to chart 2, which shows only right-side rows.
On wrong-side rows, purl all stitches and yarn overs.

Relief Pattern over 17 stitches:
Work according to chart 1, which shows only right-side rows.
On wrong-side rows, work the stitches as they appear.
Main Pattern: * 3 stitches Openwork Stripe (= center of sleeve), 17 stitches Stockinette Stitch, repeat from * throughout.
Pattern Sequence:
Rows 1 - 42: work the center 103 stitches in Main Pattern, remaining stitches in Stockinette Stitch.
Rows 43 - 52 and 147 - 156: work the center 17 stitches in Openwork Pattern, remaining stitches in Main Pattern.
Rows 53 - 146: from the center 23 stitches work 17 stitches Relief Pattern on both sides, work remaining stitches as before, end with Main Pattern.
Raglan Decreases:
Right-side or wrong-side rows: at the beginning of the row work the 2nd and 3rd stitches together with a slip decrease (= slip 1 stitch as if to knit, knit 1 stitch and pass the slipped stitch over) or purl the 2nd and 3rd stitches together; at the end of the row work the last 2 stitches before the edge stitch together knitwise or through the back loop purlwise.

Gauge: 22.5 stitches and 34 rows = 4 x 4 in. (10 x 10 cm).

Front:
Cast on 125 (133) stitches and work 1.25 in. (3 cm) in Ribbing Pattern.
Continue in Pattern Sequence.
After 17.75 in. (45 cm) from cast-on decrease 1 stitch on both sides for the raglan shaping, then decrease 1 stitch 5 (9) times on every row and 1 stitch 27 times on every 2nd row using the raglan decreases.
At the same time after 22.75 (23.5) in. (58 (60) cm) from cast-on bind off the center 19 stitches for the neckline and finish both sides separately.
For neckline shaping at the inner edge bind off on every 2nd row 1 x 4 stitches, 2 x 3 stitches and 5 x 2 stitches = 24.75 (25.5) in. (63 (65) cm) from cast-on.

Back:
Work as Front, but without neckline shaping.

Sleeves:
Cast on 81 (89) stitches + 2 edge stitches and work 1.25 in. (3 cm) in Ribbing Pattern.
Work 32 rows of the border, then continue in Main Pattern, distributing the stitches from the center.
At the same time for sleeve shaping increase on both sides 1 stitch 3 times on every 2nd row and 1 stitch 8 times on every 3rd row, incorporating the increased stitches into the pattern = 105 (113) stitches.
After 5 in. (13 cm) from cast-on work the raglan shaping as for Front and after 12.25 (13) in. (31 (33) cm) from cast-on bind off all remaining stitches.

Finishing:
Sew the seams.
For the collar cast on 272 stitches and work in collar pattern, while evenly decreasing 16 x 1 stitch in rounds 19, 21, 39 and 43.
After the Ribbing Pattern bind off all stitches.
Sew the collar in place.