Big in Japan Sweater

Description

Photos, design and text © Katrin Schneider

The wide-cut sweater is started on the back and knitted from top to bottom to under the arms. The shoulder part is formed with shortened rows. After that, the front side is first worked in two parts with increases for the cutout up to the lower end of the neck cutout. After the two parts are brought together, the front is knitted under the arms and finally worked together with the back in rounds up to the lower fret. For the narrow neck tuft, the stitches are picked up at the neck cutout and chained off in the round.
The stitches for the sleeves are picked up around the arm neckline and then knitted down to the frets.

GRÖßENGUIDE

XXS (XS, S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL)

Breast circumference of the finished piece 110 (115, 120, 125, 130, 134, 139, 145, 148) cm

The model shown was knitted in size XS with an additional chest circumference of 28 cm.

MATERIAL AND MASSENGER SAMPLING
1 thread KINU and 1 thread SENSAI by Ito Yarn, these are entangled together during the whole work.
3 (3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5) – KINU (50g / 425m), 100% Bouretteseide.
4 (4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7) Knäuel – SENSAI (20g / 240m), 40% Seide und 60% Mohair.

Yarn alternatives
1 Thread Trio 1 and 1 Thread Silk Mohair by Isager Garn

Needle size:

Circular knitting needle 2.75 and 3.25 mm

Gauge:
22 M×34 R=10×10 cm in a straight line with needle 4 mm.
Important: please pay particular attention to the height (number of rows), as the Cardigan is worked horizontally. It is important that the gauge fits to get a nice result.