Lace Sweater Knitting Pattern

How to knit a lace sweater:
Sizes: US 6/8 (US 10/12) US 14/16
Materials:
650 (700) 750 g yarn (100% cotton, 110 m/50 g ≈ 120 yd/1.75 oz); straight and circular needles 3.5 mm (US 4).
Garter stitch: on right-side and wrong-side rows knit stitches; when working in the round, alternate 1 round purl stitches and 1 round knit stitches.
Lace Pattern A: Odd number of stitches.
Begin and end each row with 1 edge stitch.
Rows 1–6: Garter stitch.
Row 7: 1 knit stitch, * yarn over, knit 2 stitches together, repeat from *.
Row 8: * yarn over, purl 2 stitches together, repeat from *, finish with 1 purl stitch.
Row 9: Work as Row 7.
Row 10: Work as Row 8.
Repeat Rows 1–10 throughout.
Lace Pattern B: Number of stitches divisible by 6 + 1 + 2 edge stitches.
Begin and end each row with 1 edge stitch.
Row 1: Knit stitches.
Row 2: * 1 purl stitch, 5 purl stitches, when drawing out the stitch wrap the yarn twice around the needle, repeat from *, finish with 1 purl stitch.
Row 3: 1 knit stitch, * slip the next 5 stitches to the right needle without working them, dropping one loop at a time, pick up each dropped loop with the left needle and work together: 1 time knit, 1 time purl, 1 time knit, 1 time purl, and 1 knit stitch, when drawing out the stitch wrap the yarn twice around the needle, 1 knit stitch, repeat from *.
Row 4: * 1 purl stitch, 5 knit stitches, dropping one loop each time, repeat from *, finish with 1 purl stitch.
Row 5: Knit stitches.
Row 6: 4 purl stitches, * 5 purl stitches and wrap the yarn twice around the needle, 1 purl stitch, repeat from *, finish with 3 purl stitches.
Row 7: 3 knit stitches, * 1 knit stitch, work the next 5 stitches as in Row 3, repeat from *, finish with 4 knit stitches.
Row 8: 4 purl stitches, * 5 knit stitches, dropping one loop, 1 purl stitch, repeat from *, finish with 3 purl stitches.
Repeat Rows 1–8 throughout.
Pattern sequence: * 26 rows Lace Pattern A, 16 rows Lace Pattern B, repeat from *.
Gauge: 22 stitches and 30 rows = 10 x 10 cm (4 x 4 inches).
Back:
Cast on 111 (129) 141 stitches and work in pattern sequence.
After 42 cm = 126 rows (16.5 inches = 120 rows) 38 cm = 114 rows (15 inches = 114 rows) from cast-on, bind off for armholes on both sides every 2nd row 1 time 5 stitches, 1 time 4 stitches, 1 time 2 stitches and 1 time 1 stitch = 87 (105) 117 stitches.
For shoulder shaping, after 62.5 cm = 188 rows (24.5 inches = 188 rows) from cast-on, bind off on both sides 1 time 7 (8) 9 stitches, then every 2nd row 3 times 7 (9) 10 stitches.
At the same time as the first shoulder decrease, bind off the center 21 (25) 29 stitches for the neckline and finish both sides separately.
For rounding, bind off at the inner edge every 2nd row 1 time 3 stitches and 1 time 2 stitches.
After 64.5 cm = 194 rows (25.5 inches = 194 rows) from cast-on, all stitches are bound off.

Front:
Work as for the back, but with a deeper neckline.
For this, after 54.5 cm = 164 rows (21.5 inches = 164 rows) from cast-on, bind off the center 15 (19) 23 stitches and every 2nd row 1 time 3 stitches, 2 times 2 stitches and 1 time 1 stitch.
Sleeves:
Cast on 49 (53) 57 stitches and work in pattern sequence, for sizes US 6/8 and US 10/12 distribute Lace Pattern B from the center.
At the same time increase for sleeve shaping on both sides from cast-on edge every 8th row 3 times and every 6th row 16 times (every 6th row 17 times and every 4th row 5 times) alternately every 4th and 6th row 22 times and every 4th row 3 times 1 stitch = 87 (97) 107 stitches, working the increased stitches into the pattern.
After 42 cm = 126 rows (16.5 inches = 126 rows) from cast-on, bind off for sleeve cap on both sides every 2nd row 1 time 5 stitches, 1 time 4 stitches, 1 time 3 stitches, 1 time 2 stitches, 3 times 1 stitch, 1 time 2 stitches, 1 time 3 stitches, 1 time 4 stitches, 1 time 5 stitches, 1 time 6 stitches and 1 time 2 (3) 4 stitches.
After 50.5 cm = 152 rows (20 inches = 152 rows) from cast-on, bind off the remaining 9 (17) 25 stitches.
Finishing:
Work shoulder seams.
Pick up 74 (82) 90 stitches around the neckline with circular needles and work 2 cm (0.75 inches) in garter stitch, then bind off all stitches.
Set in the sleeves.
Work side seams and sleeve seams.