Lace Sweater with Cables

Published: 18/01/26
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Lace Sweater with Cables

How to knit the lace sweater with cables:
Sizes: US 8–10 / UK 12–14 (US 14–16 / UK 18–20)
Materials:
600 (650) g yarn (50 percent cotton, 50 percent polyacrylic, 140 m/50 g). Knitting needles 3.5 mm and 4 mm (US 4 and US 6), and circular needles 3.5 mm (US 4).
Neckband worked in the round: number of stitches divisible by 9.
Round 1 and round 3: work alternately 4 knit stitches and 5 purl stitches.
Round 2 and all even-numbered rounds: work the stitches as they appear.
Round 5: cross 4 stitches to the left (= slip 2 stitches onto a cable needle and hold in front of the work, work 2 knit stitches, then work the stitches from the cable needle as knit stitches), work 5 purl stitches, repeat from *.
Work rounds 1 to 6 once, then repeat rounds 3 to 6.
Main pattern: at the beginning, number of stitches divisible by 15 + 2 edge stitches; from row 13 onward, divisible by 16 + 2 edge stitches.
Work according to the chart, which shows only right-side rows.
On wrong-side rows, work the stitches as they appear; work twisted knit stitches as twisted purl stitches; purl the yarn overs.
Begin with 1 edge stitch, repeat the pattern repeat throughout, and end with 1 edge stitch.
Work rows 1 to 56 once, then repeat rows 29 to 56.
Gauge: 23 stitches and 30 rows = 10 x 10 cm (4 x 4 inches).

Lace Sweater with Cables
Back:
Cast on 122 (137) stitches with 3.5 mm needles (US 4) and work in the main pattern.
From row 13 onward, change to 4 mm needles (US 6).
After the increases in row 13, there are 130 (146) stitches.
For the neckline, after 60 cm = 180 rows (23.6 inches) from the beginning, bind off the center 52 stitches and finish both sides separately.
For the rounding, at the inner edge, bind off 2 times 3 stitches every second row.
After 62.5 cm = 188 rows (24.6 inches) from the beginning, bind off the remaining 33 (41) shoulder stitches.
Front:
Work as for the back, but with a deeper neckline.
For this, after 54.5 cm = 164 rows (21.5 inches) from the beginning, bind off the center 38 stitches, then at the inner edge decrease every second row 2 times 3 stitches, 2 times 2 stitches, and 3 times 1 stitch.
Sleeve:
Cast on 52 (60) stitches with 3.5 mm needles (US 4) and work in the main pattern as follows: 1 edge stitch, work once the last 12 (1) stitches of the pattern repeat, work the pattern repeat 2 (3) times, work once the first 8 (12) stitches of the pattern repeat, 1 edge stitch.
From row 13 onward, change to 4 mm needles (US 6).
After the increases in row 13, there are 56 (64) stitches.sweater 140 chart
At the same time, for the sleeve shaping, increase on both sides from row 13 onward, every 4th row, 30 times 1 stitch = 116 (124) stitches.
Work the new stitches into the pattern.
After 42.5 cm = 128 rows (16.7 inches) from the beginning, bind off all stitches.
Finishing:
Work the shoulder seams.
With circular needles, pick up 153 stitches evenly around the neckline and work a neckband 5 cm high (2 inches), while in round 10, in each purl section, work 2 stitches together purlwise.
Bind off the remaining 136 stitches following the pattern.
Work the side seams and sleeve seams, then set in the sleeves.

 

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