SIZES
XS, S, M, L, XL
YARN
6 (6, 7, 7, 8) balls of ABRAÇO from Rosários 4, colour 09 (90%
cotton, 10% cashmere, 50g/140m)
GAUGE
24 sts and 30 rows - 10x10 cm in stockinette stitch with 3,25 mm
needle, washed and blocked (it’s important to wash and block your
swatch in order to get the correct gauge)
NEEDLES
3,25 mm circular needles (if necessary, adjust the needle size to
match the gauge)
SUMMARY
This garment is knitted in the round and from the bottom-up,
separating the front and back pieces when reaching the back
neckline. Shoulders are seamed with a 3-needle bind off. The
garment is seamless
ABBREVIATIONS
BOR: beginning of round marker
K: knit
P: purl
K1b: knit 1 in the stitch below
Ktbl: knit 1 st through back loop
cm: centimetres
St/sts: stitch/stitches
rnd/rnds: round/rounds
pm: place marker
slm: slip marker
yo: yarn over
Sl2wyif: slip 2 sts purlwise and with the yarn in front of the work
Kfbf: knit front, back and front again (knit 1 stitch but don't drop it
of left-hand needle; knit the same stitch again through back loop;
then knit the same stitch again and drop it off the needle)
K2tog: knit 2 stitches together
SSK: slip, slip, knit (slip a stitch as if to knit, slip a second stitch
as if to knit, insert left needle into the front of the slipped stitches
and knit)
M1R: make one right (insert the left-hand needle, from back to
front, under the strand of yarn which runs between the stitch just
worked and the next stitch on the left-hand needle. Knit this st
through the front loop)
M1L: make one left (insert the left-hand needle, from front to
back, under the strand of yarn which runs between the stitch just
worked and the next stitch on the left-hand needle. Knit this st
through the back loop)
K1b: RS - knit 1 below (WS - purl 1 below)
German short-rows:
DS: double stitch
On the right side rows: knit to turning point; turn and slip the
first stitch purlwise with yarn in front, bring yarn over the needle
to the back of work and pull tight - this creates the double
stitch (DS). Bring yarn between needles to front of work to
begin purling.
On wrong side rows: purl to turning point; turn and bring yarn
to front between needles, slip the first stitch purl wise; bring
yarn over the needle to the back of work and pull tight - this
creates the double stitch (DS); begin knitting.
On following rows/rounds work DS’s as single stitches, knitting
or purling both legs of the DS together
