Sweatshirts remain a relevant subject of women's wardrobe for many years. Judging by the classical definition, a jacket should be called clothing for the upper body with a fastener from the neck to the lower edge of the front part. However, in everyday life the term is used to describe a variety of products from summer light tops to long warm cardigans.
This article offers fashionable sweaters (knitting with a description), as well as patterns of details and patterns of patterns.
Jacquard coquette
Let's start with the most complex, but extremely interesting model. Fashionable women's sweaters, decorated with a colored jacquard pattern, are very popular. They are enjoyed by both teenage girls and adult women.
It should be said that such a project can be taken only if there is a skill in working with a raglan sleeve. Here, knitting starts from the neck and ends with the manufacture of elastic on the cuffs and along the bottom line.
However, unlike the traditional raglan, when new loops appear due to yarn or when knitting broaches strictly at four points, this model is expanded by uniformly adding loops along the entire row. Thanks to the developer of the scheme, fashionable sweaters with a jacquard yoke can be knitted without worrying about how the part expands. The pattern has already laid the formation of new loops.
You should pay attention to the fact that they appear only from broaches, because if you make a crochet, you get a hole. When knitting a broach, you must first twist it, so the canvas will remain as dense as possible.
How to work with schemes
The proposed drawings of patterns allow you to associate fashionable sweaters for women with a variety of sizes. It is enough to carefully retake the appropriate version of the picture. It is best to draw the outline of each part (in full, not half) on a separate sheet of thick paper. In this case, it is necessary to observe all proportions, scale.
In the process of knitting, it is desirable to apply the fabric to the pattern as often as possible in order to notice the error in time, if any. This applies to those parts that are even canvases: sleeves, back and front. The yoke is already fully designed in three versions: for small, medium and large sizes. True, her scheme does not include a strap connected by a garter stitch. Usually its width is from three to five centimeters.
It is important to remember that on the left side of the jacket there will be buttonholes. They are formed by knitting one, two or three loops together with the subsequent addition of the same number of elements in the next row.
There is a sequence according to which such fashionable sweaters are made. Photos, patterns and contours of parts may be different, but the knitting order is usually the same:
- Making coquette.
- Transfer loops to a thick thread or to several sets of circular knitting needles.
- Alternate knitting of sleeves, backs, shelves, front.
- Return to the neck: working with a collar.
- Button sewing, steaming, washing.
Knitting fashion sweaters with harnesses
The following model will appeal to those who are fond of weaving harnesses (they are also called braids, or arani). However, it is worth taking a closer look at the pattern, because the weaving effect was achieved in a rather interesting way: instead of crossing the loops, a combination of yarn, openwork holes and elements knitted together were used.
The diagram below shows the variations of the ornaments tilted to the left for different sizes.
Next are the patterns with an inclination in the opposite direction.
It is important to understand in advance how these schemes will be used. The pattern on the shelves is tilted in different directions, and for the back part the axis of symmetry is the center.
For beginner knitters, you can recommend a method that simplifies the work: perform all rapports according to only one of the schemes so that all elements of the ornament are directed either to the right or to the left.
A few words about the collar
Similar fashion sweaters are made in accordance with the traditional sequence:
- Making back.
- Knitting shelves.
- Work on the sleeves.
- Stitching products, button fastening, heat treatment.
The button stitch is sewn simultaneously with the knitting of the shelf, and the collar is knitted after it is closed or reassembled to the auxiliary knitting needles of the shoulder loop. This design is extremely successful, because when the back seam is sewn (it will have to be exactly at the center of the back), you get a shawl collar.
Long cardigan jacket with pockets
For the manufacture of such a model, fairly thick yarn and knitting needles of the appropriate size should be used.
Thanks to this, you can get a classic large-knit cardigan. Such
fashionable sweaters do not lose relevance, since they can be worn almost everywhere. The beauty of the model is that here the sleeve is one-piece with the basic details. This means that you do not need to knit out armholes, sleeves and then sew them together. True, you will have to work with rather long rows on the back (the length of two sleeves plus the width of the part itself).
Below is a drawing with drawings of patterns.
They are designed for several sizes. There is no point in making patterns of patterns, because here only kerchief and hosiery are used. If desired, the details of the back and front can be decorated with any other pattern or place braids.
The Schalke collar is knitted according to the same principle as in the previous model, only it has slightly larger dimensions. This is necessary, since the model is not fitted, but free.
How to tie a warm sweater
To get a really high-quality product, you need to follow this sequence in your work:
- Make a detail of the back.
- Tie shelves.
- Sew the resulting fabric along the shoulders and sides.
- Tie and sew pockets.
- Place buttons.
- Wash and steam the jacket.
Here you should also remember the slats (along the shelves and on the sleeves). They are knitted with a garter stitch simultaneously with the main fabrics. Pockets and collar made of garter stitch.
Knitting : fashion sweatshirts with hoods
By and large, such sweaters should be called cardigans. Their biggest advantage is that they are incredibly comfortable. So much so that they even cause serious addiction. Often, after meeting with such a product, girls for a long time forget about the existence of jackets, jackets and capes. However, this is relevant only for those who are not concerned with corporate requirements and the dress code.
The following materials are best suited for the manufacture of such practical products:
- Alpaca.
- Merino.
- Sheep's wool.
- Angora with wool or cotton.
- Mohair. This yarn should be used carefully, since mohair is often used by grandmothers for their knitting projects, and the finished product may look old-fashioned.
A fashionable jacket with knitting needles with a hood fits as follows:
- Back.
- Two details are given.
- Sleeves.
- Pockets (if any).
- All parts are stitched together.
- Knit a hood, gaining loops along the neckline. You can also sew the part separately and then sew it.
- Spend the product processing with steam.
Hood: types and methods of manufacturing
In this model, the designer offers a simplified type of hood: it is an even canvas sewn on one side. That is, if you fold it in half, you get a rectangle.
There are more complex options in which the hood is knitted out of two parts, constantly applying to the pattern or guided by pre-made calculations. Such parts have a smooth bevel, if they are folded in half, you can see a rectangle with one rounded corner. This technique allows you to get a hood that looks better and more organically on a person.
However, most often no one puts hoods on knitted products over his head, so there is no need to complicate your task.
When knitting this part, you should pay attention to the location of the braids. They are so close to the edge that the resulting fabric does not require strapping.
Pattern distribution
The peculiarity of this model of sweatshirts is that braids are included in the pattern started from the bottom. That is, the columns formed by the alternation of the front and back loops smoothly go into braids and their interweaving.
Each shelf is knitted with front stitch, and its decorative part is performed according to the following scheme.
The braids located so close to the edge replace the bar and prevent the web from twisting. By the way, the usual strap is not needed here, because instead of the buttons, the fastener plays the role of a fastener. The back is decorated with an intricate composition of several braids. Its scheme is proposed below.
Fashionable sweaters, connected according to the above descriptions, can be supplemented by the craftswoman's own ideas. These patterns can be successfully replaced with other similar but more familiar knitters. Variations with the length of the products are possible: from short jackets it is quite possible to knit cardigans, and long wraps easily turn into blouses.
It is also optional to follow the fastener instructions. For example, if a craftswoman knows that it will be more convenient for her in a jacket with buttons, and the scheme involves only ties, she can independently calculate the shelves with slats.