For any girl or woman, a universal and indispensable outfit in cool weather is a knitted cardigan with a delicate pattern. The ladies in it look luxurious and elegant. But yarn products are not cheap, so it’s more profitable to create them with your own hands. From this article you will learn how to knit an openwork cardigan with knitting needles according to the schemes with a description.
What should be considered before starting work?
Before you start knitting sweaters, you need to choose yarn that is suitable for the season and weather. In the summer, it is better to wear cardigans made of cotton or viscose threads. Silk yarn products with the addition of bamboo threads are also very comfortable to wear. In cold weather, it is advisable to use balls of natural wool or threads mixed with acrylic.
Often, in addition to schemes with a description of a lace cardigan, knitted with needles, patterns are used to sew outerwear. First you need to remove from the drawings all the measurements necessary to calculate the number of loops. Then, from the manufactured sample, find out the density of your knitting and calculate the number of loops for the set, based on the indicator of the width of the bottom of the back.
The classic model begins to knit from the bottom edge, gradually rising to the armholes, and then to the neck. Separately, the shelves and sleeves of the product are knitted, which begin with the formation of cuffs. Further, the sleeves are expanded and knitted according to the pattern. At the end of the work, all the details of the sweater are sewn together.
How to knit a light outfit?
The rest of the article describes how to knit an openwork cardigan with knitting needles according to the schemes with a description. Our example is aimed at women with a chest girth of 104 cm. For work, you will need light bamboo yarn mixed with silk, knitting needles No. 3 and No. 4, buttons. At 10 cm, 23 loops should fit in the width of the canvas. 0 knitted rows should also be 10 cm.
Knitting description
We start from the back. With smaller needles, dial 115 loops, then knit the first row with the smallest rubber band about 5 cm in height. Then, after every 29 loops, make an increase. Change the knitting needles and knit the main pattern with lace.
Following the pattern with the description of a lace cardigan, knitting needles begin to knit a pattern:
- Make one facial, then start knitting a rapport of 6 faces., Broaches * , 2 loops, knitted together, and yarn. Repeat the pattern 10 more times. Finish the strip with seven face loops.
* - pulling - 1 loop to remove, the next to knit the front method and stretch through the first loop, which should be released, having thrown off the knitting needle.
- Make faces. loop and repeat until the end of the strip the following pattern: 7 faces. loops, double crochet, double broach (1 to remove, follow. 2 to knit the front method and stretch through the first buttonhole), double crochet and 1 front loop. Make the last 7 stitches.
- In rows 5 and 9, repeat the actions of the first line.
- Knit 7 strip similarly to 3 rows.
- 11th line: create a facial loop, form a cross of a braid of 6 stitches (remove the first 3 and hold before knitting, the next knit with the facial ones, then raise the loops and make the facial), 1 person. n., put the thread on the knitting needle, repeat the double broach and the crochet, then 1 person. n. Repeat several times from weaving to faces. n. End the line with an oblique and 1 front loop.
- In row 12, repeat line 2.
On the wrong side, form all the loops in the wrong way. Repeat the report of 12 rows to a height of 36 cm. Then, for the holes for the sleeves, close 8 loops from the two edges of the canvas. Next, reduce 1 loop on both sides 5 times and 4 times in each 2nd strip. After 21 cm, close 10 loops on both sides, then in the next line repeat closing 10 loops for each shoulder. Finish knitting by closing the remaining loops.
To knit an elastic band and a pattern on sleeves and shelves similarly to the given example of creating a back. To create an original pattern with braids, you can use the scheme with a description of a summer openwork cardigan, knitted with needles, shown below.
Form the armholes at the shelves by closing 8 loops from the beginning of the line. Repeat the knitting of the shoulder bevels in the same way as the description of the creation of the back. To expand the sleeves in each 12 rows of the pattern, add 1 front loop at the edges to form 67 loops on the knitting needles. Then make increases in the 14th row before 77 loops are created. To create a snapping in the first two lines, close 5 points each, then decrease one at a time until there are 13 loops to be closed on the spoke.
Assembly and strapping
Form the seams on the shoulders, sew the sleeves and make a side seam. Along the edge of the shelves and collar, loop on circular knitting needles and knit 10 rows of garter stitch to form a collar. For the buttons, create holes by closing two loops in their place, and in the next line throw a thread 2 times on the knitting needle. The product is ready.
Using the schemes with the description of openwork cardigans, knitting needles, you can easily create original products with various beautiful patterns.