Mac's 2024Guernsey
Finished
January 14, 2024
February 3, 2024

Mac's 2024Guernsey

Project info
s7-11 Sweater by DROPS design
s7-11 Sweater. Mix up of drops Guernsey and raglan patterns
Knitting
SweaterPullover
Macarthur
10-12
Needles & yarn
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
1,380 yards = 12 skeins
Garnstudio DROPS Merino Extra Fine
9 skeins = 1035.0 yards (946.4 meters), 450 grams
35884
Purple Sheep
Garnstudio DROPS Merino Extra Fine
3 skeins = 345.0 yards (315.5 meters), 150 grams
Needlenart
Notes

Could not find a bottom up guernsey pattern with raglan so I am putting raglan patterns’ instructions together with this Drops pattern

I added an extra 30 stitches to the body ribbing and got rid of them in the first row after the ribbing.

BODY:

Rw 1-3 Tubular CO 234 st with 3.25mm needles

Rw 3-6 change to 3.5mm needles and work 1X1 ribbing

Rnd 7-19 place marker for beginning of front and join work together and start working the 1X1 ribbing in the round for 2”.

Rnd 20 change to 4mm needle, slip marker, k2 tog, k6; k2 tog 14 times, k3, (decreased 15), place marker, k2 tog, k6; k2 tog 14 times, k3, (decreased 15) 204 st

Rnd 21 knit round .

Rnd 22 -135 knit the 12 stitch guernsey chart 17 repeats (12x17=204)until work measures 13.5”

(Knit: guernsey chart 55 rows + 55 rows + 3 extra rows = 113 rows of guernsey chart.)

Rnd 136 Slip 4st and place those 4 plus the previous 4 sts (8 total) on a stitch holder for right underarm. Place the last 4 stitches of the front and the first 4 stitches of the back on a stitch holder. 94 st for front and 94 st for back.

SLEEVES:

Rw 1-3 Tubular CO 51 st with 3.25mm needles

Rw 3-5 Change to 3.5mm needles and work 2 rows of 1X1 ribbing

Rnd 6 k50 st, place marker and k2tog the last st of this row with the other end of the row to join two ends together with this one K2tog stitch (50 st)

Rnd 7-16 continue knitting 1X1 ribbing in the round
Rnd 17 - change to 4mm needle, k1 round

Rnd 18 - place markers for the 12 stitch Guernsey chart * 4 times; k1, PM, k 12, PM, k 12, PM, k 12, PM, k 12, PM, k1 (1+48+1=50)

Rnds 19 - start Guernsey knitting at row 45 of the chart, then repeat the whole chart twice ending on the same row as you ended the body

Rnd 23- (increase round) , sm, m1l, k48, m1r, while continuing knitting the guernsey pattern (52 st) (Work this increase round every 7 rounds a total of 12 times 24 + 50 = 74sts.)

Continue knitting the 74 st rounds until sleeve measures 15” from cast-on. 1

Rnd ?? Slip 3st and place those 3st plus the previous 3 sts (6 total) on a stitch holder for right underarm. (68st)

Place all bodice pieces on a longer needle 68 for left sleeve, 94 for front, 68 for right sleeve 94 for back (324 st)

Slip1, k 66, k2tog, pm, k92, pm, k2 tog, k66, k2tog, pm, k92, pm, k2tog last stitch and the slipped stitch from the beginning of this round (320st)

First increase was row 47
Second increase was on row 1
Third increase was on row 8
Fourth increase was on row 15
Fifth increase was on row 22
Sixth increase was on row 29
Seventh increase was on row 36
Eighth increase was on row 43
Ninth increase was on row 50
Tenth increase was on row 2
Eleventh increase was on row 9
Twelfth increase was on row 16

BODICE:

There are now a total of 320 sts on the needle: 1 for raglan + 68 for right sleeve +1 for raglan + 90 for front + 1 for raglan + 68 for left sleeve + 1 for raglan + 90 for back..

Decrease 8 st every second row times also do short rows in the last 6 rows.

approx. 116 sts around the neck

Work pattern to 5 st before left shoulder front raglan stitch, turn
Work pattern appropriately on purl side to 5 st before right shoulder raglan stitch, turn

Work pattern to 12 st before left shoulder front raglan stitch, turn
Work pattern appropriately on purl side to 12 st before right shoulder raglan stitch, turn

Work pattern to 5 st before left shoulder back raglan stitch, turn
Work pattern appropriately on purl side to 5 st before right shoulder back raglan stitch, turn and knit back to beginning of round marker and

Knit 1 more round while finishing the short row turns

Change needle to 3.5mm knit 9 rounds of K1P1 ribbing

Change needle to 3.25mm knit 1 rounds of K1P1 ribbing

Bind off stitches with tubular bind off stitch. https://youtu.be/FNbanlVzbxw?si=RJXQ8Ehov_xsv0ds

Sew up stitches under arms. https://www.knittinghelp.com/video/play/kitchener-stitch

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  • Project created: January 18, 2024
  • Finished: February 3, 2024
  • Updated: August 18, 2024
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