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Design: Maria Bach Jensen

Fisketur 1st edition - August 2021 © filcolana
English translation: June Thomsen

This sweater is inspired by a fishing trip on the pier in the sunset glow, a trip that the
designer’s son loves to go on with his grandfather. The sweater is warm and comfy, and great
to wear when the wind bites. Knitted in Peruvian, it’s perfect for play, outdoor life, and
children’s life in general. The fine textured pattern with stripes can be knitted in a multitude
of colour combinations and is equally nice for girls as for boys.

SIZES
2 yrs/92 cm (4 yrs/104 cm) 6 yrs/116 cm
(8 yrs/128 cm) 10 yrs/140 cm
MEASUREMENTS
Fits chest sizes: 56-60 (61-66) 67-70 (71-74)
75-78 cm
Chest circumference: 71 (76) 80 (84) 89 cm
Sleeve length: 24 (27) 30 (34) 38 cm
Length: 35 (40) 43 (46) 49 cm
GAUGE
18 sts and 30 rows textured knitting on 5 mm needles
= 10 x 10 cm.
Needle sizes are for guidance only. If you have more sts
on 10 cm, change to a larger needle. If you have fewer
sts on 10 cm, change to smaller needles.  
MATERIALS
Yarn from Filcolana
Main colour:
200 (200) 250 (300) 350 g Peruvian colour 364
(Chai)
Contrasting colour:
100 (100) 100 (150) 150 g Peruvian colour 803
(Rust melange)
Circular needles 4 and 5 mm, 80-100 cm
Doublepointed needles 4 and 5 mm dpns (if not knit-
ting magic loop with circular needles)
Stitch markers or contrast coloured yarn
Waste yarn for the Italian cast-on

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 Technical Workflow
CHART The sweater is knit bottom up.

First you knit the body with circular needles, then the
12
body is divided into a front and a back piece, which are
11
knit flat separately.
10
9 The shoulder seams are then sewn together, and sleeve
8 sts are picked up along the armholes to create sleeves,
7 which are knit top-down.
6
5 Finally, sts are picked up along the neckline and the
4 neckline is knit.
3
2
1
4 3 2 1

Knit on right side and purl on wrong side with

main colour

Knit on right side and purl on wrong side with

contrast colour

When knitting in the round this st is purled with

main colour. When knitting flat this st is knit with
main colour from the wrong side

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 Pattern
Shoulders are finished separately like this:
Bind off 2 sts towards the neckline on every other row
5 (5) 6 (6) 6 times in total = 18 (20) 20 (22) 24 sts.
Continue straight with textured knitting till work
BODY measures 35 (40) 43 (46) 49 cm.
Cast on 65 (69) 73 (77) 81 sts with the waste yarn on Bind off as sts indicate.
4 mm circular needles and knit 2 rows.
Break the waste yarn. Knit second shoulder accordingly, only mirrored.
Join main colour to work and purl 1 row. BACK
Don’t turn work but join round. Knit textured knitting flat, as with front piece, till work
measures 35 (40) 43 (46) 49 cm.
Purl 2 rounds.

Next round: *p1, insert right needle under the lowest

bar knit in main colourway 3 rows down (= 1st row with
this) and knit it*. Repeat from * to *, till you have
1 st left, pick up the last st 3 rows below and knit it
together with the last st = 128 (136) 144 (152)
160 sts.

Next round: P1, place a marker at beginning of round

and continue knitting rib in the round (*k1, p1*) till
the ribbing measures 4 (4) 5 (5) 5 cm.

Gently cut off the cast-on string.

Change to 5 mm circular needles and knit textured

knitting according to chart, till work measures 21 (25)
27 (30) 32 cm. Finish with an odd round in chart.

Now, the front and back is divided as follows:

The first 64 (68) 72 (76) 80 sts is the front, let the last
64 (68) 72 (76) 80 back sts rest on a stitch holder.

FRONT  
Knit back and forth in textured knitting over the 64
(68) 72 (76) 80 front sts, the first and last st is an edge
st and is knit on all rows.
Continue like this till entire work measures 30 (35) 37 Adjust the stripes in the textured knitting so they stop
(40) 43 cm. Finish with a purl row. at same point on both front and back piece.
Break the contrast colour.
Bind off as sts indicate.
Bind off for neckline as follows:
Next row (right side): Knit 28 (30) 32 (34) 36 sts SLEEVES
as textured knitting, bind off the next 8 sts, knit Sew shoulder seams with Kitchener stitch.
textured knitting over remaining sts.
Pick up 48 (52) 56 (60) 64 sts along the armhole with
Here after there are no more stripes. Ommit those in main colour and 5 mm needles. Start from bottom and
the chart.   work your way upwards. Make sure to distribute sts
evenly on front and back. Place a marker at beginning

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of round under arm.

Follow chart (starting with row 9) and knit textured

knitting and stripes, till work measures 20 (23) 25
(29) 33 cm from underarm.
Finish with an odd row in chart.

If you finish with the last row in the stripe, knit

1 round with main colour before knitting ribbing.

Change to 4 mm needles. Knit ribbing (* k1, p1 *),

till ribbing measures 4 (4) 5 (5) 5 cm.

Bind off with Italian bind off like this:

Measure a tail at least 3 times the length to be bound
off. Thread tail onto a tapestry needle.
1. Insert tapestry needle into 1st st (knit st) on left
needle as if to purl, pull the yarn through.
2. From behind work insert needle between 1st and
2nd st. Pull needle and yarn to front of work.
3. Insert tapestry needle from front into 2nd st (purl st)
and out on the back.
4. Insert tapestry needle into 1st st (knit st) as if to knit,
slip st off needle.
5. From the front insert tapestry needle - from right to
left – into the front leg of the 2nd st (knit st), pull yarn
through.
6. Insert tapestry needle into 1st st (purl st) as if to
purl, slip st off needle.
Repeat steps 2-6, till you have 1 purl st left on LH
needle. Finish bind off like this:
7. From front insert tapestry needle – from right to left
– into the first bound off st, pull yarn through.
8. Repeat step 6.

Carefully weave in the loose end.

Knit second sleeve accordingly.

NECKLINE
With main colour and 4 mm needles pick up approx.
70 (74) 74 (78) 78 sts along the neckline
(approx. 1 st in every st/row). Stitch number should
be divisible with 2.
Knit ribbing (* k1, p1 *) over 4 cm.
Bind off with Italian bind off as on the sleeves.

FINISHING
Weave in all loose ends and wash the sweater according
to the washing instructions on the label. Lay flat to dry
on a towel.

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