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Knitted jumper for children in DROPS Air. The piece is worked top down, with saddle
shoulders. Sizes 3 - 14 years.

DROPS Children 40-19

DROPS Design: Pattern no ai-022-bn
Yarn group C or A + A
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SIZES:
3/4 - 5/6 - 7/8 - 9/10 - 11/12 - 13/14 years
Equivalent to child’s height in cm:
98/104 - 110/116 - 122/128 - 134/140 - 146/152 - 158/164

MATERIALS:
DROPS AIR from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group C)
150-200-200-200-250-300 g colour 10, fog

KNITTING TENSION:
17 stitches in width and 22 rows in height with stocking stitch = 10 x 10 cm.

NEEDLES:
DROPS DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES SIZE 5 MM.
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 5 MM: Length 40 cm and 60 cm or 80 cm for stocking stitch.
DROPS DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES SIZE 4 MM.
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 4 MM: Length 40 cm and 80 cm for rib.
Needle size is only a guide. If you get too many stitches on 10 cm, change to a larger needle size.
If you get too few stitches on 10 cm, change to a smaller needle size.

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EXPLANATIONS FOR THE PATTERN:

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INCREASE TIP-1 (evenly spaced):

To work out how to increase evenly, count the total number of stitches on the needle (e.g. 62
stitches) and divide by the number of increases to be made (e.g. 10) = 6.2.
In this example, increase by making 1 yarn over after approx. each 6th stitch. On the next round
work the yarn overs twisted to avoid holes.

INCREASE TIP-2 (for saddle shoulders, sleeves and yoke):

BEFORE MARKER:
The new stitch twists to the right.
Use the left needle to pick up the strand between 2 stitches from the previous round, pick up the
back strand and knit in the front loop.
AFTER MARKER:
The new stitch twists to the left.
Use the left needle to pick up the strand between 2 stitches from the previous round, pick up the
front strand and knit in the back loop.

DECREASE TIP (for sleeves):

Start 3 stitches before the marker thread, knit 2 together, knit 2 (the marker thread sits in the
middle of these 2 stitches), slip 1 stitch as if to knit, knit 1 and pass the slipped stitch over (2
stitches decreased).

CASTING-OFF TIP:
To avoid the cast-off edge being tight you can cast off with a larger size needle. If the edge is still
tight, make 1 yarn over after approx. each 6th stitch at the same time as casting off; the yarn
overs are cast off as normal stitches.

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START THE PIECE HERE:

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JUMPER – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE:

The neck and yoke are worked in the round with circular needle, from mid-back and top down.
Stitches are increased for the saddle shoulders, then for the sleeves and finally for the yoke.
The yoke is divided for the body and sleeves and the body continued in the round. The sleeves
are worked in the round with double pointed needles/short circular needle, top down.

NECK:
Cast on 62-62-66-66-70-70 stitches with circular needle size 4 mm and Air.
Knit 1 round, then work rib (knit 1, purl 1) for 3 cm. When the rib is finished, knit 1 round where
you increase 10 stitches evenly spaced – read INCREASE TIP-1 = 72-72-76-76-80-80 stitches.
Knit 1 round.
Change to circular needle size 5 mm and work the yoke as described below.

YOKE:
Insert a marker at the beginning of the round (= mid-back) – THE YOKE IS MEASURED FROM
HERE!
In addition insert 4 other markers, without working the stitches, as follows – each marker is
inserted between 2 stitches, is used when increasing for the saddle shoulders and should have a
different colour to the marker on the neck.
Marker 1: Starting mid-back, count 12-12-11-11-12-12 stitches (= half back piece), insert
marker before the next stitch.
Marker 2: Count 12-12-16-16-16-16 stitches from marker 1 (= shoulder), insert marker before
the next stitch.
Marker 3: Count 24-24-22-22-24-24 stitches from marker 2 (= front piece), insert marker before
the next stitch.
Marker 4: Count 12-12-16-16-16-16 stitches from marker 3 (= shoulder), insert marker before
the next stitch.
There are 12-12-11-11-12-12 stitches left on the back piece after marker 4.
Allow the 4 markers to follow your work onwards.

SADDLE-SHOULDER INCREASES:
Read the whole section before continuing! Continue with stocking stitch.
AT THE SAME TIME, on the first round increase 4 stitches for the shoulders as follows:
Increase BEFORE markers 1 and 3 and AFTER markers 2 and 4 – read INCREASE TIP-2. You are
only increasing on the front and back pieces, the number of shoulder stitches remains the same.
Increase like this every round, a total of 10-12-14-16-18-20 times = 112-120-132-140-152-160
stitches. REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION!
After the last increase the piece measures approx. 4-5-6-7-8-9 cm from the marker mid-back.
Now increase for the sleeves as follows.

SLEEVE INCREASES:
Continue with stocking stitch.
AT THE SAME TIME on the next round increase 4 stitches for the sleeves as follows:
Increase AFTER markers 1 and 3 and BEFORE markers 2 and 4.
You increase only on the sleeves and the number of stitches on the front and back pieces remains
the same. The new stitches are worked in stocking stitch.
Increase like this every 2nd round a total of 8-9-8-9-11-13 times = 144-156-164-176-196-212
stitches.
The piece measures approx. 11-12-13-15-18-21 cm from the marker mid-back.

YOKE INCREASES:
Now increase on each side of all 4 markers as follows:
Work until there is 1 stitch left before markers 1 and 3, increase 1 stitch, work 1 stitch, move the
marker to the right needle and increase 1 stitch after the marker. Work to markers 2 and 4,
increase 1 stitch before the marker, move the marker to the right needle, work 1 stitch and
increase 1 stitch after the marker (= a total of 8 stitches increased on the round). You are now
increasing on the front/back pieces and on the sleeves.
Increase like this every 2nd round a total of 4-4-4-3-2-1 times = 176-188-196-200-212-220
stitches.
When all the increases are finished, the piece measures approx. 15-17-17-18-20-22 cm from the
neck. If the piece is shorter than this, continue working, without further increases, to the correct
measurement.
Now divide the yoke for the body and sleeves as follows: Work the first 26-28-29-30-32-33
stitches (= half back piece), place the next 36-38-40-40-42-44 stitches on 1 thread for the
sleeve, cast on 6-6-6-8-8-8 new stitches (= in side under sleeve), work the next 52-56-58-60-64-
66 stitches (= front piece), place the next 36-38-40-40-42-44 stitches on 1 thread for the sleeve,
cast on 6-6-6-8-8-8 new stitches (= in side under sleeve), work the last 26-28-29-30-32-33
stitches (= half back piece).
The body and sleeves are finished separately. THE PIECE IS NOW MEASURED FROM HERE.

BODY:
= 116-124-128-136-144-148 stitches.
Continue with stocking stitch in the round until the piece measures 14-16-19-22-22-22 cm from
the division. There is approx. 4 cm left to finished length; try the jumper on and work to desired
length.
Work 1 round where you increase 24-26-26-28-30-30 stitches evenly spaced – remember
INCREASE TIP-1 = 140-150-154-164-174-178 stitches. NOTE: This is done to avoid the rib being
tight.
Change to circular needle size 4 mm. Work rib (knit 1, purl 1) for 4 cm. Cast off with knit over
knit and purl over purl – read CASTING-OFF TIP! The jumper measures approx. 36-40-44-48-50-
52 cm from the shoulder down.

SLEEVES:
Place the 36-38-40-40-42-44 stitches from the thread on the one side of the piece on double
pointed needles/short circular needle size 5 mm and knit up 1 stitch in each of the 6-6-6-8-8-8
stitches cast on under the sleeve = 42-44-46-48-50-52 stitches. Insert a marker thread in the
middle of the 6-6-6-8-8-8 new stitches under the sleeve.
Start at the marker thread and work stocking stitch in the round.
When the sleeve measures 3 cm from the division, decrease 2 stitches mid-under the sleeve –
read DECREASE TIP. Decrease like this every 5-6-7-8-9-11 cm a total of 4 times in all sizes = 34-
36-38-40-42-44 stitches.
Continue working without further decreases until the sleeve measures 20-23-28-32-35-38 cm
from the division.
There is approx. 4 cm left to finished length; try the jumper on and work to desired length.
Knit 1 round where you increase 6 stitches evenly spaced = 40-42-44-46-48-50 stitches.
Change to double pointed needles size 4 mm and work rib (knit 1, purl 1) for 4 cm.
Cast off with knit over knit and purl over purl – remember CASTING-OFF TIP! The sleeve
measures approx. 24-27-32-36-39-42 cm from the division. Work the other sleeve in the same
way.

Diagram explanations

= knitting direction
= increase for saddle-shoulders

= increase for sleeves

= increase for yoke

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