A man's sweater VII: collar

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We are going to finish this sweater! And this is the last post on this series. I am so excited.

All that is left to do is work the collar. Of course, you will have quite a few ends to weave in, but those will be easy because most of them will be at the seams (just weave them through the seams). And you may want to block your sweater before using it. OK, but let us not get ahead of ourselves, we must first work the collar.

Before we start, a short explanation. The central double decrease (also known as straight decrease) is worked in three stitches, the stitch before the marked stitch, the marked stitch and the stitch after. Knit to one stitch before the marked stitch (do not knit these stitches), slip the two stitches together knitwise, knit the next stitch, pass the two slipped stitches over the knit stitch.

A warning: I messed up Jenny's stretchy bind-off on this sweater. What I did was working it on the wrong side, because I thought the bind-off was reversible. It is not. And it looks better on the side you are working. So watch out and do not do the same mistake.

Pattern:

  • Start by picking and knitting: 20 stitches from the cast-on at the back, 14 stitches from the CO at the saddle, 15 stitches from the side of the v-collar, 1 stitch at the bottom (mark this stitch), 15 stitches from the other side of the v-collar and 14 stitches from the other saddle [79 stitches in total].
  • Join in the round and knit 8 rounds of k2 p1 ribbing, except around the marked stitch where you work a central double decrease in every round.
  • Bind-off using Jenny's stretchy bind-off.

DONE!!!!! I am so happy.

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