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V-neck Pullover in the Round

Finished size: 40 inches; about 22 inches from shoulder to hem.
Materials: Schoeller + Stahl Limbo, 100% Super wash wool;
125 meters, 50g; 11 skeins.
Needles: 24 inch circular and double point needles size US 2 (2.75mm);
16 & 24 inch circular needles and double points size US 4 (3.5mm)or size to obtain gauge.
Change needle lengths to accommodate the number of stitches.
You may also want a crochet hook, markers, stitch holders and a tapestry (blunt) needle
Gauge: TO SAVE TIME, TAKE TIME TO CHECK GAUGE
24 stitches and 30 rows to 4 inches; 6 stitches and 8 rows to the inch.

Sleeves - knit first; make two: With smaller double point needles, temporary cast on 50 stitches; place marker and join being careful not to twist. Knit 15 rounds, purl one round. Change to larger needles and knit 12 rounds.
Join the facing to the body on the next round as follows: undo the provisional cast on and slip the live stitches onto a needle. Fold up the hem so the wrong sides of the knitting face each other. K2tog around, knitting each stitch on the body together with the corresponding stitch of the cast on row. Knit 3 rounds.
Next round: *knit one, make one (With left needle tip, lift strand between needles from front to back. Knit the lifted loop through the back to twist the stitch.), knit around to the next to last stitch, make one, knit one. Work 3 rounds. Repeat from * until you have increased to 90 stitches.
Work even until the sleeve is 20 inches long or as long as you want. End last round 10 stitches before marker. Place next 20 stitches on holder. Place remaining sleeve stitches on hold.

Body: With smaller circular needle, temporary cast on 120 stitches, place marker, cast on 120 stitches, place marker and join being careful not to twist. Knit 15 rounds, purl one round. Change to larger needles and knit 12 rounds.
Join facing to body on the next round; see sleeve instructions.
Knit every round until body measures about 12 inches from hem or as long as you want. Stop 11 stitches before the beginning of the round marker.

When joining the sleeves to the body,
join the last/first body stitch to the last/first sleeve stitch with a k2tog or SSK
- prevents a little hole from forming.<

Place marker, join the next body stitch with the first sleeve stitch, place the next 20 body stitches on holder (removing original marker). Knit 68 sleeve stitches, place marker, join the next (last) sleeve stitch with the next (first) body stitch. Work 49 body stitches, place marker (center front), work 49 stitches, join the next body stitch with the first sleeve stitch, place the next 20 body stitches on holder (removing original marker). Knit 68 sleeve stitches, place marker, join the next (last) sleeve stitch with the next body stitch. Knit to beginning of round. Work even in stocking stitch for 1½ inches (8 to 10 rounds).

You will have one stitch at each “joining point” which will become the center of the raglan decrease.
You may want to remove the marker and mark the stitch itself since the decreases will be worked at each side of this stitch.

Raglan decreases: decrease 1 stitch at each side of marked stitch, working an SSK before each marker and a knit one, k2tog after each marker every 3rd right side row 5 times; then every other right side row row 28 times. 33 stitches decreased at each of 8 points. This will create a decorative decrease line.
Work to the center front marker, moving the beginning of the round to this point. Begin shaping and working back and forth thus: from the center front marker, knit 2, k2tog, knit around working raglan decreases at the 4 sleeve points. On the four last stitches before the center marker work an SSK, knit 2, turn, purl to end. Repeat 8 times. Then, work the neck shaping decreases every 3rd right side row 7 times; 15 stitches decreased at each edge of the v-neck.  Continue working back and forth until SSK, knit 1, k2tog, SSK, knit 1, k2tog, knit 30, SSK, knit 1, k2tog. Do not turn, do not cut the yarn; leave neck stitches on hold.

Neckband: With right side facing; 16 in, smaller circular needle; starting at left shoulder, pick up 37 stitches to bottom of v-neck, 37 stitches to shoulder. Work one round of neck band ribbing (working the back neck stitches from hold) purl 2, knit 2; knit 2 centered at “V“). Begin neckline shaping every round thus: work to 2 sts before “V” center, k2 tog, SSK, continue in ribbing; 3 times.
Bind off on the next round, work the (k2 tog, SSK) decreases also. Weave in all ends, block as needed.

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