Knitting cardigans with knitting needles

"Cardigan" in translation from English - a long jacket with buttons, with a deep V-neck, without a collar and cuffs. This garment (originally - as a male) has been known for three centuries, but it began to gain special popularity in the women's fashion from the middle of the last century. Initially, knitting cardigan with knitting needles from thick wool as clothing for the winter period was accepted. Gradually in the models of cardigans appeared more and more variety. They were not only knitted, but sewed as well. This outfit was worn not only in cold weather. There were light cardigans - from thin wool, cotton, silk. Cardigan as an element of the wardrobe has become universal for any season. Recently, at the peak of fashion, there were also felted cardigans.

But still, the classic is knitting the cardigan with knitting needles. And now it's acceptable to digress from the strict rule about the button fastener. Often a cardigan is knitted generally without a fastener, but with a belt that does not allow the sexes to swing open. There are many ways to do knitting a cardigan. Spits can be created as a dense mating, and openwork. Depending on the season for which the product is intended, it can be knitted from thick warm yarn (wool, mohair, angora) or thin and light (acrylic, cotton, blended yarns).

Knitting a cardigan on knitting needles is not particularly difficult. In magazines and on the Internet you can find a huge number of models with patterns and descriptions. The cardigan usually knits straight, from the bottom up, without increments and subtractions. The options can only be in the design of the armhole. The patch can be classical, for an intact sleeve, or straight - the so-called "deflated shoulder".

The product consists of a backrest, two shelves and two sleeves. When calculating the total width, 3-5 cm is usually added to the freedom of clinging. Knitting cardigans with knitting needles can start from the back. This is the simplest part. If you do not need to cut the cutout of the armhole, then the pattern of the back is an ordinary rectangle. If the sleeve is vtachnoy, the reduction is made from each edge, closing at the end of each row: 1 time 3p, 2 times 2p, 3 times 1p.

The shelf should be wider than half the back, since it is still necessary to make a fastener, the lath for which can be part of the shelf or connected separately and then sewn. Preliminary it is necessary to determine the depth of the cut on the cardigan. When you have turned the shelf up to this point, on the side of the fastener, you need to start decreasing the loops for the V-shaped cutout. The frequency of the decrease of the loops depends on how many rows remain from the lowest point of the cut to the shoulder line.

The calculation is as follows:

Suppose the original width of the shelf is 52n. Shoulder width 22p. Hence, in the process of tying out the cut, it is necessary to subtract 52 - 22 = 30p uniformly.

Depth of cutout 60p. 60/30 = 2, that is, you need to decrease by 1 in every 2-nd row.

By the way, in order to make the line of reduction beautiful and tidy, it is better to tie together the third and fourth loops.

The hose is knitted the same way as for any other product. If it is vtachnoy, then the sleeves of the sleeve are loosened. If a cardigan with a worn armhole, then the hinges of the sleeve at the top can be closed in a straight line.

If the cardigan fastener knits simultaneously with the shelf, it is better to perform it more dense viscous, for example, a handkerchief, an elastic band or a "putank". So it will be better to keep the edge and not let it stretch. If the fastener strip is knitted separately, its length should be equal to the total height of both shelves plus the width of the neck cut along the back.

It should be borne in mind that the cardigans with a vertical pattern, for example "braids", attach a special slenderness to the figure. But the horizontal pattern will visually fill up.

Knitting cardigan can also be used for knitting a waistcoat. Just do not make sleeves, but neatly tie a line armhole, for example, "rubber band". Knitting cardigan (waistcoat) with knitting needles can be complemented by crocheted decoration.