Size: Women’s EU 36/38 [40/42 - 44/46]

Usage: approx. 550 [600 - 650] g in col. 02 (cream)

Needles: 1 pair of circular needles in size 6,0mm - 7,0mm and 1 set of double pointed needles in size 6,0mm - 7,0mm or sizes needed to achieve given tension.

Pattern:
Stockinette Stitch:
RS rows: k all sts.
WS rows: p all sts.

Rev. Stockinette Stitch:
RS rows: p all sts.
WS rows: k all sts.

Garter Stitch:
RS and WS rows: k all sts.

Pineapple Pattern (see chart (= 39 sts x 88 rows)):
The pineapple (marked in grey) is worked in rev. stockinette st. Shown in chart are RS and WS rows.

Selvedge St: sl 1st k-wise at beg of row and k last st in each row.

Tension: 16 sts and 23 rows over 10 cm meas over stockinette st using size 6mm needles or size needed to achieve given tension.

Instructions: (Changes for larger sizes in brackets. If only one number is shown this applies to all sizes).
Back and Front: (worked in one piece including sleeves beg. at bottom front and then back is worked top down).

Cast on 91 [97 - 103] sts (incl. selvedge sts). Work 3 rows in garter st patt. beg. 1st row as WS row. Then cont. in stockinette st until work meas 8 [9 - 11] cm ending with a WS row.
Next row (row 20 [22 - 26]): beg. with row 1 in chart work pineapple pattern once over centre 39 sts (for the first row: selvedge st, 36 [39 - 42] sts in stockinette, 17 sts as shown in chart, 36 [39 - 42] in stockinette, selvedge st.)
Cont. until work meas. 33 [35 - 37] cm then for the sleeves inc. 1 st each side and in every foll. alt row 1 st once, 2 sts 4 times, 4 sts 6 times, 10 [11 - 13] sts once and 14 sts once. = 207 [215 - 225] sts. For the knit on sleeve edging work the first and last sts in each foll. row in garter st.
Cont. pineapple chart. then work in stockinette st. when chart is finished.
When work meas. 52 [55 - 58] cm ending with a WS row work the neck opening.
Next row (= row 120 [128 - 134]) cast off centre 33 [33 - 35] sts and work each side separately. Along each neck edge in every alt row cast off 4 [4 -5] sts once and 1 st 3 times = 80 [84 - 87] sts each side (shoulder and sleeve). Cont. straight until work meas. 57 [60 - 63] cm beg with a RS row work the back neck edges inc. along the neck edge 3 sts once and after 2 rows 4 [4 - 5] sts once. When both sides are finished with the neck edges place right side onto working needle cast on 33 [33 - 35] sts for back neck and place rem. sts from left side onto needle and work over all sts for the back. = 207 [215 - 225] sts.
The back is worked without the pineapple pattern. Cont. straight until work meas. total of 69 [73 - 77] cm cast off at the beg. of the next rows 14 sts once 10 [11 - 13] sts once, 4 sts 6 times, 2 sts 4 times and 1 st twice. = 91 [97 - 103] sts. Cont. straight until work meas. 113 [119 - 125] cm ending with a RS row.
Next 3 rows (beg with row 259 [273 - 287]: garter st.
Then cast off all sts loosely k-wise.

Making up:
Using the double pointed needles with right sides facing pick up and knit along the neck edges 106 [106 - 116] spacing the sts evenly among the 4 working needles. Work 3 rnds in garter st. (1st rnd: p all sts; 2nd rnd: k all sts; 3rd rnd: p all sts) Then cast off all sts k-wise.
Close the side and sleeve seams using back stitch, or mattress stitch as preferred making sure to keep the seams flat and elastic.

Abbreviations:
alt. = alternate(alternating) • approx. = approximate(ly) • beg = begin(ning) • cm = centimetre(s) • col = colour(s) • cont = continue (continuously) • dec = decrease(s) • foll = follow(ing) • g = gramme(s) • inc = increase(s) • k = knit • k-wise = knit wise  • m = metre(s) • mm = millimetre(s) • meas = measure(d) • p = purl • p-wise = purl wise • patt = pattern • rep = repeat • RS = right side • sl = slip • st(s) = stitch(es) • tog = together • WS = wrong side