Basic Top Down Raglan Sweater for Blythe

You will need:

• 2mm needles
• 4 stitch markers (to better see where to add stitches)
• 30cm of yarn in a contrasting color
• yarn needle
• sewing needle to sew studs
• sock yarn (fingering weight)
• 2 5mm studs
• matching sewing thread

You need to know:

• How to knit and how to purl

• Stockinette: purl even rows, knit odd rows.
• Ribbing 1/1: knit 1 stitch, purl the next, repeat.
• How to increase one stitch. In this pattern I use right slanting "make 1"
and left slanting "make 1".

You can find a tutorial here for instance. You can use other styles of increases,
according to the effect you want to get from the raglan.

• How to knit two stitches together.

Abbreviations:

• kn: knit n stitches

• pn: purl n stitches
• m1l: left slanting make 1
• m1r: right slanting make 1
• k2tog: knit 2 stitches together

You will need two strands of yarn, to knit the arms while the body is waiting. If
you just have one ball and you can't find its tail, make a small ball of around 15m
and put it aside for knitting the arms.

Raglan: cast-on: 24 stitches

• 3 first rows: 1/1 ribbing: (k1,p1) repeat from ( to ) until the end.
• row 4: purl: p5, place marker, p4, place marker, p7, place marker, p4,
place marker. p4.
• row 5: (knit until marker, m1r, slip marker on the right needle, k1, m1l)
repeat from ( to ), knit to end. You have added 8 stitches in total. (32
stitches)

Continue until row 16:

• row 6 and all even rows: purl

• row 7 and all odd rows: repeat row 5.

You now have 72 stitches on the needles.

Thread the yarn of contrasting color onto the yarn needle, and use it to keep the
stitches corresponding to the body waiting while you knit the arms.

While removing the markers as you go:

• Slip 11 stitches on the contrasting yarn (right back).

• Slip the next 15 stitches on the right needle (right arm).
• Slip the next 20 stitches on the contrasting yarn (front).
• Slip the next 15 stitches on the right needle (left arm).
• Slip the remaining 11 stitches on the contrasting yarn (left back).
• Put the stitches corresponding to both arms on the left needle.
Arms:

• With a new strand of yarn, knit both arms in stockinette, until the desired
length (around 5,5cm from the first row for a full arm length)
• Starting on the wrong side, finish with 3 rows of 1/1 ribbing.
• Cast-off. Keep around 30cm of thread before cutting the yarn, in order to
sew the sleeve later.

Body:

Transfer back the remaining stitches on the needles.

• Starting with the right back: k10, k2tog (last stitch from right back with
first stitch from front), k18, k2tog (last stitch from front with first stitch
from left back), k10.
• Continue in stockinette stitch until the desired length (for a hip-length
sweater, knit 2 cm from the underarm).
• Starting on wrong side, knit 3 rows in ribbing 1/1. Cast off.

Finishing:

Close the arms by sewing the edges 1 stitch from each side. Sew the studs on the
back, one on the top, one on the middle of the sweater. Hide the thread ends.