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Design: Rachel Søgaard

English translation: June Thomsen  Saint Malo  3rd edition - Febuary 2023 © filcolana
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The boat neck blouse, which forms a slight V, is inspired by the striped sailor blouses that the
sailors in the designer’s family have always worn during summer. The designer borrowed the
name from the town on the coast of Brittany, where the French spend their summer holidays.

SIZES   MATERIALS
S (M) L (XL)  Yarn from Filcolana
  Colour A: 250 (300) 300 (350) g Merci in col. 101
MEASUREMENTS (Natural white) 
Fits chest sizes: 80-88 (88-94) 96-104 (104-112) cm   Colour B: 50 (50) 50 (50) g Merci in col. 604
Chest: 96 (105) 111 (120) cm   (Kattegat) 
Length (measured from shoulder and down):  
Approx. 56 (59) 60 (62) cm   Circular needles 2.5 mm, 60 cm 
Length from underarm: 34 (36) 36 (37) cm   Circular needles 3 mm, 40 and 80 cm 
Sleeve length: 42 (43) 44 (45) cm  Double pointed needles 2.5 mm 
   
GAUGE  Stitch markers  
27 sts and 40 rounds in stockinette on 3 mm needles  
= 10 x 10 cm. 
The knitting sample is measured after washing.

Needle sizes are for guidance only.

If you have more stitches on 10 cm, change to a larger
needle. If you have fewer stitches on 10 cm, change to
smaller needles. 

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 Techniques Workflow
ABBREVIATIONS   The blouse is worked top down.
st(s): stitch(es)  First you work a broad ribbing edge with increases on
the front and back of each shoulder. 
k: knit 
Then continue in stockinette in the round, working
p: purl  stripes and increases.
 
M1R - Right slanted increase Finally, divide body and sleeves and finish with a broad
From the back, lift the horizontal strand between the ribbing edge. 
two stitches with the left needle and knit through the  
front loop (1 st increase).

M1L - Left slanted increase

From the front, lift the horizontal strand between
stitches with the left needle and knit through the back
loop (1 st increase).

SPECIAL TECHNIQUES
Backward loop cast on
Hold your working yarn over your right index finger,
bend the index finger towards you. This will create a
loop around your finger. Insert the tip of your right-
hand needle into the back of the new loop and release it
onto the needle.
Repeat this till you have the required number of
stitches.

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 Pattern
col. B. 
On next col. A stripe, increase evenly on 2nd round
like this: 
**Knit 17 (18) 16 (17) sts, M1L*, repeat from
  ** to * another 3 (3) 4 (4) times, knit to next
YOKE   marker**, repeat from ** to ** another 3 times =
With 2.5 mm needles and col. A cast on 192 (192) 352 (384) 408 (440) sts. 
208 (208) sts. Join round and place a marker at  
beginning of round (center of the back).  Continue in stripes until work measures 24 (25) 26
  (27) cm from the cast-on edge. 
1st round: Knit rib while placing 8 stitch markers like  
this: K1, p2, k2, place marker, **p2, k2*, repeat from Now divide work into body and sleeves while also
** to * another 8 (8) 9 (9) times, p2, place casting on new sts for armholes in each side. 
marker, k2, p2, k2, p2, k2, place marker**, repeat
from ** to ** twice more, *p2, k2*, repeat from * to Knit 55 (61) 65 (71) sts (= half the back), place the
* another 8 (8) 9 (9) times, p2, place marker, k2, p2, next 66 (70) 74 (78) sts on a stitch holder (= sleeve),
k1. cast on 20 sts for the armhole using backward loop cast
on technique, knit 110 (122) 130 (142) sts (= front),
There are now 8 stitch markers plus 1 start marker.  place the next 66 (70) 74 (78) sts on a stitch holder
  (= sleeve), cast on 20 sts for the armhole, and knit the
2nd round: *Knit rib as pattern indicates, slip marker,
M1L, knit rib as pattern indicates to marker, M1R, slip
marker*, repeat from * to * another 3 times, knit rib
over the last 5 sts as pattern indicates.

Increases are on placed at center of back, center of

front and on every shoulder. The increases are on both
sides of the 10 ribbing sts.
 
3rd round: Knit rib as pattern indicates. 
 
Repeat 2nd and 3rd round while increasing in knit or
purl as pattern indicates. 
 
Continue in rib with increases, until you have increased
a total of 16 (20) 20 (24) times, last round is without
increases and on this round remove the markers except
for the start marker, instead place a marker between the
2 middle of the 10 previously marked sts, one for each
place (= 4 stitch markers). 
 
You now have 320 (352) 368 (400) sts. 
 
Change to 3 mm circular needles. 
 
Knit stockinette and stripes: 21 rounds using col. A,
3 rounds using col. B. 
  
After the first stripe with col. B, increase evenly on 2nd
round with col. A, like this:  
**Knit 16 (17) 15 (16) sts, M1L*, repeat from
** to * another 3 (3) 4 (4) times, knit to next
marker**, repeat from ** to ** another 3 times =
336 (368) 388 (420) sts. 
Finish the col. A stripe and work another stripe in

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last 55 (61) 64 (71) sts (= half the back).  Continue in the round in stripe pattern until the sleeve
BODY  measures approx. 34 (33) 34 (34) cm from the
Continue in stripes in the round over the 260 (284) armhole.
300 (324) body sts, until work measures approx.
26 cm (all sizes) from the armhole. Decrease evenly to 68 (68) 72 (76) sts on last round. 
 
Continue with col. A and increase 4 sts evenly on next Change to 2.5 mm double pointed needles. 
round = 256 (280) 296 (320) sts.   
  Knit rib (k2, p2) in the round for 8 (10) 10 (11) cm. 
Change to 2.5 mm circular needles.   
  Bind off loosely in rib as the pattern indicates. 
Knit 8 (10) 10 (11) cm rib (k2, p2) in the round.   
  Knit the second sleeve the same way. 
Bind off loosely in rib as pattern indicates.   
  FINISHING
SLEEVES  Weave in all ends.
Change to 3 mm needles.
  Wash the blouse according to the washing instructions
Starting in the middle of the newly cast on sts, at first on the labels and lay it flat to dry on a towel.
armhole, pick up 10 sts using the colour that fits the
stripe pattern, knit the 66 (70) 74 (78) sleeve sts and
pick up 10 sts in the other half of the newly cast on sts
= 86 (90) 94 (98) sts, place marker (= beginning of
round).

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