Coat using granny square

Пальто украшает комбинация разных по величине «бабушкиных квадратов», цветных полос, асимметрия в расположении рисунка.

The coat is knitted according to the description of Svetlana Volkodav.

The original model can be viewed here***

A variant of the coat in green is presented here***

Size 46-50.

The coat is knitted from:

итальянской пряжи на бобине art.ISABELLA —  750г. (200м/100г) – 50% супер кид мохер, 30% меринос, 20% ПА – черного цвета;

woolen skein yarn (unidentified) 150 g of gray and dark gray in one thread and milk yarn in two threads.

50g wool skein yarn in three plies for trims and collar.

Finished product weight 1250g.

 For work I used a hook No. 4.0 mm for the main knitting and a hook No. 3.0 mm for small squares;

 14 buttons with a diameter of 2.5 cm.

Description of work

Knit colorful squares:

1 large square for the left shelf of 13 rows,

Square for left shelf

1 large square for the back of 13 rows (width 28cm, last row C1H in the main color) for the back according to scheme 1,

Square for the back

5 small squares from 2 rows;

3 square in 3 rows;

3 squares from 4 rows;

3 — из 5 рядов;

2 — из 7 рядов.

 Knit the last row of all squares (except large ones) with C1H, then tie with a finishing step.

Sequence of colors in the photo.

Scheme 1.

Back

 For the back, cast on 95 VP + 2 VP rises and knit 1 row C1H.

 Then knit 28cm colored stripes according to pattern 3.

Scheme 3.

Choose colors based on the photo or according to your taste.

Sequence of colored stripes on the back

 Next, knit with the main color C1H 36cm (30 rows).

 After this, start making the hole for the square. On the first 25 stitches, knit a strip of 28 cm (24 rows) with the main thread up.

Skip the middle 45 stitches, attach a yarn and work a strip on the last 25 stitches.

Sew a square of 13 rows into the resulting hole with three sides.

At the same time as knitting the stripes, starting from the 15th row, add 7 stitches for the sleeves along the edges, 1 in each row.

On the stripes and square, knit another 17.5 cm (17 rows) of C1H with the main thread.

Left shelf

 For the left front, cast on 47 VP + 2 VP rises and knit 1 row C1H.

 Sew a square of 13 rows.

Along the top of a square of 13 rows, knit 47 C1H with the main color.

Next, knit fabric C1H with the main thread.

 На высоте 79 см начните прибавления для рукава — 7 раз по 1 столбику, как на спинке.

At a height of 100 cm, start making the neckline, first decrease 12 stitches, then 4 times 1, ending with a vertical edge.

 The total height of the shelf is 109 cm.

Right shelf

 For the right shelf cast on 47 VP + 2 VP rises and knit 1 row C1H.

  Далее вяжите полотно С1Н, на высоте 79 см начните прибавления для рукава — 7 раз по 1 столбику, как на спинке.

At a height of 100 cm, start making the neckline, first decrease 12 columns, then 4 times 1, ending with a vertical edge.

 Sew the shoulder seams.

Sleeves

For the sleeve, knit the main color 75 C1H along the armhole. Knitting in the round.

Продолжить основным цветом — 2 ряда С1Н, 3 ряда —  C1H  — со сменой цвета, 1 ряд С1Н основным цветом.

Start knitting sleeves

 Next 23 cm (25 rows) of colored knitting according to pattern 3.

Закончить рукав 1 рядом основного цвета С1Н; 3 ряда —  C1H  — со сменой цвета, 1 ряд С1Н основным цветом и рачий шаг.

Completing the sleeve knitting

Planks. On the left shelf, knit 157 sc and 6 more rows.

 On the right shelf, knit 157 sc, after the 3rd row of sc, make buttonholes.

The planks are reinforced along the length with a chain stitch.

Along the neck knit 126 sc and 5 more rows, in the 4th row on the right side make 1 button loop.

Then tie the straps and neckline with 2 rows of sc with colored threads and a finishing step with the main thread.

Finishing side bottom strips.

From the bottom of the square of the left shelf along the side line, knit with the main thread 46 C1H and 2 more rows of C1H, in the 3rd row of C1H, decrease 1 loop along the edges.

Side panel of the left shelf

 Tie the bar along the free sides with 2 rows of sc and a finishing step with the main thread.

 Symmetrically tie the bar along the side line of the right shelf.

Side panel of the right shelf

Finishing

 For finishing, knit chains of various lengths from colored yarn and thread them along the C1H fabric on the shelves.

 Sew the squares onto the front and back.

Use a chain stitch to finish the back and the shelf, using the photo as a guide.

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