Knitting a Pullover Shirt

The pattern makes a size 10 knitted pullover shirt.

The cool days between the summer and winter seasons don’t have to limit your clothing options to a heavy jacket or thick crocheted sweater. Instead, you can knit a pullover shirt to wear on the days when it’s not cold enough for your winter gear or when you’re going to a special event. Knitting a pullover shirt requires you to know some terms like stockinette stitch.

Things You'll Need

• 12 ounces Columbia-Minerva main color yarn
• Size 8 knitting needles
• 2 ounces contrast color yarn
• Tapestry needle
• Pins

Instructions

Back

1. Cast on 77 stitches using size 8 knitting needles and the Columbia-Minerva worsted-weight main color yarn. The gauge measures nine stitches per 2 inches and six rows per 1 inch. The back of the shirt’s underarm width measures 18 inches, and the sleeve width at the armhole measures 12 inches.

2. Work in a stockinette stitch. Knit one row, then purl one row on the wrong side for 4 1/2 inches.

3. Cast on two stitches at the beginning of the next two rows. Work evenly on 81 stitches for 14 inches from the beginning of the underarm and ending on the wrong side.

Raglan Armholes

1. Start at the raglan sleeve cap. Bind off one stitch at the beginning of the next two rows.

2. Decrease the row. Knit two stitches, slip one stitch, knit one stitch, pass slip stitch over, then knit to the last four stitches. Then, knit two stitches together, and knit in each of the last two stitches.

3. Repeat the decreasing row every other row until 31 stitches remain, and loosely bind off.

Raglan Sleeves and Sleeve Cap

1. Cast on 44 stitches, and work in a stockinette stitch. Increase one stitch on each side of the ninth row. Then, increase one stitch on each side of every 10th row; do this six times.

2. Work on 58 stitches until the garment measures 15 inches from the bottom of the garment to the underarm and ending on the wrong side.

3. Bind off one stitch at the beginning of the next two rows. Decrease the row. Knit two stitches, slip one stitch, knit one stitch, pass slip stitch over, then knit to the last four stitches. Then, knit two stitches together, and knit in each of the last two stitches. Continue to decrease on the next row and on every other row until eight stitches remain, and bind off the stitches loosely.

Finish

1. Sew sleeves to the front and back. Begin at the last two cast-on stitches on each side of the raglan cap, and leave a 4 1/2-inch opening for splits. Sew up the underarm and sleeve seams, and bind off.

2. Cast on seven stitches with the contrasting yarn for your border. Work on the right side, and knit one stitch, then knit two stitches together. Knit until you reach the last stitch, then knit into the front and back of the last stitch to complete row one.

3. Purl seven stitches to complete row two.

4. Repeat rows one and two until the border fits the neck area comfortably, and bind off the stitches.

5. Use contrasting yarn and a tapestry needle to weave the cast-on end to the bound-off end.

6. Pin the decreased border around the neckline so the right sides of the border and sweater are facing. Sew in place. Turn the border to the inside of the neck, and sew in place. Work the border around the splits, sleeves and lower edges in the same method.