Enter the gauge you are using so measurements can become stitches and rows.
What the instructions knit
Drawn from the counted stitches and rows and your gauge, as knitted with the cast on edge at the bottom. A model read the lines, so check it against your own idea of the piece.
Instructions
Step 1: Body panel (worked bottom up)
Cast on 77 stitches.
Knit 94 rows.
Cast off 2 stitches on each side over 2 rows to shape the armholes.
Then decrease one stitch on both sides every two rows 2 times until you have 69 stitches are left on the bed.
Knit until you have 145 rows all together.
Shape the neckline
Place the middle 10 stitches on waste yarn. Put half of the needles on hold and work one side at a time, starting from the inside and working outward.
Work Decrease: 2 stitches every row, 3 times, then 1 stitch every row, 6 times for the shaping.
Work the other side in the same manner.
Bind off.
Make the second panel in the same way.
Step 2: Back (Worked bottom up)
Cast on 77 stitches.
Knit 94 rows.
Bind off 2 stitches on each side over 2 rows to shape the armholes.
Then decrease one stitch on both sides every two rows 2 times until you have 69 stitches are left on the bed.
Knit until you have 148 rows all together.
Shape the neckline
Place the middle 10 stitches on waste yarn. Put half of the needles on hold and work one side at a time, starting from the inside and working outward.
Work Decrease: 2 stitches every row, 6 times for the shaping.
Work the other side in the same manner.
Bind off.
Make the second panel in the same way.
Step 3: Body assembly
Sew the two body panels together along one shoulder, leaving the neckline open.
Step 4: Sleeve (worked from the underarm) — make 2
Cast on 77 stitches.
Knit 38 rows.
Bind off.
Make the second sleeve in the same way.
Step 5: Neckline
Measure the neckline circumference once the front and back panels are complete and joined at one shoulder.
Cast on 79 stitches.
Knit 19 rows.
Place the front and back body pieces on the needle bed, aligning the neckline edges with the knitted neckline band.
Bind off, joining the neckline band to the body.
Step 6: Finishing
Sew the remaining shoulder seam, joining the neckline band to the top.
Sew the sleeve seams.
Sew the side seams of the body, joining the sleeves to the armholes as you go.
Weave in all ends.