Jade
Pools Top
Materials
Rowanspun 4-ply can be bought here. The
hand-dyed variegated yarns used here can be ordered via the Woolclip.
The main shade was got from Prestige
Yarns
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Pair of 6mm needles
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6mm crochet hook
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Yarn darning needle
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Ribbon
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200g of aran weight jade/turquoise yarn – is 30% silk, 70%
Blue-Faced Leicester (a)
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25g Rowanspun 4-ply shade 725 ‘Temptation’, purple (b)
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25g Rowanspun 4-ply shade 702 ‘Stone’, grey (c)
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25g Rowanspun 4-ply shade 708 ‘Midnight’, dark green (d)
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50g variegated
boucle - mine is Spinning Gallery Yarns, Loopy Boucle, shade ‘Blue Pools’ (e)
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50g variegated
handspun – mine is Spinning Gallery Yarns, Luxury DK, shade ‘Blue Pools’ (f)
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50g variegated
mohair (g)
Back
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Bottom welt:
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Using yarn (a), cast
on 71 sts.
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Row One: (K1, P1) to
end
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Row Two: Join in
yarn (b) and work with both yarns plied together. (K1, P1) to end
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Row Three: Break off
yarn (b) and join in yarn (c) and work with both yarns plied together. (K1, P1)
to end
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Row Four: Break off
yarn (c) and join in yarn (d) and work with both yarns plied together. (K1, P1)
to end
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Row Five: Break off
yarn (d) and work with just yarn (a): (K1, P1) to end
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Purl one row
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Commence pattern:
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Row One: Using yarn
(a), (K1 wrapping yarn twice around needle) to end
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Row Two: Break off
yarn (a) and join in yarn (b). (P1, pulling both loops off to make one st.) to
end
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Row Three: Break off
yarn (b) and join in yarn (a). (K1 wrapping yarn twice around needle) to end
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Row Four: Break off yarn
(a) and join in yarn (e). (P1, pulling both loops off to make one st.) to end
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Row Five: K to end
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Row Six: P to end
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Row Seven: Break off
yarn (e) and join in yarn (a). (K1 wrapping yarn twice around needle) to end
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Row Eight: Break off
yarn (a) and join in yarn (c). (P1, pulling both loops off to make one st.) to
end
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Row Nine: Break off
yarn (c) and join in yarn (a). (K1 wrapping yarn twice around needle) to end
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Row Ten: Break off
yarn (a) and join in yarn (f). (P1, pulling both loops off to make one st.) to
end
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Row Eleven: K to end
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Row Twelve: P to end
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Row Thirteen: Break
off yarn (f) and join in yarn (a). (K1 wrapping yarn twice around needle) to
end
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Row Fourteen: Break
off yarn (a) and join in yarn (d). (P1, pulling both loops off to make one st.)
to end
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Row Fifteen: Break
off yarn (d) and join in yarn (a). (K1 wrapping yarn twice around needle) to
end
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Row Sixteen: Break
off yarn (a) and join in yarn (g). (P1, pulling both loops off to make one st.)
to end
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Row Seventeen: K to
end
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Row Eighteen: P to
end
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Repeat these
eighteen rows twice more, then Rows One to Sixteen.
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Shape raglan:
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Cast off five sts.,
K to end
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Next row: Cast off
five sts., P to end***
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Next row, as Row
One, dec. 1 at each end.
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Continue in pattern,
dec. 1 at each end of every right-side row, until 41 sts. remain.
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P one row
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Shape neck:
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K2tog, K8, cast off
20 sts., K to last 2 sts., sl1k1psso
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Work each side of
neck separately.
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Right neck:
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Row One: P7, P2tog
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Row Two: Break off
yarn (e) and join in yarn (a). (K1 wrapping yarn twice around needle) to last 2
sts., sl1k1psso
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Row Three: Break off
yarn (a) and join in yarn (c). (P1, pulling both loops off to make one st.) to
last 2 sts., P2tog
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Row Four: Break off
yarn (c) and join in yarn (a). (K1 wrapping yarn twice around needle) to last 2
sts., sl1k1psso
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Row Five: Break off
yarn (a) and join in yarn (f). (P1, pulling both loops off to make one st.) to
end
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Cast off these five sts.
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Left neck:
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Rejoin yarn (e).
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Row One: P2tog, P7
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Row Two: Break off
yarn (e) and join in yarn (a). K2tog, (K1 wrapping yarn twice around needle) to
end.
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Row Three: Break off
yarn (a) and join in yarn (c). P2tog (P1, pulling both loops off to make one
st.) to end.
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Row Four: Break off
yarn (c) and join in yarn (a). K2tog, (K1 wrapping yarn twice around needle) to
end
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Row Five: Break off
yarn (a) and join in yarn (f). (P1, pulling both loops off to make one st.) to
end
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Cast off these five sts.
Front
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Work as for Back
until ***.
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As Row One, dec. 1 at beg. of row, K15, cast off centre sts. until
17 sts remain, work as Row One, dec. at end.
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Right Neck:
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As Row Two
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As Row Three, dec. 1 at each end.
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As Row Four
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As Row Five, dec. 1 at each end
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As Row Six
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As Row Seven, dec. 1 at end of row
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As Row Eight
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As Row Nine, dec. 1 at end of row
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Continue in pattern
thus, dec. at the end of every alt. row until two
sts. remain. Cast off.
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Left Neck:
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Rejoin to left side.
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As Row Two
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As Row Three, dec. 1 at each end.
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As Row Four
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As Row Five, dec. 1 at each end
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As Row Six
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As Row Seven, dec. 1 at beg. of row
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As Row Eight
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As Row Nine, dec. 1 at beg. of row
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Continue in pattern
thus, dec. at the beg. of every alt. row until two sts. remain.
Cast off.
Sleeves (both alike)
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Using yarn (a), cast
on 71 sts.
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Row One: (K1, P1) to
end
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Row Two: Join in
yarn (b) and work with both yarns plied together. (K1, P1) to end
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Row Three: Break off
yarn (b) and join in yarn (c) and work with both yarns plied together. (K1, P1)
to end
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Row Four: Break off
yarn (c) and join in yarn (d) and work with both yarns plied together. (K1, P1)
to end
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Row Five: Break off
yarn (d) and work with just yarn (a): K to end
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Starting with a P
row, Commence pattern in st. st. (inc. 1 st. at each end of every sixth row
from first row onwards until 51 sts.):
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Three rows in yarn
(b)
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Three rows in yarn
(c)
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Three rows in yarn
(d)
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Three rows in yarn
(e)
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Three rows in yarn
(f)
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Three rows in yarn
(g)
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Repeat three times
more, casting off five sts. at
beg. of last two rows of the final ‘Three rows in yarn (g)’
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Shape raglan:
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Next row, as Row
One, dec. 1 at each end.
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Continue in pattern,
dec. 1 at each end of every right-side row, until 13 sts. remain.
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P one row. Cast off.
It should be in yarn (f).
Making up
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Sew pieces together
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Yoke:
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Round One: Using
yarn (b) tr. into every st. around neck.
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Round Two: Using
yarn (c) dc. into every st.
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Round Three: Using
yarn (d) dc. into every st.
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Round Four: Using
yarn (e) tr. into every alt st.
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Round Five: Using
yarn (f) dc. into every st.
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Round Six: Using yarn
(g) dc. into every st.
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Using crochet hook
and yarn (a) pick up all the sts. round
one side of the neck and put on knitting needle.
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Row One: (K1, P1) to
end
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Row Two: Join in
yarn (b) and work with both yarns plied together. (K1, P1) to end
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Row Three: Break off
yarn (b) and join in yarn (c) and work with both yarns plied together. (K1, P1)
to end
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Row Four: Break off
yarn (c) and join in yarn (d) and work with both yarns plied together. (K1, P1)
to end
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Row Five: Break off
yarn (d) and work with just yarn (a): (K1, P1) to end
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Cast off.
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Do the same for the
other side. Sew the edges of the two halves together.
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Try jumper on, and
decide where to lace the ribbon through. Pull through every other st. on a
wrapped round twice row. Pull up and tie together, ensuring that it’s loose
enough to be pulled off and on.
