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Polo Collars

Polo sweaters. named after the gamę, are a tradition in hand knitling. Here are some examples lor beautiful collars.

or poło sweaters, the front placket can he knit lutet ot with the piece. In most cases. ir is knit on later. The collar stitches are then pickcd up from halfthe placket parts aixl the ncckline. You will And some tips about how to pick up the placket stitches start mg on page 60. And there is a detailed explanation about how to pick up the stitches tor the collar in the section i>n round necktines (starting on pnge 76). For \vomen's cardigans and polo sweaters, the right placket, with the buttonholctś i> iHi top; for mens sweaters, the left placket is on top.

Knit-on Plackets

For the slit of the collar shown abovc, bind ott the center stitches on the frontowi a widrhofabout W Dc-pendingon the yam thickness, this will eonie to approxitnatcly 6 to 10 stitches; in the case of the placket shown above. 6 stitches were hound otf.

Tlie placket and collar are worked with necdles one si:e sinaller thnn

For the necessary collar width, the ineroases have to be worked at regular intervals.

the rest of the sweater. Pick up the stitches from the edges of the 'lit and cast on .m addilional selvedge stitch ar the bortom edge. When working 1 X 1 ribbtng, make surę that you have an odd number of stitclies and work a linę of stockinette stitch ncxt to hoth of the selvcdgc stitches.

For the collar, pick up an txld number of stitches from half the plackets and the ncckline, arranging a purl stitch next to the selvcdge stitches in the first row. on the wrong sidc of the work. After 4 rows, work a double inerease (page 39) cvery sixth stitch (= purl stitches) ar the back ncckline t«i crcate the necessary fułlness. Work the collar to a length oł about 4 to 4’ «". Don’t bind the collar stitches olf too tightly.

Sew the bortom edge ot the rop part of the placket on, using imisiblc stitch. alremately catching 2 horiiontal thrc.ids of the placket and a wholc or a half stitch of the sweater.

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