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Folo Collars

Knit-in Plackets

For the polo coll.tr >hown on thc right. rhe phickct is knir with rhe resr ot thc sweater, The top placket is worked over thc knit stitches of the front, thc bouoin placket i> worked out ot the wrong side of thc work.

First mark thc center 6 stitches of thc front, ll the leff placket is supposcd to be on top ol thc right placket. work to ju>t hefore these 6 stitches. Now alternatcly work 1 stitch purl twisted out of the horizon-tal thread, and knit l stitch 5 times. working the last stitch as a cham schcdgc stitch or as a senni selvedge stitch tn stockineuc stitch. At the heginning of the row, especially afrer the selvcdge stitch, the stitches have to be worked vcry rightly.

If the right placket ls supposcd to be on top of rhe lott one, work up to these 6 Stitches. I he lirsi ot these stitches is rhe ncw >elvedge stitch. Now alternatcly knit 1 stitch and inerease l stitch purl rwisred out of the horirontal thread, then continue iti the basie partem. Work the bur-łonlKiles (sec page* lOOłf.) in the top placket.

Work the 11 placket stitches for thc undemeath placket out of the wrong side of the front placket st itches. Work the ribbing pat tern in reeersc. Start with sclvcdgc stitch, I knir sntch.

At the top edge ot thc neckline. put the 11 placket stitches on a stitch holder and then work rhe roundcd part of the ncekhne. Then sew thc shouldcr seams.

Nou. for the collar, lirsi land off the tirst 5 stitches of both placket parts without knitting them, then work the remaining placket stitches and pick lip the other stitches tor thc collar trom the neckline- Make surę that a purl stitch i> worked next to rhe selvcdge stitch so that a knit stitch will he on rhe outsidc edge when the collar is turned. Alt er 4 rows, work double incrcases (page

For the front placket, work the purl stitches twisted out of the horizontal threads. At ttie top edge, put placket edgos on a stitch holder. then work the rounded part of the neckline.

everv sixrh stitch (= purl sritches) at the back neckline to create rhe neccssary fullness. Work thc collar to a length of about 4 ro 4’ ł" in totaL

In order for the collar to elose well .u rhe front, a> in the cxamplc shown, stitches are inereased evcry third row. 4 stitches in front thc edge. Here, this contes to a ronił of 6

Work the stitches for the under-neath placket out of the stitches of the front placket, on the wrong side of the work.

stitches. These inereases can also bc worked cwry sccond or fourtli row. Keep to the patiem and alternateh incrcuu* l stitch knit twisted and I stitch purl twisted from the horirontal thread.

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