How to tie a cardigan Lalo?

How often a successful idea, embodied in life, makes a name for the artist. That's exactly what happened when the design find Lalo Dolidze - a practical and convenient cardigan bound by large braids - made a sensation among the most eminent masters and leading authors of knitting fashion. In a short time the model won the name "Lalo cardigan", and its value is already quite impressive. Despite the popularity of this model and the mysteriousness of the picture, doing it is not the most difficult thing. Perhaps, it is in this his highlight - the result of a simple work was a practical and simultaneously stunning model. How to link Lalo's cardigan, what techniques and tools to use, this article will tell.

Model Description

A gorgeous cozy knitted cardigan made by large wide braids, launched along the knitted fabric in different directions - an unusual accessory, because it creates folding and additional volume. In this bulkiness lies the spectacularity of such a model as Lalo's cardigan. The description of the work begins with the fact that the seemingly huge work is actually not so great, since the model is made of thick enough yarn. The braids used as the main motif of the pattern change direction from the center of the back, and the shelves are connected in mirror reflection.

Yarn and knitting needles

For work we choose model 42-44 of size with approximate volumes of 85-66-92. One-color Lalo cardigan is best made from medium-thick yarn: Alize Lanagold yarn (100 g / 240 m) looks great in scythes. It has proved itself to be a good quality yarn, moderately bulky, well spun, perfectly slips on knitting needles.

Experienced masters, having mastered the knitting of a cardigan in one color solution, perform work in an exclusive version with a smooth transition of color, called a gradient. But the transition must be really smooth. For example, Lalo's cardigan, whose photo is presented, wins in the visual plan and increases the cost of the model.

Here novice masters may be waited by unpleasant surprises - sharp boundaries of color will not adorn the model. To achieve a qualitative transition, use fine yarn for knitting, the yardage of a 100-gram skein of which is 1600 m. The pure-woolen yarn of the producer of "Semenovskaya yarn", for example, the Lidiya series, is good. Picking up 2-3 colors, you can carry out inconspicuous transitions from one color to another, gradually changing them. Knit is usually a thread in 7-8 additions, and alternate gradual replacement for one thread gives an excellent result - an easy virtuosic gradient. The volume braids assume sufficient looseness of the knitted fabric, therefore the optimal size of knitting needles for its performance are No. 4-5.

Execution features

Many masters knit a Lalo cardigan with one whole knit fabric without side seams to the armhole, and others - by performing individual parts (backs, shelves, sleeves). Different masters choose different ways of performing their work. We offer a traditional method of knitting details with subsequent assembly. Beginners knitters so it will be clearer and easier.

The basis of the cardigan pattern is the knitting of three-dimensional braids of 32 loops alternating with paths consisting of two purl loops. Cardigan Lalo is knitted from 14 braids, 6 of which go to the back, 4 to the half of the gear. A hose with an ore, it is made of 3 braids. The collar is a continuation of the front braids of the shelves.

Knitting Cardigan Lalo

Each knitter, using his own experience, chooses the optimal pattern, focusing on the size. To execute the model of the claimed size, we choose the main motif of the pattern of the braid of 32 loops (16/16), which we will overlap on the 30th row of repeating rapport. To achieve more relief braids, you can flip them through a smaller number of rows, but since our example is presented to get a skill in doing the model, let's adhere to this pattern: in every 30th front row, all the braids on the workpiece are overwhelmed. They do it this way: 16 loops are removed on a non-working needle, which is taken out for work or in front of it, the remaining 16 loops are knotted, and then 16 loops are made from an additional knitting needle.

A feature of the drawing is the separation of the direction of knitting from the center of the braids, i.e., the left part of the back is knit with the obliquity of the braids to the left, and the right side is tilted to the right. The desired slope is achieved by transferring loops on the idle spoke behind the web or in front of it. The braids are directed to the left, if the loops are carried out before work, to the right - the spoke with the loops is placed behind the knitted fabric. So, how to tie a cardigan Lalo?

Back

This detail, like all the details of the cardigan, is knitted from below. We make the calculation of loops: 6 braids, 32 loops + 5 tracks between them, 2 loops + 2 edge = (6 * 32) + (5 * 2) +2 = 204 loops.
Having typed them on spokes, make a spread of loops, starting to knit so: 1 edge, * 32 faces., 2 str. (Repeat 5 times), * 32 faces, 1 edgeband.

By knitting to the armhole, make a gradual reduction of 34 loops (or one braid + 2 loop loops) on each side. As a result, the upper back will consist of 4 braids. Reduction scheme: in the first row of 8 loops, then in each second row 13 times 2 loops are subtracted. Further the canvas is executed right up to the end of the height of the armhole and is closed by one row.

Before

The braids for knitting the left shelf are made with the right slope, ie, the halves of the half of the braid remain in the overlapping work, the right one with the left slope (additional spoke in front of the canvas).

Each half of the transmission is formed by 4 braids, the last of which, when the corresponding height of the canvas is reached, decreases with decreasing and 3 braids remain in the upper part.

Having knitted the canvas to the shoulder line, the loops of the two braids are closed, and the third - left open, gathering on a pin, as they will be tied afterwards and form a collar.

The number of knitting loops is 136. The spread of loops is as follows: 1 cr., * 32 faces., 2 str. (Repeat 3 times), * 32 persons., 1 cr.

The patch is tied in the same way as the pattern on the back, closing once 8 loops and 13 times 2 loops each.

Sleeve

A hose consisting of 3 braids is formed with a pellet. The braids of the left sleeve are executed with the right slope, the right one with the left one. 102 knots are typed on the spokes and knotted like this: 1 cr., * 32 persons., 2 str. (Repeat 2 times), * 32 persons., 1 cr. Without additions, knit about 25 cm, then begin to form the sleeve, adding back purlins around the edges. On the average, on each side, the canvas is enlarged, adding in each 4 th row one loop 12 times. After completing knitting to the required height (approximately 45-46 cm), begin to decrease for the formation: 4 loops once, 3 to 2 times, 1 st - 3 times, after which the fabric of the sleeve will be 3 braids, and the number of loops Correspond to 102. Directly tie 10-16 rows (depending on the height), then proceed to knotting the pellet: in each 4-th row, the first loop is cut 8 times, then in each 2-th row, the 1st loop is 15 Fold, 2 loops - 12 times. The remaining 30 loops are closed.

Cardigan Lolo with knitting needles: collar

The model is knit with a collar, in which two open shelves of the central braids remain open. They continue to knit to the required length to the center of the back, then close the hinges, stitch together and sewn to the neck. It remains neat to sew details with a knitted suture.

Thus, this interesting model is performed - the Lalo cardigan. The photos of the original cardigans made by the designer house emphasize the sophistication and simplicity of this author's product.