Knitting: men's jumper knitting and crocheting (patterns with descriptions)

We often hear the phrase: “The best gift is a gift made with your own hands.” Nowadays, it seems that everything that can be thought of as a gift has already been made and produced a long time ago. Nevertheless, a thing knitted independently is now valued no less than before. It will be especially nice to receive such a gift from a loved one. That's why Dear ladies, if you want to please your loved one one hundred percent, feel free to arm yourself with the necessary tools and get to work. And we will provide you with several interesting options.

Reference! The name “jumper” comes from the English jumper, which translates as “jumper”. At the end of the 18th century, the jumper was associated with men's sportswear, but already in the 19th century, the fashion for jumpers also came into the women's wardrobe. Then they began to be used as part of uniforms in elite educational institutions.

We knit a men's jumper with our own hands: models and patterns

And these days, a knitted jumper has not lost its popularity, because it can be made from any material: wool, cotton, mixed threads. The collar of this product is round or square. There are no fasteners at the front or back, but there may be a zipper or buttons at the neckline. Some models have a hood.

Materials and tools

To the question: “What is better to knit a jumper, knitting or crocheting?” – there is no answer. It's like the eternal struggle between sports equipment for winter outdoor activities: skis or snowboards. As you understand, it all depends on personal preferences, experience and convenience. To choose the tool that best suits you, try knitting and crocheting small sections of fabric. Whatever turns out to be simpler and more pleasant for you, choose that. In the end, you can always change your preferences in this matter.

Knitting needles and hooks are made from different materials: steel, wood, plastic. This affects their cost and wear resistance. The tool is selected depending on the thickness of the thread, usually a knitting needle or hook is 2 times thicker than the thread. But depending on the desires or preferences, craftswomen can change this rule. If you take a thicker tool, the knitting will be more airy. If the knitting needle or hook is thinner, the fabric will be denser.

Reference! The above two standard tools for knitting are not the only ones. Exotic options include knitting using a special fork for openwork knitting (used together with a crochet hook) or by hand. In the latter case, thick yarn is taken, and the products are voluminous and knitted very quickly.

When choosing yarn for a jumper, everything is much simpler.Decide on the model and study the recommendations for it; the appropriate threads and size of knitting needles or hook will always be indicated there.

Any type of yarn is used to knit a jumper:

• Cotton or linen yarn (natural or with the addition of artificial fiber) is suitable for warmer seasons.
• Wool blend threads may be suitable for spring and autumn.
• Woolen The yarn is very warm, it is better to use it for winter products.
• Silk the yarn is perfect for all seasons, it can be in various combinations with cotton, synthetics and wool.

Advice! If the thread you choose seems too thin, join the two skeins into one ball. Moreover, it will be even more convenient to take thread from the ball for work.

Model selection

So, there is a desire to create for a loved one, all that’s left is to choose a model. We have selected some of them for you. They differ significantly from each other in the composition of the thread, the knitting method, and the tool used.

Knitting a men's jumper with raglan

We present to your attention an interesting model of a men's seamless jumper with a polo collar with a zipper.

It is knitted from the neckline on circular needles. The seamless version of the sweater has its undeniable advantages:

• Actually no seams. Often the seams can press and chafe.
• The parts are not sewn together after knitting is completed, there is no need to waste time on this.
• You can easily change the length of the product.
• There are few thread ends. This is a big plus if the product has to be unraveled.

There are, of course, some disadvantages. For example, there are quite a lot of loops in the work, and not every pattern can be knitted in this way.

For work we will need:

• half-woolen yarn (50/50 wool and arcyl - 100m/50g);
• circular knitting needles No. 4 and hook No. 3;
• pins for removed loops;
• markers;
• zipper (20 cm).

Description of knitting

The product is knitted mainly with regular stockinette stitch; there are also 1*1 and 2*2 elastic bands (1LP*1IP and 2LP*2IP alternate, respectively). Elements such as a hollow double elastic band and a fantasy pattern are also used.

The knitting density on an area of ​​10*10 cm is 19 loops per 22 rows.

The jumper is made using the Irish raglan technique.

For a neck girth (NC) of 50 cm with a knitting density of 1.9p. in 1 cm we dial 96p. (50 cm*1.9 p./cm).

Gate:

We knit the dialed 96 stitches. using the technique of turning stitches with an elastic band 2*2 on knitting needles up to a height of 16 cm.

Loop distribution:

On a shoulder with a width of 13 cm we will use 22 stitches, for the back and front we will use 26 stitches. (96p – 2*22p.=52p., 52p./2 = 26p.). We will also divide the front into two parts, since a zipper will be sewn into the polo collar.

Diagram 1 - Loops for different parts of the jumper

We knit the first 13 stitches. (number 1 in “Diagram 1”) LPs and transfer them to the pin. Then we knit section number 2 (22 stitches) with a 2*2 elastic band. We knit all other sections with LP and transfer them to separate pins. Instead of pins, you can use knitting needles, but there is a risk that the loops will slip off.

Shoulders:

In section 2 we knit the shoulder to the required length with a 2*2 elastic band. In this example, the length is 18 cm. We set aside the knitting, transferring the open loops at the end of the shoulder to the pin. We attach the thread to the beginning of the other shoulder and knit similarly to the first.

Back (to armhole):

For clothing size 54, the number of loops for the back is 103 sts. Individual loops can be calculated by measuring the width of the back from one armhole to the other and multiplying by the knitting density.

• To the already dialed 26p. backrest should be added 103p.-26p. = 77p. (round to the nearest even number – 76 points).Along the length of the shoulders from side A (Diagram 1) from the edge loops we cast on 76 p./2 = 38 p. in three stages: 13p.+13p.+12p. (divide 38p by 3). Separate the specified number of loops with markers.
• We translate 26p. back onto the knitting needles, from the wrong side we attach the thread to the neckline from the edge. We knit 1 purl row for the back, then turn the knitting.
• From the loops along the edge on the right shoulder, we crochet (from left to right) 13 stitches. to the first marker (in the opposite direction from the knitting progress). Thus, on the working needle it will be 13 sts. more. We knit 26p. back of the LP and pick up 13p from the edge stitches in the knitting direction. to the first left shoulder marker.
• We unfold the knitting and knit the IP without the first loop to the end of the row (13p.+26p.+13p.). Let's start the work again. We get 13 stitches to the second marker of the right shoulder, knit the cast-on stitch, 13 stitches + 26 stitches + 13 stitches, and at the end we also get 13 stitches to the second marker on the left shoulder. Unroll the knitting and knit the entire purl row in the same way as described above. In the same way we perform the last addition of loops for the back. The sprout will come out about 3 cm high.

Reference! The sprout is the distance between the height of the back and the front, which prevents the product from being pulled at the back and “smothered” at the front.

With an armhole height of 28 cm and a knitting density of 2.2 r/cm, we will need 31 front rows to knit it. We knit 28 rubles. facial stitch. In the next 6 rows in each front row we will add 2p., 3p., 4p. on both sides. The total number of loops will be 103p. + 2*(2p.+3p.+4p.) ​​= 121p. (64 cm wide). We transfer these loops to a pin.

Before:

• We pick up the loops for knitting the front in a similar way to the back, only we do it in two stages, not three (side B according to Diagram 1). To open 13p.on each side of the gate we add 38p. (19 points each time).
• At the same time, from the moment of a complete set of loops for each side, we knit the “Rhombus” pattern in Diagram 2. In the pattern repeat there are 22 stitches.

Scheme 2 – Fantasy pattern

• In the purl row of the first addition of loops on side B (Diagram 1), you should take into account the basis of the rapport and, according to the distribution of loops in Diagram 2, knit the necessary LP or IP. We start knitting the pattern itself from the 5th row of the front.
• We knit the front part to the required length of the fastener, remove the loops with a pin and similarly knit the second part of the front. Then we combine it into one fabric and knit it to the bottom of the armhole with the same additions as on the back. The number of loops in the front part is 120p.

Then we connect the back and front of the jumper on circular knitting needles and knit in stockinette stitch, taking into account the repeats in the front to a total length of 62 cm (along the back). Then we knit 6 cm with an elastic band 1*1, with the last 2p. We use a double “hollow” elastic band. We close all the loops.

Sleeves:

For a sleeve width of 44–45 cm, you need to cast on 80–84 stitches from the shoulder and armhole edge loops.

• We transfer the shoulder loops in the amount of 22 stitches to the working knitting needles. On the front side on the right we attach a thread, to the right from 22p. crochet 1 stitch. Knit to the left without the first loop. At the end add 1p. from the edge opening. In the same way we knit to the bottom of the armhole, 2 stitches will be added to each front row. “New” loops are knitted using stockinette stitch.
• Upon reaching 58p. on the sleeve in the next eight rows we add 24 stitches. (2+2+3+5p. in each row). In total we get 82p. sleeves We connect the loops in a circle, knit to a length of 51 cm, and decrease evenly by 32 stitches along the entire length of the sleeve. When there are 50 stitches left on the knitting needles, we knit 6 cm of elastic bands in the 1*1 format.The last 2 rows are knitted similarly to the main fabric.

We knit the second sleeve in the same way.

Assembly:

All that remains is to sew in a zipper, tying its edge from the outer part of the product with crochet crochet in one row.

Knitting a men's cotton jumper

Products made from cotton yarn are good in late spring or early summer, they are not at all hot, and such things look very impressive. We offer you a beige cotton-blend model in size XL.

You will need:

• yarn made of cotton and acrylic in a ratio of 1/1, possibly with the addition of other material, a skein weighs 50g per 130 m;
• straight knitting needles number 3 and 3.5.

Description of knitting

Knitting technique:

• Elastic band 2*2 – alternate 2 LPs and 2 IPs.
• Facial surface. On the front side - LP, on the back - IP.
• Garter stitch. Each time, turning the work over, we knit LP.
• Fantasy pattern, which must have an even number of loops.

First front row: 1K+*1 yo + 2K*1 yo + 1K (repeat the order of stitches between** until the end of the row).

We knit the first purl row in IP, yarn overs - also in IP.

Second front row: knit 3 IPs, transfer them to the left knitting needle and knit the 2nd and 3rd together through the 1st. And so on until the end of the row.

The second purl row is LP.

A section of 10 cm * 10 cm is knitted with needles number 3.5, we get 22 loops and 30 rows.

Back:

We dial 126p. on knitting needles number 3, knit with an elastic band 2*2 6 cm (24 r.). For the largest size, in the last row of the elastic, add 2 sts evenly. Then we change the knitting needles to number 3.5 and knit:

• 23.5 cm (RUR 70) in stockinette stitch;
• 4r. garter stitch;
• 8.5 cm (26 rubles) in stockinette stitch;
• 4r. garter stitch.

Next we knit the fabric using stockinette stitch. After 43 cm (136 rub.) from the beginning of knitting, we close the sleeves symmetrically 3 p. After that for 2p.from each edge we decrease sequentially in every 2 rows 38 * 1 p.;

At the same time, after knitting 5 cm (16 r.) from the first closed loops for the raglan bevel, we knit 4 rows in garter stitch, then 22 r. fantasy pattern, again 4 rows of garter stitch. Next we knit in stockinette stitch.

Having decreased the last loop for the raglan, we knit one row consisting of 46 stitches, close all the loops under the neckline.

Before:

The beginning is knitted in the same way as in the back.

• After knitting the first 43 cm (136 rubles), we close the product for the sleeves symmetrically in 3 stitches. After that for 2p. from the edge of the work on both sides we decrease in each 2nd row 34*1p..
• At the same time, knitting 5 cm (16 r.) from the first decrease for the bevel, we knit 4 rows of garter stitch, 22 rows of fancy pattern, again 4 rows of garter stitch and continue knitting in stockinette stitch.
• At the same time, after 64 cm (196 rub.) from the beginning of knitting, close 22 stitches in the center of the fabric for the neckline.
• Next, we knit each resulting part separately and close along the edge of the cutout for each 2nd row 1*4p., then 2*3p. and 1*2p. Then close off the remaining 4 loops.

Left sleeve:

• We cast on number 3 knitting needles in the amount of 58 and knit 6 cm (24 rubles) elastic bands in the 2*2 format. We change the knitting needles to number 3.5, knit in stockinette stitch, adding symmetrically along the edges in 2 stitches. to the edge in every 8 row 12*1p. + in each 6 – 5*1p.
• At the same time, after knitting 36 cm (RUR 114) from the beginning of knitting, we knit 4 rows of garter stitch + 8.5 cm (RUR 26) of stockinette stitch + 4 rows of garter stitch. Then we knit the resulting 92 stitches using stockinette stitch. After knitting 50 cm (158 rub.) from the very bottom, close the sleeve symmetrically in 3 stitches. After this, we decrease on the right as we did on the back, and on the left as on the front.Close on the left side in every second row: 1*4p., 1*3p., 1*2p., 1*1p. We close the last 4 p.
• At the same time, after 5 cm (16 r.) from the first closed loop for raglan, we knit 4 rows in garter stitch + 22 r. fancy pattern + 4 rows of garter stitch. Then the stockinette stitch is knitted.

Right sleeve:

It is knitted like the left one, only the raglan on top is worked in the other direction.

Neckline (placket):

We cast on knitting needles number 3 118 sts, then knit an elastic band 2*2 10 rows, set aside the loops.

Product assembly:

• To begin with, raglan seams are made, then the placket is sewn to the neck using a quilt stitch.
• Sew the shorter edges at the placket.
• After this, we sew the sleeves and sides of the jumper along the seams.

Crocheting a men's jumper

Many people believe that only openwork summer women's sweaters or children's clothing can be crocheted. But this is far from true. There are models of men's sweaters that can be knitted perfectly with this simple tool.

In order to show you the possibilities of using a crochet hook when knitting large items, we have selected a rather brutal but original model of a dark gray jumper.

Appearance and description of preparation for crocheting a jumper

Description of knitting stages

Back:

Take a 3.5 hook and knit 16 air loops. On 15 of them, a peppered elastic band is knitted (see “Diagram 3”). Using crochet number 4, we attach the thread on the right to the longer side of the elastic, knitting 1 air loop. We knit 109 single crochets, distributing evenly along the longer edge. Turn the knitting.

We make a granite pattern (“Scheme 3”).

Scheme 3 – Description and schematic representation of the patterns used

We continue to knit the product by repeating the four rows shown in the diagram.After 41 cm from the cast-on edge, we stop casting on loops after the front row.

We knit the next (purl) row according to the pattern 1 chain stitch, 1 single crochet in each stitch. b/n, turn the product.

Armholes:

Front next row: 1 connecting stitch in the first 13 stitches, then 1 air loop, after the granite pattern until the last 12. Turn the product, leaving the last loops. Thus, 85p will remain.

Next is the granite pattern, we stop after 67 cm from the inlaid edge.

The second side is knitted in the same way, only on the front side of the neckline we skip 29 stitches in the center. and in the next loop we attach the thread with a connecting post, then 1 air. P.

Back neck:

The next (face) row will be gr. pattern on the first 28 stitches, turn the product without knitting other loops. We continue the pattern on this side, and after 70 cm from the cast-on edge we finish knitting.

For the second part, we skip 29 stitches in the center, connecting the thread using a connector. stitch in the next loop, then 1 air. p. And repeat the knitting pattern of the first side.

Before:

Knitted similarly to the back. 62 cm from the cast-on edge after knitting the purl row, we finish knitting.

Front neck:

We knit the next (front) row using gr. pattern on the first 37 stitches, then skip 15 stitches. and attach the thread from another skein with the next loop. We knit 1 air. p., then continue until the end of the gr. pattern.

We knit both sides at the same time using different skeins of thread. Decrease 7*1 stitches from the side of the neck in each row, then 1 stitch. across the row, leaving 27 sts. at both sides.

We knit with a granite pattern until the back length, then finish.

Sleeves:

• We knit 21 cm (by first casting 11 ch) with a crochet number 3.5 with a cross rib pattern for 10 sts.Then we finish knitting.
• Using hook number 4, fasten the thread from the edge on the right to the longer part of the elastic, then knit 1 air. n. In the same way, we evenly distribute 35 non-woven columns along the longer edge of the product. Turn the knitting.
• We knit the next (purl) row according to the pattern: 1 air. p., then 1 b/n column in each b/n column until the end of the product. Turn the knitting.
• We knit with a granite pattern, adding 1 p. from both edges 27 times in every second row. In every 4th – 2 rubles. (93p.).
• Having knitted 52 cm from the cast-on edge, we finish the sleeve.

Product assembly:

• We sew seams along the shoulders.
• We tie the neckline from the front side with a size 3.5 crochet hook, attaching the thread to the lower left edge of the front neckline. We knit 1 air. p., then one row of non-woven stitches along the neckline. We finish knitting by fastening and cutting the thread.
• Next, using a 3.5 hook we knit 6 air. n. We knit 5 loops with a transverse elastic band along the length of the neck. We finish knitting.
• Sew the neckline into place with the seam at the center back.
• We sew in the sleeves, connect the product at the sides and the sleeves at the seams.
• We hide the ends of the threads and also block the knitted jumper.

The jumper is ready!