Simple and casual - and yet full of details.
The pattern is Fishermen’s rib or half Brioche, where you knit in the stitch below - it’s an easy way to work this pattern. In Denmark we call it PATENT.
Italian cast on is one of the details, but If you don’t know the technique, you can cast on stitches the way you like.
The yoke is shaped by double decreases, beautifully marked and form the star on top …
Worked from bottom up, in the rounds, ending in a yoke, shaped by Full fashined double decreases.