Chanon Sport Angora Blouse Pattern #3013

Size 14

1 Pr. Standard No. 1 Needles—14 in.
1 Pr. Standard No. 3 Needles—14 in.
1 Size 3 Bone Circular Needle—16 in.

Scale: 7 sts. to 1 in.

Jack Frost Sport Angora:
Belmont Blue—4 155-yd. Balls
Mimosa Yellow—2 155-yd. Balls
Amber Red—2 155-yd. Balls

BACK: With No. 1 Needles, and Blue, cast on 100 sts. K. 1, P. 1, for 3½ in. Change to No. 3 Needles, increasing to 120 sts. at even intervals across the row. Work in stockinette st. for 1½ in. Change to Yellow, work 4 rows in stockinette st., then continue with Blue for 1½ in. Change to Red, work 4 rows in stockinette st., then continue with Blue for 1½ in. Continue stripes as described above until piece measures 7½ in. from ribbing, or desired length to underarm. Continuing stripes, bind off 7 sts. at the beginning of the next 2 rows, then de­crease 1 st. at each end every other row 3 times. Work even until armhole measures 6½ in. from 1st bound off sts. at underarm. Work over 35 sts. Bind off 30 sts. for back of neck. On remaining 35 sts., starting at shoulder edge, bind off 8 sts. at the beginning of every other row 4 times, at the same time decreasing 1 st. at neck edge every other row 3 times. Work other side to correspond.

FRONT: With No. 1 Needles cast on 100 sts. K. 1, P. 1, for 3½ in. Change to No. 3 Needles, increasing to 130 sts. at even intervals across the row. Work to correspond with back to underarm. Keeping contrasting stripes to correspond with back, bind off 8 sts. at the beginning of the next 2 rows, then decrease 1 st. at each end every other row 7 times. Work even until armhole measures 5 in. from 1st bound off sts. at under­arm. Work over 40 sts. Bind off 20 sts. On remaining 40 sts., continuing to keep contrasting stripes to correspond with back, decrease 1 st. at neck edge every other row 8 times. Starting at shoulder edge, bind off 8 sts. at the beginning of every other row 4 times. Work other side to correspond. Sew shoulder seams.

SLEEVES: With Blue, and No. 3 Needles, on right side of garment, pick up 10 sts. across top of shoulder. P. back, in­creasing to 20 sts. Work back and forth in stockinette st., picking up 1 st. at end of each row, placing contrasting color stripes to correspond to blouse, until 126 sts. are on the needle, and sleeve has been picked up from end to end of armhole. Work even for 4½ in. Change to No. 1 Needles, decreasing to 62 sts. at even intervals across the row. K. 1, P. 1, for 1½ in. Bind off.
Sew underarm and sleeve seams.

NECKBAND: With Blue, and No. 3 Circular Needle, on right side of garment, pick up 120 sts. around neck. K. 1, P. 1, for 1 in. Bind off loosely.