Tailored Cardigan Pattern #5155

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Sizes 2 and 3

MATERIALS:
CHADWICK'S RED HEART BABY WOOL, 4 balls (¾ oz. balls) for size 2; 5 balls for size 3 and 1 ball contrasting color for both sizes.
Milward's Casein Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 2 (2¾ mm. size), and 1 pair No. 3 (3 mm. size).
6 buttons.

GAUGE: 7½ sts make 1 inch; 10 rows make 1 inch.

Sizes	2	3
BACK … With No. 2 needles cast on	76 sts	84 sts
Work in ribbing of k 2, p 2 for 1½ inches	Both Sizes
Change to No. 3 needles and dec 1 st. Work in stockinette stitch (k 1 row, p 1 row) for	7½"	8½"
To start armhole, place a marker at both ends of work and work as follows: * K 2, k 2 tog, O. Repeat from * across ending with k 3. Following row: Purl each st and O across. Continue in stockinette stitch until piece measures in all	12½"	14"
Next row: * K 3, drop the next st, O. Repeat from * across ending with k 3. Following row: Bind off for shoulder	19 sts	23 sts
Bind off 37 sts loosely for back of neck. Bind off remaining	19 sts	23 sts
Ravel all dropped sts to row at start of armhole.
POCKET LINING (Make 2) … With No. 3 needles cast on 22 sts. Work in stockinette stitch for 2½ inches. Leave sts on a spare needle, with yarn at end of a k row. Lay these pieces aside.
FRONT … With No. 2 needles cast on	40 sts	44 sts
Work in ribbing of k 2, p 2 for	1"	1¼"
Make a buttonhole 3 sts in from front edge on next row and every	2"	2¼"
thereafter until 5 buttonholes in all are made. Buttonholes are on Left Front for boys and on Right Front for girls. To make a buttonhole, on one row k 2 tog, O; on next row work in pattern. (Yarn over twice when making a buttonhole with No. 2 needles, and on next row work only one O, dropping the extra one.) In measuring buttonholes, always measure each subsequent buttonhole from the first one made. Continue in ribbing until piece measures 1½ inches in all. Change to No. 4 needles and dec 1 st. Work in stockinette stitch until piece measures in all 3¼"	Both Sizes
Next row: With right side facing, knit	9 sts	11 sts
P 2 (k 2, p 2) 5 times; knit remaining	8 sts	10 sts
Following row: Purl	8 sts	10 sts
K 2 (p 2, k 2) 5 times; purl remaining	9 sts	11 sts
Repeat these two rows alternately for ¾"	Both Sizes
Next row: With right side facing knit	9 sts	11 sts
Bind off next 22 sts; knit remaining	8 sts	10 sts
Following row: Purl	8 sts	10 sts
Purl the 22 sts of 1 pocket lining; then purl remaining	9 sts	11 sts
Work straight until piece measures, in all	9"	10"
Place a marker at outside edge and, starting at front edge, k 10, k 2 tog, O, * k 2, k 2 tog, O. Repeat from * across ending with k 3. Following row: Purl each st and O across. Continue in stockinette stitch until piece measures in all	11"	12½"
Bind off at neck edge 11 sts	Both Sizes
Bind off 3 sts at neck edge every other row 3 times as follows: 1st row: Drop 1 st, bind off 2 sts, knit across row. 2nd and alternate rows: Purl. 3rd row: Bind off 1 st, drop 1 st, bind off 1 st, knit across. 5th row: Bind off 2 sts, drop 1 st, knit across. Work straight in stockinette stitch until piece measures in all	12½"	14"
Next row: * K 3, drop the next st, O. Repeat from * across ending with k 3. Following row: Bind off all sts. Ravel all dropped sts to row at start of armhole. Make other Front to correspond, omitting buttonholes, and having decreases on opposite side.
SLEEVES … Sew shoulder seams. With right side facing, using No. 3 needles, pick up along outer edge between markers	52 sts	60 sts
Work in stockinette stitch for	8"	8½"
Change to No. 2 needles and work in ribbing for 1½ inches. Bind off in ribbing	Both Sizes
NECKBAND … With right side facing, using No. 2 needles, pick up 90 sts around neck edge. Work in ribbing of k 2, p 2 for ¼ inch. Make a buttonhole in line with previous buttonholes. Work straight until band is ¾ inch wide. Bind off in ribbing	Both Sizes
FINISHING … Sew up underarm and sleeves in one continuous seam. Sew on buttons. Sew pocket lining in place on wrong side, bringing bottom of pocket to top of ribbing. Press through damp cloth.
EMBROIDERY … Attach contrasting yarn at center top of dropped stitch and with tapestry needle work as follows: Make a feather stitch to the right over 3 threads. Then make another feather stitch to the left over the same 3 threads. Without breaking yarn work a similar group of stitches over the next 3 threads below. Continue thus for length of dropped stitch. Work over all dropped stitches in the same manner.

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