Brewster Cardigan Pattern #1105

Size 38

Materials: Chadwick's Red Heart Germantown Zephyr, 11 balls (1 oz. balls), or Chadwick's Red Heart Knitting Worsted, 15 skeins (1¼ oz. skeins).
Milward's Casein knitting pins, 1 pair No. 5 (4 mm. size).
5 buttons.

Gauge: 11 sts make 2 inches; 7 rows make 1 inch.

Back. Starting at bottom, cast on 91 sts and work in moss st (on one row, k 1, p 1, alternately; on next row, p over the k sts and k over the p sts) for 1 inch, decreasing 1 st at the end of the last row. Then work in stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row) until piece measures 5½ inches. On next row, with right side of work toward you, k 16, k 2 tog., k 12, k 2 tog., k 26, k 2 tog., k 12, k 2 tog., k 16 (86 sts). Work 3 rows straight. * Make another decrease row as before, having decreases fall directly over those of previous decrease row. Work 3 rows straight. Repeat from * 4 more times (66 sts remain). On next row, with right side of work toward you, k 13, inc. in next st, k 7, inc. in next st, k 21, inc. in next st, k 7, inc. in next st, k 14. Work 3 rows straight. Hereafter continue making 4 increases in every 4th row, having increases fall directly over those of previous row until 6 increase rows are made (90 sts). Work straight until piece measures 16 inches in all.

To Shape Armholes: Bind off 6 sts at beginning of each of next 2 rows. Then dec. 1 st at end of each row until 64 sts remain. Work straight until piece measures 7 inches from 1st row of armhole shaping. To shape shoulders, bind off 3 sts at beginning of each row until 28 sts remain. Bind off.

Lining for Pocket: It is wise to have this made, ready to be worked into the Front. Cast on 19 sts and work in stockinette st for 3 inches. Then slip sts onto a stitch holder.

Right Front. Starting at bottom, cast on 53 sts and work as for Back for 1 inch, decreasing 1 st at underarm side on the last row and making a buttonhole in the 3rd row and every 11th row thereafter, 3 sts in from front edge, until 5 buttonholes in all are made. (To make a buttonhole, on one row bind off 2 sts; then, on next row, cast on 2 sts to replace those bound off.) Hereafter work in stockinette st, keeping the 7 sts at front edge in moss st. On the same row as 3rd buttonhole is made, make the buttonhole as before; then, p 1, k 1, k 18, and work in moss st across next 19 sts (pocket sts), k 8. Work 3 rows straight, keeping the 19 pocket sts in moss st. Next row: Work in pattern to within the 19 moss sts, bind off these 19 sts and continue across. Following row: P across to within the bound off sts, then p across 19 sts of pocket lining and continue across. Work straight until the 5th buttonhole is made. Then dec. 1 st on next row and every 6th row thereafter at front edge (inside border), until 46 sts remain. Work straight until underarm measures same as underarm of Back.

To Shape Armhole: Starting at underarm side, bind off 6 sts and continue across. Then dec. 1 st at armhole edge every other row, at the same time dec. 1 st at front edge (inside border) on 5th row and every 8th row thereafter until 31 sts remain. Work straight for 1 inch. On next row, starting at front edge, k 1, (p 1, k 1) 3 times, (k 2 tog., k 10) twice. Hereafter work as before, decreasing 2 sts in every 8th row twice, having decreases fall over those of previous decrease row. Then, on the following 5th row, dec. 1 st (inside border). Work straight until armhole measures same as armhole of Back. To shape shoulder, starting at armhole edge, bind off 3 sts every other row until 7 moss sts remain. Work over these 7 sts for 2 inches. Bind off.

Left Front. Work exactly as for Right Front, reversing shapings.

Sleeves. Starting at armhole edge, cast on 20 sts and work in stockinette st, casting on 2 sts at end of 1st 2 rows, and increasing 1 st at end of following 2 rows. Hereafter continue in this manner until there are 68 sts on needle. Then dec. 1 st at both ends of every 8th row until 48 sts remain. Work straight until underarm measures 15 inches, ending with a p row. Next row: K 2, * k 2 tog., k 1. Repeat from * across, ending with k 1. Hereafter work in ribbing of k 1, p 1, for 3 inches. Bind off.

Sew up underarm and shoulder seams. Sew up sleeve seams and sew sleeves in. Sew pocket linings in place. Sew extension pieces of both front bands around back of neck edge. Sew on buttons to correspond with buttonholes.