Mary Ann Pullover Pattern #576

Size 12 Years

Materials: Chadwick's Red Heart Shetland Floss, 5 balls (1 oz. balls).
Milward's Casein knitting pins, 1 pair No. 1 (2½ mm. size) and 1 pair No. 3 (3 mm. size).

Gauge: 7 sts make 1 inch; 9 rows make 1 inch.

This slip-on starts at bottom of back, is worked up to shoulders and continued down the front.

Starting at bottom, with No. 1 needles, cast on 98 sts and work in ribbing of k 2, p 2, for 2 inches. Then change to No. 3 needles and work in stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row), keeping the 1st 2 sts and the last 2 sts in garter st until piece measures 10 inches.

To Shape Armholes. Bind off 9 sts at beginning of each of next 2 rows. Then work straight in stockinette st only, until piece measures 5½ inches from 1st row of armhole shaping. Then, to shape neck, on next k row, k across 1st 24 sts, bind off 32 sts (for back of neck), k across remaining 24 sts. Work over these last 24 sts as before, for ½ inch, keeping both edges straight. Then change to No. 1 needles, and work in garter st (k each row) for ½ inch. Change to No. 3 needles and work in stockinette st for ½ inch, ending with a k row. Break off. Attach yarn to opposite side of neck edge, and work other shoulder to correspond, ending with a p row. Do not break off, but cast on 32 sts (for front of neck), p across next 24 sts. Work in stockinette st for 5½ more inches. Then cast on 9 sts at beginning of each of next 2 rows (98 sts). Work remainder of Front to correspond with Back. Bind off.

Sleeves. With right side of work toward you, starting at beginning of 9 sts bound off for armhole shaping, with No. 3 needles pick up 88 sts across armhole to corresponding position on other side. Work in stockinette st for 1 inch. Then dec. 1 st at both ends of next row and every 3rd row thereafter until sleeve measures 2½ inches. Then change to No. 1 needles, decreasing to 60 sts, making decreases at equal distances apart. Work in ribbing of k 2, p 2, for 1½ inches. Bind off.

Neck Band. With right side of work toward you, and No. 1 needles pick up 40 sts along back of neck edge, from shoulder to shoulder. Work in ribbing of k 2, p 2, for 1 inch. Bind off loosely.

Then, with No. 1 needles pick up 50 sts along remainder of neck edge, and work in ribbing for 1 inch. Bind off loosely. Join back and front neck bands together on wrong side. Sew up underarm and sleeve seams.