Skylark Pullover Pattern #1196

SIZE 16

MATERIALS: Chadwick's Red Heart Shetland Floss, 7 balls (1 oz. balls).
Milward's Phantom Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 1 (2½ mm. size) and 1 pair No. 3 (3 mm. size).

MEASUREMENTS AFTER BLOCKING: Bust—35 inches. Width across back at underarm—17½ inches. Width across back at shoulder—13½ inches. Width across front at underarm—17½ inches. Length from underarm to lower edge—12 inches. Length of sleeve, underarm seam—4¼ inches. Width of sleeve at underarm—12½ inches.

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

BACK … Starting at bottom, with No. 1 needles cast on 100 sts and work in ribbing of k 2, p 2 for 3 inches, increasing 20 sts on last row. Change to No. 3 needles and work in stockinette st (p 1 row, k 1 row) until piece measures 12 inches in all.

TO SHAPE ARMHOLES: Bind off 10 sts at beginning of next 2 rows. Then dec. 1 st at end of each row until 92 sts remain. Work straight until piece measures 5¾ inches from 1st row of armhole shaping. On next row, with right side of work toward you, k 15; (k 2, p 2) 15 times; k 17. Following row: P 15; (p 2, k 2) 15 times; p 17. Repeat last 2 rows alternately until piece measures 7 inches from 1st row of armhole shaping. Bind off.

FRONT … Work exactly as for Back until piece measures 10 inches in all, ending with a p row. Then work in pattern as follows: 1st row: K 54, p 2, then make a cable—to make a cable, slip next 4 sts onto a stitch holder; keeping stitch holder at back of work k next 4 sts; then k 4 sts on stitch holder; p 2, k 54. 2nd row: P 54, k 2, p 8, k 2, p 54. 3rd row: K 54, p 2, k 8, p 2, k 54. 4th and 5th rows: Repeat 2nd and 1st rows. 6th to 16th rows incl: Repeat 2nd and 3rd rows alternately. These 16 rows constitute the pattern. Work in pattern, adding another row of cables on 1st row of each pattern as follows, until there are 7 cables in the row: 17th row: K across to within 13 sts from p-2 of previous cable, then p 2; (make a cable, p 2, k 1, p 2) twice; make a cable, p 2, k to end of row. Work in this manner until piece measures 12 inches; then shape armholes as for armholes of Back and work until piece measures 5¾ inches from 1st row of armhole shaping. Then work as follows:
1st row: Work in pattern across 1st 15 sts; (k 2, p 2) 15 times; k 2, continue over remaining 15 sts in pattern. Hereafter work the 62 sts in center of needle in ribbing, keeping 15 sts at both ends in pattern until piece measures 7 inches from 1st row of armhole shaping. Bind off.

SLEEVES … Starting at bottom, with No. 1 needles cast on 68 sts and work in ribbing of k 2, p 2, for 1¼ inches. Change to No. 3 needles and work in pattern as follows: 1st row: K 15, p 2; (k 8, p 2, k 1, p 2) twice; k 8, p 2, k 15. 2nd row: P 15, k 2; (p 8, k 2, p 1, k 2) twice; p 8, k 2, p 15. 3rd to 12th rows incl: Repeat 1st and 2nd rows alternately, increasing 1 st at both ends of every other row. Next row: Work in pattern across, making a cable over each k-8. Continue to inc. until there are 88 sts in the row, working cable pattern as for blouse until 2 small cables are completed. Next row: Work in stockinette st to k-1 incl. of center cable; continue in pattern over cable to within k-1 at opposite side of center cable; k to end of row. Continue center cable until another small cable is made, keeping both sides in stockinette st but, when piece measures 4½ inches, shape top of sleeve as follows: Dec. 1 st at both ends of next row and every 3rd row thereafter until 70 sts remain. When 3rd small cable is completed, change all sts to stockinette st and continue with decreases. Now dec. 1 st at end of each row until 34 sts remain. Bind off.

Sew up shoulder seams from armhole edge to ribbing. Sew up underarm seams. Sew up sleeve seams and sew in sleeves, easing in fullness across top 3 inches.