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Spool Cotton #148, Men's Sweaters 
MATERIALS: Chadwick’s Red Heart Shetland Floss, 11 balls (1 oz. balls) for size 38; 12 balls for sizes 40 and 42; 13 balls for size 44.
Milward's Phantom Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 1 (2½ mm. size) and 1 pair No. 3 (3 mm. size).
7 buttons, ⅝ inch in diameter.
MEASUREMENTS FOR BLOCKING:
| Sizes | 38 |
40 |
42 |
44 |
| Chest | 38" |
40" |
42" |
44" |
| Length from top of shoulder | 25" |
25½" |
26" |
26½" |
| Length from underarm to lower edge | 16½" |
16½" |
17" |
17" |
| Length of sleeve, underarm seam | 22½" |
22½" |
22½" |
22½" |
| GAUGE: (Stockinette Stitch) 6½ sts make 1 inch; 9 rows make 1 inch. | ||||
| Sizes | 38 |
40 |
42 |
44 |
| BACK … With No. 3 needles cast on | 118 sts |
126 sts |
130 sts |
138 sts |
| Work in ribbing of k 2, p 2, for | 1¾" |
1¾" |
2" |
2" |
| Change to stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row); work straight until piece measures, in all | 16½" |
16½" |
17" |
17" |
| To shape armholes: Next row: With right side facing, knit | 7 sts |
8 sts |
8 sts |
9 sts |
| Place these sts on a safety pin. K across row to within last | 7 sts |
8 sts |
8 sts |
9 sts |
| Place these sts on a safety pin. Work straight over remaining | 104 sts |
110 sts |
114 sts |
120 sts |
| For | 7½" |
8" |
8" |
8½" |
| Next row: With right side facing, knit | 43 sts |
44 sts |
46 sts |
47 sts |
| Bind off (for neck shaping) next | 18 sts |
22 sts |
22 sts |
26 sts |
| Knit remaining | 43 sts |
44 sts |
46 sts |
47 sts |
| Work over the last set of sts only, binding off at neck edge, every other row, twice | 4 sts |
all sizes |
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| Bind off at armhole edge, every other row, twice | 10 sts |
10 sts |
11 sts |
11 sts |
| AND At the same time, bind off at neck edge, every other row, twice |
2 sts |
all sizes |
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| Bind off remaining | 11 sts |
12 sts |
12 sts |
13 sts |
| Attach yarn and work opposite side to correspond. | All sizes |
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| POCKET LINING (Make 2) … With No. 3 needles cast on 27 sts. Work in stockinette st for 4½ inches. Leave sts on a spare needle, with yarn at end of a k row. Lay these pieces aside. | All sizes |
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| RIGHT FRONT … With No. 3 needles cast on | 62 sts |
66 sts |
70 sts |
74 sts |
| Work ribbing of k 2, p 2, as for Back. Change to stockinette st and work for | 4½" |
all sizes |
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| Next row: With right side facing, knit | 15 sts |
17 sts |
19 sts |
21 sts |
| Bind off next 27 sts; knit remaining | 20 sts |
22 sts |
24 sts |
26 sts |
| Following row: Purl | 20 sts |
22 sts |
24 sts |
26 sts |
| Purl the 27 sts of 1 pocket lining; then purl remaining | 15 sts |
17 sts |
19 sts |
21 sts |
| Work straight until piece measures, in all | 16½" |
16½" |
17" |
17" |
| To shape armhole and neckline: Next row: With right side facing, dec. 1 st at front edge, k across to within last | 7 sts |
8 sts |
8 sts |
9 sts |
| Place these sts on a safety pin; turn and work over remaining | 54 sts |
57 sts |
61 sts |
64 sts |
| Work armhole edge straight, but dec. at front edge, 1 st every 3rd row | 21 times |
24 times |
25 times |
25 times |
| MEANWHILE When armhole measures same as Back, bind off at armhole edge every other row, 3 times |
11 sts |
11 sts |
12 sts |
13 sts |
| Work Left Front to correspond, being careful to reverse shapings. | All sizes |
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| Sew up shoulder seams. | All sizes |
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| SLEEVES … Place the sts from safety pin of right armhole of Back onto No. 3 needle; pick up around armhole | 90 sts |
94 sts |
94 sts |
100 sts |
| And knit the sts from pin at Right Front onto this needle. Sts on needle: | 104 sts |
110 sts |
110 sts |
118 sts |
| Work straight for | 2½" |
2" |
2" |
2½" |
| Work in stockinette st, decreasing 1 st at both ends of every | 6th row |
6th row |
6th row |
5th row |
| Until there remain | 58 sts |
62 sts |
62 sts |
66 sts |
| Work straight until sleeve measures | 18" |
all sizes |
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| Dec. evenly across next row | 10 sts |
all sizes |
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| Work in ribbing of k 2, p 2, for | 4½" |
all sizes |
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| Bind off in ribbing. | All sizes |
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| FRONT BAND … With No. 1 needles cast on 14 sts. Work in ribbing of k 1, p 1, for | 1" |
1" |
1½" |
1½" |
| Next row: Make a buttonhole 5 sts in from edge — to make a buttonhole bind off 4 sts; on following row cast on 4 sts to replace those bound off. | ||||
| Continue to make a buttonhole every 2½ inches until 7 in all are made. | All sizes |
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| Continue band straight until it measures | 60" |
61½" |
62½" |
63½" |
| Bind off in ribbing. | All sizes |
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| BANDS FOR POCKET (Make 2) … With No. 1 needles cast on 9 sts. Work in ribbing of k 1, p 1, for 3¾". Bind off in ribbing. Block to measure 4¼". | All sizes |
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| Block pieces, following measurements for blocking given at beginning of directions. | ||||
| Sew pocket linings in place. Sew pocket band across top of pocket, and fasten ends neatly to garment. Sew on front band, with buttonholes on Left Front. Sew sleeve and underarm seams to form a continuous seam. Sew on buttons. |
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