MATERIALS: Chadwick's Red Heart Sweater Wool, 10 balls (1 oz. balls) for size 38; 11 balls for sizes 40 and 42; and 12 balls for size 44.
Milward's Phantom Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 3 (3 mm. size) and 1 pair No. 5 (4 mm. size).
MEASUREMENTS FOR BLOCKING:
| Sizes | 38 |
40 |
42 |
44 |
| Chest | 38" |
40" |
42" |
44" |
| Length from top of shoulder | 25" |
26" |
26" |
27" |
| Width across back or front at shoulders | 13½" |
14" |
14½" |
15" |
| Length from underarm to lower edge | 16" |
16½" |
16½" |
17" |
| Gauge: (Stockinette Stitch) 5½ sts make 1 inch; 7 rows make 1 inch. | ||||
| Sizes | 38 |
40 |
42 |
44 |
| BACK … With No. 3 needles cast on | 96 sts |
104 sts |
110 sts |
116 sts |
| Work in ribbing of k 1, p 1, for | 3½" |
4" |
4" |
4½" |
| Inc. evenly across last row to | 105 sts |
110 sts |
116 sts |
121 sts |
| Change to No. 5 needles and work in stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row) for | 11¼" |
all sizes |
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| To shape armholes: Bind off at beginning of next 2 rows | 7 sts |
all sizes |
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| Bind off at beginning of following 2 rows | 4 sts |
5 sts |
6 sts |
6 sts |
| Bind off at beginning of next 4 rows | 2 sts |
all sizes |
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| Dec. 1 st at end of next 6 rows; then 1 st at both ends of every 3rd row until there remain | 61 sts |
64 sts |
68 sts |
71 sts |
| Work straight until piece measures, from 1st row of armhole shaping | 9¾" |
10¼" |
10¼" |
10¾" |
| To shape shoulders: Bind off at beginning of next 4 rows | 7 sts |
7 sts |
8 sts |
8 sts |
| Bind off loosely the remaining | 33 sts |
36 sts |
36 sts |
39 sts |
| FRONT … Work exactly as for Back until piece measures, in all | 19" |
19½" |
19½" |
20" |
| There are now on needle | 61 sts |
64 sts |
68 sts |
71 sts |
| Next row: With right side facing, knit | 22 sts |
23 sts |
24 sts |
25 sts |
| Bind off next | 17 sts |
18 sts |
20 sts |
21 sts |
| Knit remaining | 22 sts |
23 sts |
24 sts |
25 sts |
| Work over this last set of sts only, keeping armhole edge straight but decreasing 1 st at neck edge every 4th row until there remain | 14 sts |
14 sts |
16 sts |
16 sts |
| Work straight until armhole measures same as armhole of Back. | All sizes |
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| Bind off at armhole edge, every other row, twice | 7 sts |
7 sts |
8 sts |
8 sts |
| Attach yarn and work opposite side to correspond. | All sizes |
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| NECK BAND … With No. 3 needles cast on | 9 sts |
all sizes |
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| Work in garter st (k each row) for | 22" |
23½" |
23½" |
25" |
| Bind off. | All sizes |
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| ARMHOLE BANDS (Make 2) … Work as for neck band for | 19" |
20" |
20" |
21" |
| Block pieces, following measurements for blocking given at beginning of directions. Sew up underarm and shoulder seams. Sew armhole band along edges of armhole, having seam at underarm. Sew band around neckline, having seam on left shoulder; mitre band at corners to fit square neckline. |
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