Fish Story Cardigan Pattern #356

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MATERIALS: Chadwick's Red Heart Knitting Worsted, 11 skeins (2 oz. skeins) for size 38; 12 skeins for size 40; 13 skeins for sizes 42 and 44. If 4-oz skeins are used, you will need one-half the amount specified.
Milward's Phantom Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 3 (3 mm. size) and 1 pair No. 5 (4 mm. size).
1 Crown open end zipper, 22-inch, Style F. 61, for all sizes.

MEASUREMENTS FOR BLOCKING:

Sizes	38	40	42	44
Chest	39½"	41½"	41½"	45½"
Length from top of shoulder	25½"	25½"	26"	26"
Length from underarm to lower edge	16½"	16½"	16½"	16½"
Length of sleeve, underarm seam	21½"	21½"	21½"	21½"
Gauge: (Stockinette Stitch) 6 sts make 1 inch; 8 rows make 1 inch.
Sizes	38	40	42	44
BACK … With No. 3 needles cast on	140 sts	146 sts	152 sts	158 sts
Work in ribbing of k 1, p 1, for		3½"	all sizes
Dec. evenly across next row		20 sts	all sizes
Change to No. 5 needles and work over these	120 sts	126 sts	132 sts	138 sts
In stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row) for		13"	all sizes
To shape armholes: Bind off at beginning of next 2 rows	5 sts	6 sts	7 sts	8 sts
Dec. 1 st at end of each row until there remain	100 sts	102 sts	104 sts	106 sts
Work straight until piece measures, from 1st row of armhole shaping	8½"	8½"	9"	9"
To shape shoulders: Bind off at beginning of each row	16 sts	16 sts	11 sts	11 sts
until there remain	36 sts	38 sts	38 sts	40 sts
Bind off for back of neck.		All sizes
LINING FOR POCKET … With No. 5 needles cast on 25 sts; work stockinette st for 4½ inches, ending with a k row. Break off and slip sts onto a stitch holder.		All sizes
LEFT FRONT … With No. 3 needles cast on	70 sts	73 sts	76 sts	79 sts
Work in ribbing of k 1, p 1, for		3½"	all sizes
Dec. evenly across next row		10 sts	all sizes
Change to No. 5 needles and work as follows: 1st row: Knit	60 sts	63 sts	66 sts	69 sts
2nd row: K 3 sts (front band), purl	57 sts	60 sts	63 sts	66 sts
Repeat these 2 rows alternately for		12¼"	all sizes
Next row: Starting at front edge, k 3, p 11, k 25 (for pocket band), purl remaining	21 sts	24 sts	27 sts	30 sts
Following row: K across.		All sizes
Repeat these last 2 rows alternately until piece measures, in all		16½"	all sizes
To shape armhole: Starting at armhole edge, bind off	5 sts	6 sts	7 sts	8 sts
Knit across next	16 sts	18 sts	20 sts	22 sts
Bind off next 25 sts for pocket; k across remaining		14 sts	all sizes
Following row: K 3, p 11, p across 25 sts of pocket lining on stitch holder; purl remaining	16 sts	18 sts	20 sts	22 sts
Continue, decreasing 1 st at armhole edge every other row until there remain	50 sts	52 sts	53 sts	54 sts
Work straight until piece measures, in all		22½"	all sizes
Starting at front edge, bind off for neck shaping, once	4 sts	6 sts	6 sts	6 sts
Then bind off 2 sts every other row at neck edge until there remain	32 sts	32 sts	33 sts	36 sts
When piece measures, from 1st row of armhole shaping	8½"	8½"	9"	9"
Shape shoulder by binding off at armhole edge, every other row, until no sts remain	16 sts	16 sts	11 sts	12 sts
RIGHT FRONT … Work to correspond with Left Front, omitting pocket.		All sizes
Sew up shoulder seams.		All sizes
COLLAR …With No. 5 needles, wrong side facing, pick up across back of neck	36 sts	38 sts	38 sts	40 sts
Work in stockinette st, picking up along remaining neck edge, at end of each row	6 sts	6 sts	5 sts	5 sts
until there are on needle	84 sts	86 sts	88 sts	90 sts
and sts for collar encircle neckline
Work in stockinette st, keeping 1st and last 3 sts in garter st (as for front band), increasing 1 st (inside garter st border) at both ends of every other row until collar measures 2¾ inches. Now work 6 rows in garter st. Bind off loosely.		All sizes
Sew up underarm seams.		All sizes
SLEEVES … With No. 3 needles cast on	54 sts	54 sts	60 sts	60 sts
Work in ribbing for		3½"	all sizes
Change to No. 5 needles and work in stockinette st, in. creasing 1 st at both ends after the 1st inch and every 5th row thereafter until there are	96 sts	96 sts	108 sts	108 sts
Work straight until piece measures		21½"	all sizes
To shape top, bind off 4 sts at beginning of each row until there remain	16 sts	16 sts	20 sts	20 sts
Bind off.		All sizes
Block pieces, following measurements for blocking given at beginning of directions. Sew up sleeve seams and sew in sleeves. Sew pocket lining to Front on wrong side with loose whipping stitch. Sew zipper in place.

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