MATERIALS: Chadwick's Red Heart Knitting Worsted, 10 skeins (2 oz. skeins) for size 38; 11 skeins for size 40; 12 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).
MEASUREMENTS FOR BLOCKING:
| Sizes | 38 |
40 |
42 |
44 |
| Chest | 38" |
40" |
42" |
44" |
| Length from top of shoulder | 25" |
25½" |
25½" |
26" |
| Length from underarm to lower edge | 16½" |
16½" |
16½" |
16½" |
| Length of sleeve, underarm seam | 22" |
22" |
22½" |
22½" |
| Gauge: (Stockinette Stitch) 5½ sts make 1 inch; 6½ rows make 1 inch. | ||||
| Sizes | 38 |
40 |
42 |
44 |
| BACK … With No. 3 needles cast on | 104 sts |
110 sts |
116 sts |
122 sts |
| Work in ribbing of k 1, p 1, for | 6" |
all sizes |
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| Change to No. 5 needles; work in stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row) for | 10½" |
all sizes |
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| To shape armholes: Bind off at beginning of next 2 rows | 5 sts |
all sizes |
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| Dec. 1 st at end of each row until there remain | 88 sts |
94 sts |
100 sts |
104 sts |
| Work straight until piece (ending with a p row) measures, in all | 25" |
25½" |
25½" |
26" |
| Next row: Knit | 22 sts |
24 sts |
25 sts |
26 sts |
| Slip these sts onto a stitch holder for right shoulder, and knit for neck next | 44 sts |
46 sts |
50 sts |
52 sts |
| Slip remaining | 22 sts |
24 sts |
25 sts |
26 sts |
| onto 2nd stitch holder for left shoulder. | ||||
| Following row: Purl | 44 sts |
46 sts |
50 sts |
52 sts |
| Work over neck sts only, decreasing 1 st at both ends of each row until there remain | 32 sts |
34 sts |
38 sts |
40 sts |
| Bind off loosely. This completes Back neck facing. | All sizes |
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| For Front neck facing with No. 5 needles cast on loosely | 32 sts |
34 sts |
38 sts |
40 sts |
| Work in stockinette st, increasing 1 st at both ends of each row until there are | 44 sts |
46 sts |
50 sts |
52 sts |
| On next knit row, continue across sts of left shoulder. Sts on needle: | 66 sts |
70 sts |
75 sts |
78 sts |
| Following row: Purl | 66 sts |
70 sts |
75 sts |
78 sts |
| Then continue across sts of right shoulder. Sts on needle: | 88 sts |
94 sts |
100 sts |
104 sts |
| Work straight for | 7½" |
8" |
8" |
8½" |
| Then inc. 1 st at end of each row until there are | 94 sts |
100 sts |
106 sts |
112 sts |
| Now cast on 5 sts at end of next 2 rows. Sts on needle: | 104 sts |
110 sts |
116 sts |
122 sts |
| Work remainder of Front to correspond with Back. Bind off in ribbing. | All sizes |
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| SLEEVES … With right side toward you, with No. 5 needles pick up along armhole edge | 94 sts |
100 sts |
100 sts |
106 sts |
| Work in stockinette st for | 4" |
4" |
4½" |
4½" |
| Then dec. 1 st at both ends of next row and every 4th row thereafter until there remain | 46 sts |
52 sts |
52 sts |
58 sts |
| Change to No. 3 needles and work in ribbing for | 4" |
all sizes |
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| Bind off in ribbing. | All sizes |
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| Block pieces, following measurements for blocking given at beginning of directions. Sew up underarm and sleeve seams. Turn under front and back facings, and sew in place. |
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