MATERIALS: Chadwick's Red Heart Shetland Floss, 7 balls (1 oz. balls) for size 38; 8 balls for size 40; 9 balls for sizes 42 and 44.
Milward's Phantom Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 2 (2¾ mm. size) and 1 pair No. 4 (3½ 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) 7 sts make 1 inch; 9 rows make 1 inch. | ||||
| Sizes | 38 |
40 |
42 |
44 |
| BACK … With No. 2 needles cast on | 150 sts |
160 sts |
170 sts |
180 sts |
| Work in ribbing of k 2, p 2, for | 3½" |
4" |
4" |
4½" |
| Dec. evenly on last row of ribbing | 16 sts |
20 sts |
22 sts |
26 sts |
| Change to No. 4 needles and work in stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row) over remaining | 134 sts |
140 sts |
148 sts |
150 sts |
| for | 11¾" |
all sizes |
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| To shape armholes: Bind off at beginning of next 2 rows | 9 sts |
all sizes |
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| Bind off at beginning of following 6 rows | 4 sts |
all sizes |
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| Dec. 1 st at end of each row until there remain | 84 sts |
88 sts |
92 sts |
96 sts |
| Work straight until piece measures, from 1st row of armhole shaping | 8½" |
9" |
9" |
9½" |
| To shape shoulders: Bind off at beginning of next 4 rows | 8 sts |
8 sts |
9 sts |
9 sts |
| Bind off at beginning of next 2 rows | 7 sts |
all sizes |
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| Bind off loosely for back of neck remaining | 38 sts |
42 sts |
42 sts |
46 sts |
| FRONT … Work exactly as for Back until 8th row of armhole shaping is completed; there remain on needle | 92 sts |
98 sts |
106 sts |
112 sts |
| With right side toward you, knit | 45 sts |
48 sts |
52 sts |
55 sts |
| Bind off 2 sts (to start front shaping); k across remaining sts. Work over these sts only, decreasing 1 st every other row at armhole edge | 4 times |
5 times |
7 times |
8 times |
| AND at the same time, dec. 1 st at front edge every 3rd row |
18 times |
20 times |
20 times |
22 times |
| Work over remaining | 23 sts |
23 sts |
25 sts |
25 sts |
| until armhole measures same as Back armhole. | All sizes |
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| To shape shoulder: Bind off at armhole edge every other row, twice | 8 sts |
8 sts |
9 sts |
9sts |
| Bind off the remaining | 7 sts |
all sizes |
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| Attach yarn and work opposite side to correspond. | All sizes |
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| NECK BAND … With No. 2 needles cast on 10 sts; work in ribbing of k 1, p 1, for | 22" |
23" |
23" |
24" |
| Bind off in ribbing. Block to measure | 24" |
25" |
25" |
26" |
| ARMHOLE BANDS (Make 2) … Work as for neck band for | 20" |
21" |
21" |
22" |
| Bind off and block to measure | 22" |
23" |
23" |
24" |
| Block pieces, following measurements for blocking given at beginning of directions. | ||||
| Sew up underarm and shoulder seams. Place right side of band on right side of sweater and sew around armhole with close over-and-over sts, having seam at underarm. Sew neck band as for armhole bands; do not join ends of band, but make a seam at center front, forming a V on right side; turn down and sew the 2 ends on wrong side. |
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