Champion Pullover Pattern #353

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Spool Cotton #148, Men's Sweaters
Champion Pullover Pattern #353

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
Change to No. 5 needles; work in stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row) for
10½"
all sizes
To shape armholes: Bind off at beginning of next 2 rows
5 sts
all sizes
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
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
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
Bind off in ribbing.
All sizes
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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