Fish Story Cardigan Pattern #356

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Spool Cotton #148, Men's Sweaters
Fish Story Cardigan Pattern #356

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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