Duncan Tartan Weskit Pattern

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Duncan Tartan Weskit Pattern

SIZES 38-40-42

MATERIALS:
Chadwick's Red Heart Sock and Sweater Yarn, 3 Ply, Art. E.255, Shrink and Stretch Resist, 5 skeins (1 oz. pull-out skeins) of Meadow Green and 1 skein of Glengarry Green for Sizes 38 and 40; 6 skeins of Meadow Green and 2 skeins of Glengarry Green for Size 42; 1 skein each of Scarlet, White and Navy for all sizes.
Milwards “Phantom” Aluminum Knitting Pins or Clark's O.N.T. Plastic Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 3 (3 mm. size).
Milwards Steel Crochet Hook No. 2.
Buttons. Bobbins.

GAUGE: 7 sts make 1 inch; 9 rows make 1 inch.

BLOCKING MEASUREMENTS:

Sizes  
38
40
42
Chest
39”
41”
43”
Width across back at underarm
19½”
20½”
21½”
Width across each front at underarm
10”
10¾”
11¼”
Width across back above armhole shaping
14½”
15¼”
16”
Length from shoulder to lower edge
19”
20”
20½”
Length of side seam
9½”
10”
10½”
BACK … Starting at lower edge with Meadow Green, cast on
116 sts
122 sts
128 sts
Work in stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row), increasing 1 st at both ends on the 5th row, and every 8th row there­after, until there are on needle
136 sts
144 sts
150 sts
Work without increasing until piece measures in all
9½”
10”
10½”
To Shape Armholes: Bind off 8 sts at the beginning of next 2 rows. Bind off 2 sts at the beginning of the fol­lowing 4 rows. Dec 1 st at end of each row until there remain
102 sts
108 sts
112 sts
Work without decreasing until piece measures from first row of armhole shaping
9½”
10”
10”
To Shape Shoulders: Bind off
8 sts
9 sts
9 sts
at the beginning of next
6 rows
6 rows
8 rows
Bind off
9 sts
8 sts
—
at the beginning of the following 2 rows. Bind off for back of neck the remaining
36 sts
38 sts
40 sts
NOTE: Vertical stripes are omitted on chart, to be worked later. When changing from one color to another, always twist unused color around the other to prevent making holes.
Wind 3 bobbins each of Glengarry Green, Navy and Meadow Green.
RIGHT FRONT … Starting at lower edge with a bobbin of Meadow Green, cast on 2 sts and work in pat­tern as follows: 1st row: P across. 2nd row: Inc 1 st in first st (this is front edge), k 1. 3rd row: Cast on 4 sts, then p 2, k 1, p 3, inc 1 st in last st. 4th row: Attach a ball of White, with White inc 1 st in first st, k 4, p 1, k 2. 5th row: With White, cast on 4 sts, p 6, k 1, p 4, k 1, inc 1 st in last st. Break off White. 6th row: With Meadow Green, inc 1 st in first st, k 1, p 1, k 4, p 1, k 4, drop Meadow Green and attach a bob­bin of Glengarry Green, with Glen­garry Green k 2. 7th row: With Glen­garry Green, cast on 4 sts, with Glen­garry Green, p 1, k 1, p 4, drop Glengarry Green, with Meadow Green (p 4, k 1) twice; p 2, inc 1 st in last st. 8th row: With Meadow Green, inc 1 st in first st, k 3, (p 1, k 4) twice; drop Meadow Green, with Glengarry Green, k 4, p 1, k 1. 9th row: With Glengarry Green, cast on 4 sts, with Glengarry Green, p 5, k 1, p 4, drop Glengarry Green, with Meadow Green (p 4, k 1) twice; p 4, inc 1 st in last st. 10th row: With Navy inc 1 st in first st, (p 1, k 4) twice; p 1, k 8, p 1, k 5. 11th row: With Navy cast on 4 sts, (k 1, p 8) twice; (k 1, p 4) twice; k 1, p 1, inc 1 st in last st. Break off Navy. 12th row: With Meadow Green, inc 1 st in first st, k 2, (p 1, k 4) 3 times; drop Meadow Green. With Glengarry Green, k 4, p 1, k 4, attach a bobbin of Meadow Green, with Meadow Green, k 4, p 1.
   Starting with the 13th row, work in pattern following chart until the 16th row is completed, increasing as in­dicated on chart and working the knit and purl sts as established. 17th row: With White cast on 4 sts, p 2, (k 1, p 4) twice; k 1, (p 8, k 1) twice; (p 4, k 1) twice; p 7, inc 1 st in last st. 18th row: Attach a bobbin of Glengarry Green, inc 1 st in first st, k 4, drop Glengarry Green, with Meadow Green (k 4, p l) 3 times; k 4, drop Meadow Green, with Glen­garry Green, k 4, p 1, k 4, drop Glen­garry Green, with Meadow Green (k 4, p 1) 3 times; k 2. 19th row: With Meadow Green cast on 2 sts, drop Meadow Green, attach a bobbin of Glengarry Green, cast on
4 sts
8 sts
9 sts
On Size 42 only, attach a bobbin of Meadow Green and cast on 3 sts. On Size 42 only, with Meadow Green p 3. With Glengarry Green, purl
—
3 sts
5 sts
knit
—
1 st
1 st
On all sizes, p 4, drop Glengarry Green, with Meadow Green, (p 4, k 1) 3 times, p 4; drop Meadow Green, with Glengarry Green, p 4, k 1, p 4, drop Glengarry Green, with Meadow Green (p 4, k 1) 3 times, p 4; drop Meadow Green, with Glen­garry Green, p 4, k 1, inc 1 st in last st.
Starting with the 20th row work in pattern following chart, increasing as indicated on chart and attaching bob­bins when necessary, working the knit and purl sts as established until top of chart is reached. Then, keeping con­tinuity of pattern repeat from A to B, continuing to increase 1 st at side edge every 8th row until there are on needle
70 sts
75 sts
79 sts
Work without increasing until piece measures at side edge
9½”
10”
10½”
To Shape Armhole and Neck: Bind off 8 sts at armhole edge on next row. Bind off 2 sts at armhole edge every other row twice, dec 1 st at armhole edge every other row
5 times
6 times
7 times

At the Same Time
dec 1 st at neck edge on next row and every 4th row thereafter until there remain
33 sts
35 sts
36 sts
Work without decreasing until piece measures from first row of armhole shaping, ending at armhole edge
9½”
10”
10”
To Shape Shoulder: Bind off
8 sts
9 sts
9 sts
at the beginning of next row and every other row
3 times
3 times
4 times
Work one more row. Bind off
9 sts
8 sts
—
LEFT FRONT … Work as for Right Front, reversing shapings and chart and making a buttonhole 3 sts in from front edge when piece measures
½”
¾”
1”
from last inc at front edge and every 1¾ inches thereafter, until 6 button­holes in all are made—to make a but­tonhole, on one row bind off 3 sts, on next row cast on 3 sts to replace those bound off.
SLEEVE BINDING … With Meadow Green, cast on 12 sts. 1st row: P across. 2nd row: Inc 1 st in first st, k across to last 2 sts, k 2 tog. Repeat these 2 rows until piece is long enough to go around armhole edge. Bind off.
OUTER EDGE BINDING … Work as for Sleeve Binding until piece is long enough to go around all outer edges.
VERTICAL STRIPES … With crochet hook, 2 strands of yarn and using colors as indicated by arrows on chart, make a row of chain st in each of the purl rib sts.
Block to measurements. Sew in all ends securely on wrong side. Sew shoulder and side seams. Sew on bind­ing. Sew on buttons to correspond with buttonholes.
Duncan Tartan Weskit Pattern chart
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