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Size 34

Materials: Chadwick's Red Heart Shetland Floss, 10 balls (1 oz. balls).
Milward's Casein knitting pins, 1 pair No. 1 (2½ mm. size) and 1 pair No. 3 (3 mm. size).
6 buttons.
1½ yds. of grosgrain ribbon, 1 inch wide.

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

Work starts at bottom of back, is worked up to the shoulders and continued down the front in 2 pieces (left and right fronts).

Back. Starting at bottom, with No. 1 needles cast on 120 sts and work in ribbing of k 2, p 2, for 2¼ inches. Then change to No. 3 needles, and work in pattern as follows: 1st row: P 2, k 2, * p 6, k 2. Repeat from *, ending row with p 4. 2nd and 3rd rows: K 4, * p 2, k 6. Repeat from * ending row with p 2, k 2. 4th row: Repeat the 1st row. 5th row: * P 6, k 2. Repeat from * across. 6th and 7th rows: * P 2, k 6. Repeat from * across. 8th row: Repeat 5th row. Hereafter, repeat these 8 rows, until piece measures 12 inches from top of waistband.

To Shape Armholes: Bind off 9 sts at beginning of each of next 2 rows. Then dec. 1 st at end of each row until 96 sts remain. Hereafter, work straight in pattern until piece measures 5½ inches from 1st row of armhole shaping. Then, to shape neck, with right side of work toward you, work across 1st 32 sts, bind off 32 sts (for back of neck), work across remaining 32 sts.

Left Front. Work over these 32 sts for 1¾ inches, ending with a p row. Then cast on 20 sts (for front neck). Hereafter, work in pattern over these 52 sts, keeping the 7 sts at center front edge in garter st (k each row) until piece measures 4½ inches from 20 sts cast on. Then inc. 1 st at armhole edge every other row until there are 55 sts on needle. Then cast on 9 sts at armhole edge (64 sts), and continue to work Front underarm as for Back, keeping the 7 sts at center front edge in garter st. Change to No. 1 needles and work in ribbing of k 2, p 2, for 2¼ inches.
Bind off loosely.

Right Front. Attach yarn at neck edge on opposite shoulder, and work to correspond with Left Front, reversing armhole and neck shapings, at the same time making a buttonhole 3 sts in from center front edge after the 1st 2 inches and every 3 inches thereafter, until 5 buttonholes are made. (To make a buttonhole, bind off 4 sts on one row; then, on next row, cast on 4 sts to replace those bound off.)

Sleeves. With right side of work toward you, starting at beginning of 9 sts bound off for armhole shaping, with No. 3 needles pick up 104 sts all around armhole edge. Work in pattern as for Back for 1 inch. Then dec. 1 st at both ends of next row and every 6th row thereafter until 58 sts remain. Work straight until sleeve measures 17½ inches in all. Then change to No. 1 needles and work in ribbing of k 2, p 2, for 3 inches. Bind off.

Neck Band. Starting at center front edge, with right side of work toward you, with No. 1 needles pick up 96 sts all around neck edge, and work in ribbing of k 2, p 2, for 1 inch, making a buttonhole as before after the 1st ½ inch on right side. Bind off loosely.

Baste ribbon over entire center front border of Left and Right Fronts up to neck edge (including neck band), and machine stitch in place all around edges of ribbon. Sew up underarm and sleeve seams. Then cut buttonholes in ribbon to correspond with buttonholes on jacket and, with matching sewing thread, work buttonholes together with buttonhole st. Sew on buttons to correspond with buttonholes.