Cardigan Pattern

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Cardigan Pattern

Size 14
1 Pr. Standard No. 4 Needles
1 Pr. Standard No. 8 Needles

SCALE: 5½ sts to 1 in.

Jack Frost Knitting Worsted—5 4-oz. Skeins

BACK: With No. 8 Needles cast on 93 sts. Work in ribbing of P 1, K 1, for 2½ in. then work in pattern as follows (right side):
Row 1—Knit.
Row 2—K 1, * P 1, K 1; repeat from * across row. Repeat above 2 rows until piece measures 15½ in. from lower edge. Bind off 6 sts at beginning of each of next 2 rows for underarm; decrease 1 st at each end every other row 6 times. Work even until piece measures 6½ in. from underarm. Bind off 5 sts at beginning of each of next 8 rows for shoulders. Bind off remaining sts for back of neck.

RIGHT FRONT: With No. 8 Needles cast on 51 sts. Work as follows (right side):
Row 1—P 1, K 1, over the first 8 sts, P 2; K 1, P 1, over remaining 41 sts.
Row 2—P 1, K 1, over the first 41 sts, K 2; P 1, K 1, over remaining 8 sts. Repeat above 2 rows working a buttonhole 1¾ in. from lower edge as follows (right side): P 1, K 1, P 1, bind off next 2 sts, K 1, P 1, K 1, P 2; work across row. Work back, casting on 2 sts over the bound off sts. Repeat buttonholes every 2¾ in. to neck edge, working last button­hole on 2nd row of neckband. When ribbing measures 2½ in. from lower edge, work as follows:
Row 1 (right side)—P 1, K 1, over the first 8 sts for button­hole band, P 2, K across row.
Row 2—P 1, K 1, over the first 41 sts, K 2; P 1, K 1, over re­maining 8 sts. Repeat above 2 rows until piece measures 15½ in. from lower edge. Keeping front edge even, bind off 6 sts at underarm edge once; decrease 1 st at underarm edge every other row 6 times. Work even until piece measures 5 in. from underarm. Keeping armhole edge even, work over first 8 sts; place on st-holder. Bind off next 6 sts, work across row. Decrease 1 st at neck edge every other row 5 times. Work even until piece measures 6½ in. from underarm. Starting at shoulder edge, bind off 5 sts every other row 4 times.

LEFT FRONT: Work to correspond to right front, binding off for underarm on right side instead of wrong side and omitting buttonholes.

Sew shoulder seams.

NECKBAND: With No. 4 Needles on right side of garment, pick up 87 sts from end to end of neckband, including sts which were placed on st-holder. Work in ribbing of K 1, P 1, for 7 rows. Bind off.

SLEEVES: With No. 4 Needles cast on 47 sts. Work in ribbing of K 1, P 1, for 3½ in. Change to No. 8 Needles and work in pattern as given for back, increasing 1 st at each end on the 11th and every 10th row thereafter to 67 sts. Work even until piece measures 18 in. from lower edge. Bind off 6 sts at beginning of each of next 2 rows for underarm; decrease 1 st at each end every other row 6 times. Bind off 2 sts at beginning of every row until 19 sts remain. Bind off remain­ing sts.

Sew sleeve seams. Sew sleeves in place.