Best Beloved Cardigan Pattern #1287

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Spool Cotton #189, America at Work and Play
Best Beloved Cardigan Pattern

Popular with mothers and their young daughters, this cardigan is a must in sweater wardrobes.

MATERIALS:
CHADWICK'S RED HEART SHETLAND FLOSS (1 oz. balls). Size 16—11 balls. Size 18—12 balls. Size 38—12 balls. Size 40—13 balls.
Clark's O.N.T. Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 1 and 1 pair No. 4.
5 buttons.

MEASUREMENTS FOR BLOCKING:
16
18
38
40
Bust
36"
38"
40"
42"
Width across back at underarm
18"
19"
20"
21"

Width across each front at underarm (without bands)
8½"
9"
9½"
10"
Width across back between shoulders
12½"
13"
13½"
14"
Length from top of shoulder
21½"
21½"
22½"
22½"

Length of side seam
13"
13"
13½"
13½"
Length of sleeve, underarm seam
19"
19"
20"
20"
Width of sleeve at upperarm
13"
13"
14"
14"

GAUGE: (Stockinette Stitch) 7 sts make 1 inch; 9 rows make 1 inch.
Sizes
16
18
38
40
BACK … With No. 1 needles cast on
126 sts
134 sts
140 sts
148 sts
Work in ribbing of k 1, p 1 for 4½ inches. Change to No. 4 needles and work in stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row) until piece measures in all, ending with a p row,
13"
13"
13½"
13½"
To Shape Armholes: 1st row: K 2, sl 1, place next st on a toothpick and hold in back of work; put slipped st back on left-hand needle and k 2 tog. Put the st from toothpick back on left-hand needle and k 2 tog. K across to last 6 sts, sl 1, place next st on toothpick and hold in front of work, k next st, p.s.s.o., put the st from toothpick on right-hand needle, k next st, p.s.s.o., k 2. There remain on needle
122 sts
130 sts
136 sts
144 sts

2nd row: P across. Repeat 1st and 2nd rows alternately until there remain
86 sts
90 sts
96 sts
100 sts
Work straight until piece measures in all
20"
20"
21"
21"
To shape shoulders, bind off 2 sts at beginning of next 6 rows. Bind off 3 sts at beginning of each row until there remain
38 sts
42 sts
42 sts
40 sts

Bind off for back of neck.
59 sts
53 sts
66 sts
70 sts

LEFT FRONT … With No. 1 needles cast on

59 sts
63 sts
66 sts
70 sts

Work in ribbing for 4½ inches.
Change to No. 4 needles and work in stockinette st until piece measures in all
11½"
11½"
12"
12"

For front shaping, dec 1 st at front edge on next row and every 4th row there­after until 23 sts in all have been de­creased at this edge.

However
When piece measures in all
13"
13"
13½"
13½"
shape armhole as follows: 1st row: With right side facing, k 2, sl 1, place next st on a toothpick and leave at back of work; put sl st back on left-hand needle and k 2 tog. Place the st from toothpick back on left-hand needle and k 2 tog. K remaining sts. 2nd, 3rd and 4th rows: P 1 row, k 1 row, p 1 row. Repeat these 4 rows
6 more times
7 more times
8 more times
9 more times

When front and armhole shapings are complete, there remain      

22 sts
24 sts
25 sts
27 sts
Work straight until piece measures in all
22½"
22½"
23"
23"
Bind off for shoulder.
RIGHT FRONT … Work to corre­spond with Left Front, reversing shapings.

SLEEVES … With No. 1 needles cast on

60 sts
60 sts
64 sts
64 sts
Work in ribbing for 4½ inches.
Change to No. 4 needles and stockinette st, increasing 1 st at both ends when piece measures 5½ inches in all, and every 6th row thereafter until there are on needle
90 sts
90 sts
98 sts
98 sts
Work straight until piece measures in all
19"
19"
20"
20"
To shape top, dec (same as on Back) 2 sts at both ends of next row and every 4th row thereafter until there remain
58 sts
58 sts
62 sts
62 sts

Bind off.
FRONT BAND … With No. 1 needles cast on 12 sts. Work tightly in ribbing of k 1, p 1, making a buttonhole 4 sts in from edge when piece measures 1 inch and thereafter (measuring from 1st but­tonhole) every 1¼ inches until 5 in all are made—to make a buttonhole, on 1 row bind off 4 sts and on next row cast on 4 sts to replace those bound off. Work straight until piece measures in all
46"
46"
48"
48"
Bind off. Block Band to measure about
51"
51"
53"
53"

Block pieces to measurements given. Sew shoulder and underarm seams. Sew sleeve seams and sew sleeves in. Sew front band along front edges and back of neck, having buttonholes on right side. Sew on buttons.
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