LADIES’ KNITTED SWEATER IN KIMONO STYLE

(Courtesy of Columbia Yarns)

For 36 or 38 Bust

8 Hanks of Columbia Floss

2 Celluloid Needles No. 5

Cast on 75 stitches for the back and knit plain. Work 75 ribs (2 rows form a rib) then increase 1 stitch at each end every other row until there are 91 stitches on the needle. Now cast on 65 stitches at each end for sleeves, work 30 ribs, slip the first 95 stitches off on an extra needle, bind off the next 31 stitches for the neck and on the remaining 95 start the front.

Front: Work 6 ribs for the shoulder, now increase 3 stitches every other row towards the neck until there are 110 stitches on the needle, work 23 ribs on this length, now bind off 65 stitches for the sleeves. Then decrease 1 stitch every other row towards the armhole until 37 stitches remain; work 75 ribs this length and bind off. Work 2nd front to correspond. Use the yarn double for the collar and cuffs. Pick up 50 stitches at the end of the sleeves for the cuffs, and work 17 ribs, bind off loosely. Sew up the underarm and sleeves. Pick up the stitches around the bottom of the sweater, work 14 ribs, bind off. Pick up the stitches in the right front, work 6 ribs and on the next row work buttonholes as follows. Knit 4 stitches* bind off 3 stitches, knit 15 stitches, repeat from * until you have 7 buttonholes. On the next row cast on 3 more stitches over the bound-off stitches, work 6 ribs more, bind off. Work border on left front omitting buttonholes. For the collar cast on 23 stitches, work 68 ribs, bind off, sew on to sweater leaving ½ the border extending beyond the collar each side.