Directions for CHILD’S TUXEDO SWEATER

10 to 12 years

Materials:

4½ Hanks LION BRAND Knitting Yarn; 1 Pair Knitting Needles, No. 4.

Directions:

Back: Cast on 90 sts., knit 10 rows or 5 ribs in plain garter st.

Next Row—K. 5, p. 5 for 5 rows.

Next Row—P. 5, k. 5 for 5 rows. This forms the block st. Work the block st. for 3 inches, then garter st. until sweater measures 21 inches. This finishes back.

Front: Knit 36 sts., bind off 18 sts. for neck, slip the 36 sts. just knitted on a spare needle, and on the remaining 36 sts. knit one front after the following directions: Knit 8 rows or 4 ribs. On next row increase 1 st. at neck end and every other row hereafter until 10 sts. have been added on, then knit even until front is as long as back, including block st. on the bottom. Work the other front the same.

Sleeves: Pick up 60 sts. around armhole and knit for 6 inches. Now shape sleeve by decreasing 1 st. at each end of needle every fourth rib until sleeve measures 15 inches.

Cuff: Knit 2, purl 2 for 3 inches. Change to color 15yarn and narrow on first row only, then knit garter st. for 3 inches, bind off.

Band: Cast on 27 sts. and k. 8, * p. 5, k. 5; repeat from star to end of row.

Second Row—K. 5, p. 5, ending row with p. 8. Repeat these 2 rows until band fits all around sweater, bind off, and sew on sweater, leaving openings for belt.

Belt: Cast on 18 sts. and knit the length required, working buttonholes on one end.

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