Striped Sweater

Size, Bust 36. Length 27 inches.

For details, see First Stitches, pages 12–16

MATERIALS

SUNLIGHT Spanish Knitting Worsted, 13 skeins Black

SUNLIGHT Saxony, 6 skeins Green

4 steel Knitting Needles, No. 13, 4 No. 15, and 2 No. 10

1 6-inch Bone Crochet Hook, No. 3

4 Button-molds, 1½ inches in diameter

INSTRUCTIONS

This sweater is knitted lengthwise in the plain stitch with black and green yarn. The buttons are knitted also.

Begin at left side front, use black yarn and No. 13 needles. Cast on 190 stitches. Divide the stitches on 2 needles and start knitting with the 3rd one, or you could use only 2 needles, carrying all the stitches on 1 needle, if you put a little sealing wax on one end of each needle to prevent the stitches from sliding off. (Knit 1st stitch on first row and every time, when stitches are added, slip 1st stitch on every row except when changing the yarn, then knit 1st stitch.)

Knit 2 rows plain (2 rows make 1 rib). Let the stitches run easy on needle. Knit 3rd row plain, add (cast on) 1 stitch and knit 4th row plain. Make another rib and add 1 stitch on same side as before. Three ribs (6 rows) make 1 black stripe.

Start with the green yarn (at bottom of sweater) and make 1 row plain, add 2 stitches (at neck of sweater) and purl the stitches on next row. Two rows make 1 green stripe.

For every turning at the bottom of sweater twist the threads around once to keep the edge firm.

Repeat, making 1 black stripe, adding at neck 1 stitch for each rib and 1 green stripe, adding at neck 2 stitches, until you have 7 black and 7 green stripes. Add 16 stitches to shoulder. (240 stitches is the length of sweater.) Make 7 black and 7 green stripes.

Knit the pocket on the front part. Start with green yarn at bottom of sweater and pick up 45 stitches in the last row of the 5th black stripe from front edge (take up 1 stitch in each stitch of the row). Make 10 green and 9 black stripes for the pocket. Start with the black yarn, as before, and knit pocket in with the front part (take 1 stitch from each needle and knit as 1).

Make 2 black stripes and 1 green (9 black and 8 green stripes the width of shoulder). Bind off 63 stitches for armhole. Make 9 green and 8 black stripes. Add 63 stitches for back. Make 29 black and 28 green stripes for the width of back. Knit the other side to correspond.

Sleeve: Cast on 50 stitches with black yarn. Knit 1 rib and add 5 stitches. Knit 3rd row plain. Start with the green (at top of sleeve) and add 5 stitches at end of row. Repeat making the stripes, adding 5 stitches for every turning toward the bottom of sleeve, until the number of stitches is increased by 95 (19 turnings). Add 20 more stitches (165 stitches is the length of sleeve). Make 25½ black stripes from start. Make the green stripe, then 2 ribs of the next black stripe and start the binding off in same order as you added.

Border: Make border to go around neck down the front edges. Use black yarn, work with 2 threads of the yarn and No. 10 needles. Cast on 12 stitches. Knit plain forward and back, making the strip about 1¾ yards long.

140Cuff: Use black yarn (single) and No. 13 needles. Cast on 40 stitches and knit for the length of 7 inches.

Buttons: Use black yarn and No. 15 needles. Cast on 30 stitches. Divide the stitches on 3 needles, join to a circle and knit plain 10 rows.

Start decreasing:

1st row: Knit 4, decrease 1 (knit 2 stitches together as 1).

2nd row: Plain.

3rd row: Knit 3, decrease 1.

4th row: Plain.

5th row: Knit 2, decrease 1.

6th row: Plain.

7th row: Knit 1, decrease 1.

8th row: Decrease 1 for every 2 stitches.

Break off the yarn a few inches from work and with a darning needle run the end of the yarn through the remaining 5 stitches, draw together and fasten. Use the wrong side of work out, put the mould in, run a thread through the edge, draw together and fasten.

Sew garment together.

Put the sleeves in, so that seam of sleeve comes in middle of side a little toward the front.

Sew cuff on and turn up about 3 inches.

Sew border on, holding in the garment a little around neck.

Sew together at bottom of pocket.

Make 1 row of the single crochet (in black) on edge of border and at top of pocket.

Sew buttons on: Place 1st button at neck at the end of 1st black stripe on left side front. Put the other buttons on close to border, or on edge of border about 4 inches apart.

Crochet loops for the buttons on the edge of right side front.

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