Child’s Sweater No. 750

Model No. 750

MATERIALS

3 skeins Utopia Shetland Floss. No. 4 Needles, Ivory. No. 3 Needles, Ivory, for Cuffs. 1 ball Angora.

DIRECTIONS

Back—Cast on 60 sts., k. for 11 inches. For sleeves cast on 6 sts. on each end for 5 times, making 120 sts. in all. K. 20 ribs.

For Shoulder—K. 48 sts. and slip on safety pin. K. 24 sts. for back of neck and slip these sts. on safety pin, k. the remaining 48 sts. for 5 ribs, then at neck end k. 18 sts., the remaining sleeve sts. slip on extra needle. K. back, then decrease 1 st. at the beginning and end of row every 4th row or every other rib until there are 8 sts. Make buttonhole as follows: K. 2, bind off 4, k. 2. In coming back cast on 4 sts. which were bound off on previous row. K. 2 ribs. Slip these on pin. K. other shoulder to correspond.

Take the sleeve sts. off extra needle, and cast on 18 for shoulder, 24 sts. for neck, and 18 for other shoulder, k. the remaining sleeve sts., having 120 sts. in all. K. 20 ribs, then bind off 6 sts. at the beginning of every needle for 5 times, having 60 sts. for front. K. to correspond with back. Bind off loosely on wrong side.

For Cuffs—Pick up 42 sts. and k. 1, s. 1, for 1½ inches. Then with smaller needles, No. 3, k. in garter stitch for 3 inches. Then with angora k. 1 row and bind off. With angora pick up sts. around tabs and across the back of neck, and around other tab, and bind off loosely. Forming one rib across front and also at bottom of sweater, taking it up for 1 inch on sides.