Girls’ Sweater No. 833

6–8-year Size

Model No. 833 Sweater

MATERIALS

7 skeins Pink Utopia Germantown. 2 skeins White Utopia Pompadour Wool. 1 pair of Ivory Knitting Needles, No. 6. 1 pair of Ivory Knitting Needles, No. 4. 1 pair of Steel, No. 3. 1 Crochet Hook, No. 3.

This sweater is k. in Percale st.

DIRECTIONS

Skirt—Cast on 220 sts.

First Row—K. 1 row.

Second Row—K. 9 sts., throw thread over needle, slip 1 st., k. 2 sts. together, repeat to end of row, k. last 9 sts., continue this pattern for 17 inches.

K. 1 row, k. 20 sts., k. 2 sts. together 15 times, k. 25 sts. k. 2 sts. together 35 times, k. 25 sts. k. 2 sts. together 15 times, k. 20 sts., bind off.

Back—With ivory knitting needle No. 4 cast on 65 sts., k. in ridges for 3 inches, cast on 65 sts. for sleeve, k. across, cast on 65 sts. for other sleeve, k. in ridges for 5 inches. On separate needle k. 89 sts., bind off 18 sts. for neck and on other 89 sts. k. over shoulder, front and sleeve after the following directions and the other side to correspond. K. 4 ridges, cast on 20 sts. for front of neck, having 109 sts. on needle, k. until sleeve measures 10 inches, bind off 65 sts. for sleeve, k. 3 inches until side seam has same length as back, bind off 23 sts. and on other 16 sts. k. down front panel for 17 inches, bind off.

With white and crochet hook No. 3, crochet 1, s. c. all around waist, down front panels and center fronts and side of skirt part. Crochet another row 1 s. c. around waist, then join panel and side of skirt with s. c. Start from waist, crochet 5 s. c., then make first loop, ch. 20, skip 1 st., 1 s. c. in each of the 19 ch. sts., 12 s. c. in next st., repeat loop and s. c. until there are 9 loops. Other side to correspond. For center front, starting at lower part, make 7 s. c., 10 ch. (loop for buttons), skip 4 s. c., going back in 5th st., fasten ch. with 1 s. c., skip 1 st., 1 s. c. in the 9 ch. sts., 12 s. c. in next sts., repeat loop until there are 9 loops up to neck.

Crochet 9 buttons. Sew on left front.

Collar—With ivory knitting needle No. 4 and white cast on 3 sts., k. in ridges, increase 1 st. every other row at outside of collar until there are 30 sts. on needle, k. in ridges for 7 inches, decrease 1 st. every other row outside of collar until there are 3 sts. left, bind off, sew neatly around neck of sweater.

Cuffs—With steel needle No. 3 and pink pick up 56 sts. on right side of sleeve, k. 2, p. 2, for 2 inches, k. in ridges for 2½ inches, bind off loosely.

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