Ladies’ Yoke Sweater No. 839

Size 40

See Illustration, Page 46

Model No. 839

MATERIALS

11 skeins Red Utopia Shetland Floss. 3 skeins Blue Utopia Shetland Floss. 1 pair of Ivory Knitting Needles, No. 4. 1 pair of Steel Needles, No. 6. 1 Crochet Hook, No. 2.

DIRECTIONS

Back—Cast on 3 sts., k. in ridges, increase 1 st. every other row at front side until there are 40 sts. on needle, increase 1 st. every row until there are 50 sts. on needle, k. other point to correspond. Cast on 20 sts., slip the 50 sts. of other point on one needle, having 120 sts. altogether. K. in ridges for 8 inches.

46Next Row—Start opening for belt, k. the first 20 sts. for 4 ridges, break off yarn, slip these 20 sts. on separate needle, k. the next 20 sts. for 4 ridges, break off yarn, slip these 20 sts. to the first 20 sts., k. the next 40 sts. for 4 ridges, break off yarn, slip these to the other sts., k. the next 20 sts. for 4 ridges, break off yarn, slip sts. on to the other needle, then k. the last 20 sts. for 4 ridges, having 4 spaces, slip all sts. on one needle. K. in ridges for 8 inches, decrease 1 st. at each end of needle every 8th row for 10 times, having 100 sts. on needle. Cast on 90 sts. for sleeve, k. across back, cast on 90 sts. for other sleeve, k. 3 inches. On separate needle k. 95 sts., bind off 90 sts. on back for yoke, on other 95 sts. k. 6 inches, cast on 20 sts. for front yoke, increase 1 st. every other row for 10 times towards center front, then increase 1 st. every row for 10 times, bind off 90 sts. for sleeve, having 45 sts. on needle. Cast on 10 sts. for front yoke, k. other side of sleeve and front to correspond, slip the 45 sts. to the 55 sts., having 100 sts. on needle, increase 1 st. at each end of needle every 8th row for 10 times until there are 120 sts. on needle, k. side seam same length as back, then k. the four spaces for belt same way as on back, k. 8 inches. On separate needle k. 50 sts., bind off 20 sts. for center front, and on other 50 sts. k. down point, decrease 1 st. every row at front side for 10 times, then decrease 1 st. every other row until there are 3 sts. left, bind off. K. other point to correspond. Sew side seam together, leaving 8 inches open for lacing.

Yoke with blue. Cast on 20 sts., k. 5 ridges.

Next Row—K. 2 sts., * throw thread over needle, k. 2 sts. together, repeat from * to end of row, increasing 1 st. at shoulder seam every 8th row, k. 5 ridges, repeat the openwork, k. 5 ridges, repeat these stripes until there are 4 of each up to neck, continue this pattern throughout yoke, at lower edge of yoke, having 3 inches straight from start, increase 1 st. every other row until there are 32 sts. on needle, bind off the first 10 sts. at neck of shoulder, then decrease 1 st. every other row and increase 1 st. every other row at lower edge, having 22 sts. on needle, continue to increase and decrease until you have 2 inches, then k. 3 inches straight, decrease 1 st. every other row at lower edge, at neck increase 1 st. every other row, continue to k. this way until you have 2 inches. Cast on 10 sts. at neck of shoulder, having 32 sts. on needle, keep on decreasing at lower edge until you have 25 sts. on needle, also decrease at shoulder seam 1 st. every 8th row until there are 20 sts. left, bind off loosely, having 4 stripes of each for shoulder.

Back Yoke—With blue cast on 20 sts., k. 5 ridges, k. openwork same as front, having 4 stripes of each, increasing at shoulder seam every 8th row until there are 26 sts. on needle, decrease 1 st. at neck every other row for 6 times, having 20 sts. on needle, k. straight for 7 inches, increase 1 st. every other row at neck until there are 26 sts. on needle, then decrease 1 st. every 8th row at shoulder seam until there are 20 sts. left, having 4 stripes of each, bind off loosely, keep lower edge of back yoke straight.

Cuffs—With steel needles pick up 65 sts. on sleeve, k. 2, p. 2, for 2 inches, with ivory needle and blue k. 12 ridges. Next row—K. 2 sts. * throw yarn over needle, k. 2 sts. together, repeat from * to end of row, k. 3 ridges, k. openwork, k. 3 ridges, bind off loosely.

Belt—With blue cast on 8 sts., k. in ridges for 30 inches, draw through spaces.

With crochet hook and blue ch. 36 inches for lacing at side of sweater.

With crochet hook start at lowest point, crochet 1 s. c., * ch. 3, skip 1 st., 1 s. c. in next st., repeat from * at both sides of point for lacing.

Tassel—With blue cut 30 threads 5 inches long, double over and tie firm, make 6. With red and crochet hook ch. 3, skip 1 st., 6 s. c. in next st.

47Next Row—2 s. c. in every st., 4 rows 1 s. c. in every st. Next row—* 1 s. c., skip 1 st., 1 s. c., skip 1 st., repeat from * all around. Fasten tassel into this heading. Sew 2 tassels on belt and 2 at each lacing. Sew 4 small bone buttons to each shoulder, use openwork for buttonholes. Crochet 1 row s. c. around neck of yoke.