The “Goldie” Golf Sweater of Utopia Golden Brown and White Llama Yarn, No. 587

Design No. 587

MATERIALS

7 balls of Golden Brown and 1½ balls White Llama Yarn. No. 7 Knitting Needles and No. 4 Needles. 9 old Ivory Buttons.

DIRECTIONS

For Skirt Portion—Cast on 60 sts., pl. k. 8 rds. with br. y. on No. 7 ns., attach wh. y., wk. 4 rs. of k. 1, p. 1, patt.; 8 rds. br., 4 rs. wh. patt., and so on, to have 17 grps. of gold-br., and 16 wh. stripes, bind off, finish all around 3 sides with 2 ch. and sl. st. tipping, not too tight, so the pretty scallop effect at lower edge may be noticeable.

For Upper Part, from w. l.—Cast on, for back, working upwards, 50 sts., with br. y., pl. k. and inc. 1 st. e. end of n. e. 4th rd. to 30 rds., add 60 sts. at e. end of n. for sls., pl. k. 19 rds. straight across, k. off 84 sts., bind off 16 sts., k. 84, transfer 1 st. 84 to ex. n., wk. 4 rds. with no inc., then inc. 1 st. e. other r. towards fr. edge for neck curve 18 times, when there are 37 rds. on sl., bind off 60 sts. to complete it, from neck to w. l., 59bind off 2 sts. in e. 7th rd. for buttonhole, add the 2 sts. when k. back, make 4 but. ho. after 1 close to neck curve, 5 in all to w. l., copy 2d fr. without buttonholes, sew seams neatly and firmly, finish lower edge with close s. c. sts., for firm edge to sew flat to skirt portion, which is to be fulled in to fit body, front edges also finished with s. c. It is advisable to sew 2 rs. of firm sts. about ½ inch apart for flat finish at w. l. Now wk. 5 rds. of wh. on fine ns. at e. edge of sls., turn back to have br. show about 1½ inch tack back under wh. bor. which forms a ruffle, tip with br. 2 ch. and sl. st., and fasten button to center of e. sl. for decoration. Close fr. with the buttons, etc.

For Collar—With wh. llama cast on 30 sts., pl. k. 5 rds. on fine ns., wk. 2 rs. of br., k. 1, p. 1, patt., pl. k. 5 rds. of wh., must have either 11 or 13 sections, whichever fits best to size of neck required, bind off, tip with the br. 2 ch. and sl. st., finish, sew to position around neck curve, to roll back.

For Sash—Cast on 20 sts., pl. k. about 2 yds. in length, tip on 2 edges and wk. fringe into both ends of br. and wh. y., using about 5 strands of e., tack belt to center back and knot in fr. like 4-in-hand tie. For pocket cast on 16 sts., wk. 16 pl. k. rds., finish like other parts of sweater and sew to proper position at left side, decorate with a button at e. upper corner. Very attractive garment when nicely and correctly made.