Cardigan Pattern

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Tartans
Cardigan Pattern

SIZES 12-14-16

MATERIALS:
Chadwick's Red Heart Sock and Sweater Yarn, 3 Ply, Art. E.255, Shrink and Stretch Resist, 7 skeins (1 oz. pull-out skeins) of Black for Sizes 12 and 14; 8 skeins for Size 16.
Milwards “Phantom” Aluminum Knitting Pins or Clark's O.N.T. Plastic Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 1 (2½ mm. size) and 1 pair No. 3 (3 mm. size).
Buttons.

GAUGE: 7 sts make 1 inch; 9 rows make 1 inch.

BLOCKING MEASUREMENTS:

Sizes  
12
14
16
Bust (cardigan buttoned)    
32”
34”
36”
Width across back at underarm  
16”
17”
18”
Width across each front at underarm
8½”
9”
9½”
Width across back above armhole shap­ing 
12”
12½”
13”
Length from shoulder to lower edge
21”
22½”
23”
Length of side seam   
14”
15”
15”
Width across sleeve at upperarm 
12½”
13”
13½”
Length of sleeve seam
17½”
18”
18”
BACK … Starting at lower edge with No. 1 knitting pins, cast on
112 sts
120 sts
128 sts
Work in ribbing of k 1, p 1 for 3 inches. Change to No. 3 knitting pins and work in stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row) until piece measures in all
14”
15”
15”
To Shape Armholes: Bind off at the beginning of the next 2 rows
7 sts
8 sts
8 sts
Dec 1 st at end of each row until there remain
84 sts
88 sts
92 sts
Work without decreasing until piece measures
7”
7½”
8”

from first row of armhole shaping.
To Shape Shoulders: Bind off the first
24 sts
25 sts
26 sts
place a marker. Bind off, for back of neck, the next
36 sts
38 sts
40 sts
place a marker. Bind off, for other shoulder, the remaining
24 sts
25 sts
26 sts
LEFT FRONT … Starting at lower edge with No. 1 knitting pins, cast on
68 sts
72 sts
76 sts
1st row: * K 1, p 1. Repeat from * across to last 12 sts, k 12 (buttonband). 2nd row: P 12, * k 1, p 1. Repeat from * across. Repeat the last 2 rows until piece measures 3 inches, ending with the 2nd row. Change to No. 3 knitting pins and work as fol­lows: 1st row: K across to last 13 sts, p 1, k 12. 2nd row: P 12, k 1, p across. Repeat the last 2 rows until piece measures in all, ending with the 2nd row   
14”
15”
15”
To Shape Armhole: Bind off at beginning of next row
7 sts
8 sts
8 sts
Dec 1 st at same edge at beginning of every other row until there remain
54 sts
56 sts
60 sts
Keeping continuity of the purl st immediately inside buttonband, work without decreasing until piece meas­ures
5”
5½”
6”
from first row of armhole shaping, ending at front edge.
To Shape Neck: P 12, k 1, purl
17 sts
18/ sts
20 sts
Place on a stitch holder the
30 sts
31 sts
33 sts
just worked. P across row. Work with­out decreasing over the remaining
24 sts
25 sts
27 sts
until piece measures
7”
7½”
8”
from first row of armhole shaping. Bind off.
RIGHT FRONT … Work exactly as for Left Front, reversing shapings and buttonband and making a set of buttonholes when piece measures
1¼”
1½”
2”
and every
2¼”
2½”
2½”
thereafter until there are 8 buttonholes in all—to make a set of buttonholes, on one row k 1, bind off 3 sts, k 4, bind off 3 sts; on next row cast on 3 sts to replace each set of the 3 sts bound off.
SLEEVES … Starting at cuff with No. 1 knitting pins, cast on
64 sts
68 sts
72 sts
Work in ribbing of k 1, p 1 for 3 inches. Change to No. 3 knitting pins and work in stockinette st, in­creasing 1 st at both ends of every 7th row until there are on needle
86 sts
90 sts
94 sts
Work without increasing until piece measures in all
17½”
18”
18”
To Shape Top: Bind off at beginning of the next 2 rows
7 sts
8 sts
8 sts
Dec 1 st at both ends of every other row until 20 sts remain. Bind off.
Block pieces to measurements. Sew shoulder seams.
NECKBAND … Starting at right front stitch holder, with right side facing, attach yarn and k 12, p 1, k across remaining sts on stitch holder, pick up and k 18 sts along right neck edge, pick up and k
37 sts
39 sts
41 sts
along back neck edge, pick up and k 18 sts along left neck edge, k across to last 13 sts on left front stitch holder, p 1, k 12.
Next row: P 12, * k 1, p 1. Repeat from * across to last 13 sts, k 1, p 12. Following row: K 12, * p 1, k 1. Repeat from * across to last 13 sts, p 1, k 12. Repeat the last 2 rows until neckband measures ½ inch. Make a set of buttonholes in line with previ­ous buttonholes. Continue as before until neckband measures 1 inch. Bind off.
Block to measurements. Sew side and sleeve seams and sew in sleeves. Double buttonbands matching buttonholes. Slip stitch band in place on wrong side. Work buttonhole st around button­holes. Sew on buttons to correspond with buttonholes.

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