Tradition Vest Pattern #349

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Spool Cotton #148, Men's Sweaters
Tradition Vest Pattern #349

MATERIALS: Chadwick's Red Heart Shetland Floss, 7 balls (1 oz. balls) for size 38; 8 balls for size 40; 9 balls for sizes 42 and 44.
Milward's Phantom Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 2 (2¾ mm. size) and 1 pair No. 4 (3½ mm. size).

MEASUREMENTS FOR BLOCKING:

Sizes
38
40
42
44
Chest
38"
40"
42"
44"
Length from top of shoulder
25"
26"
26"
27"
Width across back or front at shoulders
13½"
14"
14½"
15"
Length from underarm to lower edge
16"
16½"
16½"
17"
GAUGE: (Stockinette Stitch) 7 sts make 1 inch; 9 rows make 1 inch.
Sizes
38
40
42
44
BACK … With No. 2 needles cast on
150 sts
160 sts
170 sts
180 sts
Work in ribbing of k 2, p 2, for
3½"
4"
4"
4½"
Dec. evenly on last row of ribbing
16 sts
20 sts
22 sts
26 sts
Change to No. 4 needles and work in stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row) over remaining
134 sts
140 sts
148 sts
150 sts
for
11¾"
all sizes
To shape armholes: Bind off at beginning of next 2 rows
9 sts
all sizes
Bind off at beginning of following 6 rows
4 sts
all sizes
Dec. 1 st at end of each row until there remain
84 sts
88 sts
92 sts
96 sts
Work straight until piece measures, from 1st row of armhole shaping
8½"
9"
9"
9½"
To shape shoulders: Bind off at beginning of next 4 rows
8 sts
8 sts
9 sts
9 sts
Bind off at beginning of next 2 rows
7 sts
all sizes
Bind off loosely for back of neck remaining
38 sts
42 sts
42 sts
46 sts
FRONT … Work exactly as for Back until 8th row of armhole shaping is completed; there remain on needle
92 sts
98 sts
106 sts
112 sts
With right side toward you, knit
45 sts
48 sts
52 sts
55 sts
Bind off 2 sts (to start front shaping); k across remaining sts. Work over these sts only, decreasing 1 st every other row at armhole edge
4 times
5 times
7 times
8 times
AND
at the same time, dec. 1 st at front edge every 3rd row
18 times
20 times
20 times
22 times
Work over remaining
23 sts
23 sts
25 sts
25 sts
until armhole measures same as Back armhole.
All sizes
To shape shoulder: Bind off at armhole edge every other row, twice
8 sts
8 sts
9 sts
9sts
Bind off the remaining
7 sts
all sizes
Attach yarn and work opposite side to correspond.
All sizes
NECK BAND … With No. 2 needles cast on 10 sts; work in ribbing of k 1, p 1, for
22"
23"
23"
24"
Bind off in ribbing. Block to measure
24"
25"
25"
26"
ARMHOLE BANDS (Make 2) … Work as for neck band for
20"
21"
21"
22"
Bind off and block to measure
22"
23"
23"
24"
Block pieces, following measurements for blocking given at beginning of directions.
Sew up underarm and shoulder seams. Place right side of band on right side of sweater and sew around armhole with close over-and-over sts, having seam at underarm. Sew neck band as for armhole bands; do not join ends of band, but make a seam at center front, forming a V on right side; turn down and sew the 2 ends on wrong side.
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