Junior Partner Vest Pattern #350

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Spool Cotton #148, Men's Sweaters
Junior Partner Vest Pattern #350

MATERIALS: Chadwick's Red Heart Sweater Wool, 10 balls (1 oz. balls) for size 36; 11 balls for size 38; 12 balls for sizes 40 and 42.
Milward's Phantom Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 2 (2¾ mm. size) and 1 pair No. 4 (3½ mm. size).

MEASUREMENTS FOR BLOCKING:

Sizes
36
38
40
42
Chest
36"
38"
40"
42"
Length from top of shoulder
25"
25"
26"
26"
Width across back or front at shoulders
13"
13¾"
14½"
15"
Length from underarm to lower edge
15"
16"
16½"
16½"
GAUGE: 6 sts make 1 inch; 8 rows make 1 inch.
PATTERN STITCH … (A multiple of 14 sts, plus 9) 1st row: K 1, * p 7, k 7. Repeat from * across, ending with p 7, k 1. 2nd row: P 1, * k 7, p 7. Repeat from * across, ending with k 7, p 1. 3rd row: K 2, p 5, * k 9, p 5. Repeat from * across, ending with k 2. 4th row: P 2, k 5, * p 9, k 5. Repeat from * across, ending with p 2. 5th row: K 3, p 3, * k 11, p 3. Repeat from * across, ending with k 3. 6th row: P 3, k 3, * p 11, k 3. Repeat from * across, ending with p 3. 7th row: K 4, p 1, * k 13, p 1. Repeat from * across, ending with k 4. 8th row: P 4, k 1, * p 13, k 1. Repeat from * across, ending with p 4. 9th row: K 8, * p 7, k 7. Repeat from * across, ending with k 8 instead of k 7. 10th row: P 8, * k 7, p 7. Repeat from * across, ending with p 8 instead of p 7. 11th row: K 9, * p 5, k 9. Repeat from * across. 12th row: P 9, * k 5, p 9. Repeat from * across. 13th row: K 10, * p 3, k 11. Repeat from * across, ending with k 10 instead of k 11. 14th row: P 10, * k 3, p 11. Repeat from * across, ending with p 10 instead of p 11. 15th row: K 11, * p 1, k 13. Repeat from * across, ending with k 11 instead of k 13. 16th row: P 11, * k 1, p 13. Repeat from * across, ending with p 11 instead of p 13. Repeat these 16 rows for pattern.
Sizes
36
38
40
42
BACK … With No. 2 needles cast on
100 sts
104 sts
112 sts
120 sts
Work in ribbing of k 2, p 2, for
3½"
3½"
4"
4"
Change to No. 4 needles and p 1 row, increasing evenly across row to
107 sts
107 sts
121 sts
121 sts
Work in pattern stitch until piece measures, in all (end on right side of work)
15"
15"
15½"
15½"
To start armhole band: 1st row: K 11, work in pattern to within 11 sts from end of row, k 11. 2nd row: P 11, work in pattern to within 11 sts from end of row, p 11. 3rd row: K 12, work in pattern to within 12 sts from end of row, k 12. 4th row: P 12, work in pattern to within 12 sts from end of row, p 12. 5th row: K 13, work in pattern to within 13 sts from end of row, k 13.
Continue thus, working 1 st more in reversed stockinette st every other row until there are 11 rows in all.
All sizes
To shape armholes: 1st row: Bind off 7 sts (1 st remains on right hand needle), p 8, work in pattern to within 16 sts from end, p 16. 2nd row: Bind off 7 sts (1 st remains on right hand needle), k 9, work in pattern to within 9 sts from end, k 9.
All sizes
If necessary, dec. 1 st at both ends of next row and every other row thereafter (having 10 k sts at both ends of each p row) until there remain
89 sts
93 sts
97 sts
101 sts
Now work inner edge of band straight, but dec. 1 st at both ends of next k row. Sts on needle:
87 sts
91 sts
95 sts
99 sts
Work straight (with 8 sts in reverse stockinette st band at each end) until piece measures, from 1st row of armhole shaping
8½"
8½"
9"
9"
To shape shoulders: Bind off at beginning of next 2 rows
11 sts
13 sts
13 sts
13 sts
Bind off at beginning of following 4 rows
8 sts
8 sts
8 sts
9 sts
For back of neck, bind off remaining
33 sts
33 sts
37 sts
37 sts
FRONT … Work ribbing as on Back.
All sizes
Change to No. 4 needles and p 1 row, increasing evenly across row to
107 sts
121 sts
121 sts
135 ss
Work exactly as for Back until there remain on needle
87 sts
91 sts
95 sts
99 sts
There are now 8 sts in reverse stockinette st band at each end. If necessary, work straight until piece measures 1½" from 1st row of armhole shaping.
Next row: Work center 7 sts in reverse stockinette st, and work 2 sts more in reverse stockinette st at center every other row until 17 sts are worked in this manner.
All sizes
To shape neck: Work to center front, dec. 1 st and turn. Then work across ½ of front only, decreasing 1 st at neck edge every 4th row (always having 8 sts in reverse stockinette st bands) until there remain
35 sts
37 sts
37 sts
39 sts
Work straight until armhole measures same as Back armhole.
All sizes
To shape shoulder: Bind off at armhole edge once
11 sts
13 sts
13 sts
13 sts
Then bind off at armhole edge every other row twice
8 sts
8 sts
8 sts
9 sts
On remaining 8 sts, inc. 1 st at shoulder edge and work reverse stockinette st on 9 sts for
2"
2"
2¼"
2¼"
Bind off. Attach yarn and work other half to correspond.
All sizes
Block pieces, following measurements for blocking given at beginning of directions. Sew up shoulder and underarm seams. Sew ends of neck band to back of neck, and seam at center back. Turn in half of bands at neck and armhole, and sew.
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