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Size 14 to 16
1 Pr. Standard No. 4 Needles
1 Pr. Standard No. 8 Needles

SCALE: 9 sts to 2 in.

Jack Frost Knitting Worsted—5 4-oz. Skeins

BACK: With No. 4 Needles cast on 71 sts. Work in ribbing of K 1, P 1, for 3½ in. Change to No. 8 Needles and P 1 row increasing to 81 sts at even intervals across row. Work in pattern as given for Sleeveless Pullover Pattern until piece measures 12½ in. from lower edge. Bind off 4 sts at beginning of each of next 2 rows for underarm; decrease 1 st at each end every other row 4 times. Work even until piece measures 1 in. from under­arm. Bind off 5 sts at beginning of each of next 8 rows for shoulders. Bind off remaining sts for back of neck.

RIGHT FRONT: With No. 4 Needles cast on 55 sts. Work in ribbing of K 1, P 1, for ½ in., then work first buttonhole as follows: K 1, P 1, over the first 3 sts, bind off next 2 sts, work across row. Work back, casting on 2 sts over the bound off sts. Repeat buttonholes every 1½ in. until 4 buttonholes in all have been made. When ribbing measures 3½ in. from lower edge, change to No. 8 Needles and keeping the first 7 sts worked in ribbing for buttonhole band, work remaining 48 sts in pattern as given for back, starting with P 3, K 1, instead of K 1, P 3; decreasing 1 st at front edge after the last buttonhole and every 4th row thereafter to 27 sts as follows: K 1, P 1, over the first 7 sts, K 2 tog., work across row. When piece measures 12½ in. from lower edge, con­tinuing decreases at front edge, bind off 4 sts at underarm edge once; decrease 1 st at underarm edge every other row 4 times. Continue pattern until piece measures 7 in. from underarm. Starting at shoulder edge, bind off 5 sts every other row 4 times. Continue ribbing on remaining 7 sts for 2½ in. Bind off.

LEFT FRONT: Work to correspond to right front, omitting buttonholes and decreasing at front edge by slipping the first st after the ribbing, K next st, pass slipped st over the K st.

Sew shoulder and underarm seams. Sew neckband tog. at center back and sew to back neck edge.

SLEEVES: With No. 4 Needles cast on 51 sts. Work in ribbing of K 1, P 1, for 3½ in. Change to No. 8 Needles increasing 1 st at each end (53 sts). Work in pattern, increasing 1 st at each end every 2½ in, to 61 sts. Work even until piece measures 18 in. from lower edge. Bind off 4 sts at beginning of each of next 2 rows for underarm; decrease 1 st at each end every other row 4 times, then every 3rd row 3 times. Bind off 2 sts at beginning of every row until 15 sts remain. Bind off re­maining sts.

Sew sleeve seams. Sew sleeves in place.