Pattern for Sweater Is Knit One, Purl One
Throughout Sweater
Materials:
=6 Hanks Lion Brand Heather Knitting Yarn.=
=1 Pr. Knitting Needles No. 3.=
=1 Pr. Steel Knitting Needles No. 14.=
Directions:
Cast on 132 sts. for back, follow pattern and k. 26 inches. This
finishes back of sweater.
=Front=: Knit 42 sts., bind off 48 sts. for neck, slip the 42 sts. just
knitted on a spare needle and on the remaining 42 sts. knit one front
after the following directions and the other to correspond knit
following pattern for one inch then add on one st. towards front every
other row until there are 64 sts. on needle, now add 15 sts. at armhole
having 79 sts. on needle.
Knit following pattern for 14 inches from under-arm. Now starting from
front work pocket lap with an extra ball of yarn and steel needles cast
on 34 sts. and knit 8 ridges.
Knit following pattern on 20 sts., then slip the next 34 sts. on a spare
needle and in their place knit in rib of knit one purl one the sts. from
pocket lap. Knit following pattern on remaining sts. on needle knit
following pattern until side seam is the same length as side seam on
back, bind off loosely. Then knit in rib of knit one, purl one on the 31
sts. on spare needle for pocket for 5 inches, bind off. Sew to inside of
sweater. Sew side seams together.
=Sleeves=: Cast on 121 sts., knit in rib of knit one, purl one for 2
inches, then decrease by knitting 3 sts. together on each end of needle
every 6th row until 12 sts. have been decreased on each side and there
are 93 sts. on needle; knit following pattern for 3 inches, then
decrease by knitting 3 sts. together at each end of needle every 6th row
until there are 85 sts. on needle. Knit following pattern until sleeves
are required length or 18 inches. Narrow and knit turnover cuff for 5
inches. Bind off.
=Band=: Cast on steel needles 14 sts. and knit in ridges for 42 inches.
Now start buttonholes, knit 5 sts., bind off 4 sts. and knit 5 sts. Next
row cast on the 4 sts. that were bound off in row before and repeat
buttonholes 4 inches apart. Sew band on sweater and face bands with
ribbon.
[Illustration:
=Man’s Crocheted Vest=
]
Directions for
MAN’S CROCHETED VEST
Materials:
=3 Hanks Lion Brand Knitting Yarn.=
=1 Crochet Hook No. 1.=
Directions:
Front of Vest—Make a ch. of 5 sts.
First Row—1 s. c. in each of the 4 sts. of ch., ch. 1 and turn.
Second Row—1 s. c. in each of 2 sts. and 2 s. c. in last 2 sts., ch. 3
and turn.
Third Row—1 s. c. in each st., 2 s. c. in the last st., ch. 1 and turn.
Fourth Row—Like 3rd row; but ch. 3 and turn.
Fifth Row—1 s. c. in each st., 2 s. c. in last ch. 1 and turn.
Sixth Row—1 s. c. in each st. 2 s. c. in last st. ch. 3 and turn. Repeat
the last two rows, always having the ch. of 3 on the same end all the
time, until there are 54 sts. in row. Now work straight for 14 rows,
make place for pocket; work 20 s. c., ch. 18 sts., skip 16 sts. and work
to end of row.
Now work 32 rows working 18 s. c. on the ch. of 18. Make another pocket
starting from front end, work 14 s. c. ch. 16, skip 14 sts. and work to
end of row. Work 4 more rows straight.
Now start and decrease one st. at armhole and one st. at front edge
every row for 8 rows. Work front edge straight, but decrease one st.
every other row at armhole until there are 24 sts. in row. Now work 40
rows straight; this finishes one front. Work the other front to
correspond omitting the top pocket.
=Back=: Make a ch. of 64 sts., work s. c. on ch. Work straight until
side seam is as long as the side seam on front: now decrease the same as
you have decreased the front on both ends. Work 10 rows straight, then
increase one st. every row until there are 58 sts. in row. The next 6
rows straight. This finishes back. Sew up side seams and shoulders.
=Bands=: Bands around front and sleeves are worked from the wrong side,
so the wrong side of the s. c. st. is used for the border working 10
rows all around vest increasing at the corners by putting 2 s. c. in one
st. On left side of vest make buttonholes, then 4 rows of s. c., finish
with a slip st. all around vest.
Band around sleeves 7 rows of s. c. and finish with a slip st. Bind band
with ribbon and sew on buttons.
Band on pockets 4 rows of s. c. on small pocket and 5 rows on large
pockets. Finish inside of pockets with 18 rows of s. c.; sew up on wrong
side.
=Buttonholes=: Start from top of vest, work 5 s. c. ch. 4, skip 3 sts.,
work 14 s. c., ch. 4, skip 3 sts. and repeat from start to bottom of
vest. On the next row add the 3 sts. on the ch. of 4. This makes the
buttonholes.
[Illustration:
=Child’s Slip-on=
(6 to 8 years)
]
Directions for
CHILD’S SLIP-ON