Materials:
=3 Skeins LION BRAND Shetland Floss; 1 Hook, No. 3 or No. 2.=
Directions:
=M: Mesh.= =B: Block.=
=Back=: Ch. 61 sts., work 29M on ch.
Second Row—1B, 8M, 5B, 1M, 5B, 8M, 1M.
Third Row—2B, 6M, 2B, 3M, 3B, 3M, 2B, 6M, 2B.
Fourth Row—1M, 1B, 6M, 1B, 1M, 2B, 5M, 2B, 1M, 1B, 6M, 1B, 1M.
Fifth Row—1M, 3B, 2M, 3B, 2M, 2B, 1M, 1B, 1M, 2B, 2M, 3B, 2M, 3B, 1M.
Sixth Row—3M, 4B, 5M, 2B, 1M, 2B, 5M, 4B, 3M.
Seventh Row—29M all across row.
Repeat seventh row 6 times more.
Fourteenth Row—Start to decrease 1M at each end of every row until there
are 23M in row. Then work diagram for chickens, then 7 more rows of M.
This finishes back.
=Front=: Work 6M, 1B, ch. 3, turn. Block is always at neck end.
Work 15 rows of 6M, 1B for shoulder. Make the other shoulder the same.
Add a ch. of 18 sts., or if work is tight add a ch. of 27 sts. On next
row work d. c. on ch. added at neck.
Next Row—23M. Then work the diagram for chickens. Start and add 1M at
each end until there are 23M in row; then work as long as back. Repeat
the first 7 rows backwards for bottom. Sew up sides and finish around
neck, armholes, and bottom with a picot edge.