Beautiful Knitting Sweaters E-Book

Catherine Baldwin

• Herausgeber: BookRix
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

Women are constantly expanding their wardrobes. We have a never-ending thirst to keep treating ourselves to fashionable luxuries. Beautiful Knitting Sweaters features 14 vintage sweater patterns. The sweaters are extremely comfortable, elegant, and a joy to make.

Leseprobe

Catherine Baldwin

Beautiful Knitting Sweaters

BookRix GmbH & Co. KG81371 Munich

Tava English Sport Zephyr Blouse Pattern

Size 14

Materials:

1 Pr. Standard No. 6 Needles—14 in.

1 Size 2 Steel Crochet Hook

Jack Frost English Sport Zephyr—2 2-oz. Balls

BACK: With No. 6 Needles cast on 60 sts. K. 4 rows, then work as follows: Row 1—K. 1, Y. O. the needle twice, repeat across row ending K. 1. Row 2—K. 1, drop the 2 over sts., repeat across row ending K. 1. Rows 3 and 4—Knit.

Above 4 rows form Pat. Repeat them, increasing 1 st. at each end every 4th row 5 times. Work even in Pat. until 11 drop st. rows have been made. Bind off 7 sts. at the beginning of the next 2 rows, and work even in Pat. until 7 drop st. rows have been made from 1st bound off sts. at underarm. Discontinue drop st., and working in garter st., bind off 6 sts. at the beginning of the next 2 rows, then bind off 12 sts. at the beginning of the next 2 rows. Bind off remaining sts. for back of neck.

RIGHT FRONT: With No. 6 Needles cast on 30 sts. K. 4 rows, then work in Pat. as described for back, increasing 1 st. at underarm side every 4th row 5 times. Work even until 11 drop st. rows have been made in all. Bind off 7 sts. at underarm side once, then work even until 5 drop st. rows have been made from 1st bound off sts. at underarm. Bind off 5 sts. at neck edge at the beginning of every other row twice, then continue to work even until 2 more drop st. rows have been made. Discontinue drop st. Pat., and working in garter st., bind off 6 sts. at shoulder edge once, then bind off 12 sts. at shoulder edge once. Work other side to correspond.

Sew shoulder seams.

SLEEVES: With No. 6 Needles, on right side of garment, pick up 22 sts. across top of shoulder. Work back and forth in garter st., picking up 10 sts. at end of each row until 62 sts. have been picked up from end to end of armhole. Discontinue garter st., and work in drop st. Pat. until 7 drop st. rows have been made. Then work as follows: K. 8, K. 2 tog. 5 times, K. 3 tog. 8 times, K. 2 tog. 6 times, K. 8. (35 sts. on Needle) Work in garter st. for 4 rows. Bind off loosely.

Sew underarm and sleeve seams. Sew zipper in place at front opening. Work 2 rows s.c. around neck edge.

Chanon Sport Angora Blouse Pattern

Size 14

Materials:

1 Pr. Standard No. 1 Needles—14 in.

1 Pr. Standard No. 3 Needles—14 in.

1 Size 3 Bone Circular Needle—16 in.

Scale: 7 sts. to 1 in.

Jack Frost Sport Angora:

Belmont Blue—4 155-yd. Balls

Mimosa Yellow—2 155-yd. Balls

Amber Red—2 155-yd. Balls

BACK: With No. 1 Needles, and Blue, cast on 100 sts. K. 1, P. 1, for 3½ in. Change to No. 3 Needles, increasing to 120 sts. at even intervals across the row. Work in stockinette st. for 1½ in. Change to Yellow, work 4 rows in stockinette st., then continue with Blue for 1½ in. Change to Red, work 4 rows in stockinette st., then continue with Blue for 1½ in. Continue stripes as described above until piece measures 7½ in. from ribbing, or desired length to underarm. Continuing stripes, bind off 7 sts. at the beginning of the next 2 rows, then de­crease 1 st. at each end every other row 3 times. Work even until armhole measures 6½ in. from 1st bound off sts. at underarm. Work over 35 sts. Bind off 30 sts. for back of neck. On remaining 35 sts., starting at shoulder edge, bind off 8 sts. at the beginning of every other row 4 times, at the same time decreasing 1 st. at neck edge every other row 3 times. Work other side to correspond.

FRONT: With No. 1 Needles cast on 100 sts. K. 1, P. 1, for 3½ in. Change to No. 3 Needles, increasing to 130 sts. at even intervals across the row. Work to correspond with back to underarm. Keeping contrasting stripes to correspond with back, bind off 8 sts. at the beginning of the next 2 rows, then decrease 1 st. at each end every other row 7 times. Work even until armhole measures 5 in. from 1st bound off sts. at under­arm. Work over 40 sts. Bind off 20 sts. On remaining 40 sts., continuing to keep contrasting stripes to correspond with back, decrease 1 st. at neck edge every other row 8 times. Starting at shoulder edge, bind off 8 sts. at the beginning of every other row 4 times. Work other side to correspond. Sew shoulder seams.

SLEEVES: With Blue, and No. 3 Needles, on right side of garment, pick up 10 sts. across top of shoulder. P. back, in­creasing to 20 sts. Work back and forth in stockinette st., picking up 1 st. at end of each row, placing contrasting color stripes to correspond to blouse, until 126 sts. are on the needle, and sleeve has been picked up from end to end of armhole. Work even for 4½ in. Change to No. 1 Needles, decreasing to 62 sts. at even intervals across the row. K. 1, P. 1, for 1½ in. Bind off. Sew underarm and sleeve seams.

NECKBAND: With Blue, and No. 3 Circular Needle, on right side of garment, pick up 120 sts. around neck. K. 1, P. 1, for 1 in. Bind off loosely.