BORN TO BE WOOL LONG CARDIGAN

Instructions

Note: A circular needle has been used to accommodate the required number of stitches. Work forwards and backwards in ROWS, not rounds. Carry colours not in use loosely up on side edges of work until required again. This garment is designed to drop slightly during wear, therefore length measurements to be taken while holding up your knitting. Instead of performing a 3-needle cast-off on Shoulders, cast-off sts as normal and sew Shoulder seams using mattress st.

Back and Fronts (worked in one piece to armholes)

Using 15mm circular needle and C1, cast on 67 (75-79-85-91) sts loosely.

Beg Stripe Patt -

Using C1, knit 3 rows garter st (1st Row is RS).

Using C2, knit 3 rows garter st.

Using C3, knit 3 rows garter st.

Last 9 rows form stripe patt.

Cont in stripe patt until work measures 45cm from beg (while holding up), working last row on WS.

Beg Right Front and Front Slope Shaping -

1st Row (RS) -K2tog, K15 (17-18-19-21), turn.

Cont on these 16 (18-19-20-22) sts for Right Front.

Keeping stripe patt correct, dec one st at beg of every foll 8th (6th-8th-10th-6th) row until 13 (14-15-17-17) sts rem, working last row on RS.

Work 3 (5-1-5-7) rows stripe patt.

Next Row - Using one of the straight 15mm needles, knit to end, leave sts on needle.

Beg Back -

With RS facing, join appropriate colour to rem sts.

1st Row (RS) - K33 (37-39-43-45), turn.

Cont on these 33 (37-39-43-45) sts for Back.

Work 27 (29-33-35-37) rows stripe patt.

Next Row - Using one of the straight 15mm needles, knit to end, leave sts on needle.

Beg Left Front and Front Slope Shaping -

With RS facing, using appropriate colour join yarn to rem sts, knit to last 2sts, K2tog.

Cont on these 16 (18-19-20-22) sts for Left Front.

Keeping stripe patt correct, dec one st at end of every foll 8th (6th-8th-10th-6th) row until 13 (14-15-17-17) sts rem, working last row on RS.

Work 4 (6-2-6-8) rows stripe patt, ending on a WS row.

Leave sts on circular needles.

Join Shoulders (3-Needle Cast-Off) -

Fold Left Front Shoulder sts on needle over Back Shoulder sts with RS tog, slip sts on Back to other end of circular needle.

Using attached yarn on Left Front and opposite end of circular needles (3rd needle), *insert needle through first st from Back needle knitways, then through first st from Left Front needle, wrap the yarn around 3rd needle as if to knit, draw yarn through both sts and allow sts to drop off needles normally*, rep from *to* once ... 2sts on needle, cast off first st.

Cont casting-off in this manner to end of Shoulder sts, cast-off next 7 (9-9-9-11) sts for Back neck in normal manner, fold Right Front sts over Back sts with RS tog, work 3-needle cast-off as for Left Shoulder to end.

Sleeves

Using pair of 15mm needles, cast on 25 (27-29-31-33) sts.

Beg Stripe Patt -

Work in stripe patt as for Back and Front (1st Row is RS), until work measures 36cm from beg.

Cast off loosely.

Front And Neck Edging

With RS facing using circular 15mm needles and C1, knit up 29sts evenly along Right Front edge to beg of Front Slope shaping, knit up 13 (14-15-16-17) sts evenly along Right Front Slope to Shoulder, knit up 7 (9-9-9-11) sts across Back neck, knit up 13 (14-15-16-17) sts from Shoulder to beg of Left Front Slope, then knit up 29sts evenly along Left Front edge to lower edge ... 91 (95-97-99-103) sts.

Knit 1 row, do not cut yarn.

Using C2, knit 1 row.

Next Row (buttonholes) - Knit K60, (K2tog, yfwd, K7) twice, K2tog, yfwd, knit to end, fasten off C2.

Next Row - Using C3, knit to yfwd on previous row, knit this st through back loop, rep on rem 2 buttonholes, knit to end.

Next Row - Using C2, knit, fasten off C2.

Using C3, knit 2 rows, fasten off C3.

Using C1, cast-off loosely knitways.

Pocket/s (optional)

Using C1 (or any colour where pocket/s will be placed on), cast on 10sts.

Using C2, knit 3 rows.

Using C3, knit 3 rows.

Cont in stripe patt until desired length, cast-off.

Finishing

DO NOT PRESS. Using mattress st and matching plain yarn, join Sleeve seams matching stripes. Sew in Sleeves. Sew buttons onto Left Front to correspond with buttonholes. Using slip st, sew pocket/s in place, sew in all ends.