Bear Cub Sweater
Back: Cast on 44 sts. and work in rib as follows:
Row 1 (RS) P 3, * K2, P2, rep from * end last 3 sts in P.
Row 2 K the knit sts and P the purl sts. Continue in rub as established until piece measures 5 inches from beginning.
Shoulder shaping: Bind off 12 sts at beginning of next 2 rows. Bind off remaining 20 sts for back of neck.
Front: Work as for back until piece measures 3 inches from beginning.
Placket shaping: On RS work 21 sts, inc. 1 st in next st, join 2nd ball of yarn, inc. 1 sts in next st, work to end. Work both sides at once with separate balls of yard on keep 2 sts at neck edge in garter st and remaining sts in rib until same length as back to shoulder. Shape shoulder as for back. Bind off remaining 11 sts each side for neck. Sew shoulders.
Sleeves: Pick up and knit 20 sts around armhole on first row, then rib as for back until piece measures 2 ½ inches. Bind off.
Finishing: Block pieces. Sew up sleeve and side seams, Single crochet around neck and make chain button loop on one side of placket.
Sew button on other side of placket.
Top Down Sweater
Materials: Worsted Weight Yarn, needle size 4 or 5
Gauge: 5 Stitches = 1 inch
Knit one row evenly around placing markers at beginning , after 14, 8, 11 and again 8 stitches.
Increase before and after each marker (8 stitches) eery other round until you have a raglan length of about 4 inches. Ending with 116 stitches total.
Knit around the body, placing the sleeve stitches on holders until you hava good length sweater, about 4 inches, do abot 1 inch of ribbing and bind off.
Knit sleeves in round (or up and back and sew) until about 1 inch from underarm. Rib and Bind off.
Seamless Yoke Sweater:
Working in the round facilitates corrugated ribbing, braided lower edge of body and neck edge. When changing colors, use the jogless color change technique as described by Meg Swansen in Handknitting With Meg Swansen, p. 21.
Two circular needles (same size) may be used instead of double point needles for sleeves, body and neck using Joyce William’s technique as described in Knitters Magazine, Summer 2000, No. 59, p. 61. Body and neck may be worked in the round on one 12" circular needle.
Sz 3 & 5 12" or 16" circular needles (two sets each) and/or dpn sz 3 & 5 sport weight yarn. Gauge: 6 sts = 1 inch
Sleeves:
On smaller sz needles, cast on 30 sts (40% of X); join being careful not to twist the casting on.
Work in K1, P1 ribbing for one inch.
Change to larger needles and work in stst until sleeve measures 2 ¼ inches from beginning.
Place 5 stitches at underarm on holder to be woven later, and place remaining stitches on a piece of yarn.
Body:
On smaller sz needles, cast on 72 sts (X - 100%); join being careful not to twist the casting on and place a marker to indicate beginning of round if working on 12" circular needles. Work in K1, P1 ribbing for one inch.
Change to larger needles and work in stst until 2 ½ inches from beginning.
Join sleeves to body as follows: Next round: knit across back to within 3 sts of marker; place next 5 sts on holder. Place marker and join left sleeve. Place marker, knit across 30 sts (front); slip next 5 stitches on holder. Place marker and join right sleeve. Place marker and knit across back to beginning of round. (112 sts)
Yoke:
Work two rounds then begin decreasing every 2nd round 1 st before and 1 stitch after every marker 9 times to 40 sts as follows:
K2tog, K1, (marker) K1, SSK (8 sts dec every dec rnd)
Alternative decreasing
At each decrease point, knit to two sts before marker; slip 1, K2tog (last
stitch before marker and first stitch after marker), PSSO, replace marker.
(Double decrease). This decreases 8 sts on each decrease round. Work every other round 9 times.
Hint: if working two-row stripes, decrease on the second round of each color
To work a color pattern Icelandic or Fair Isle design decrease as follows:
After joining sleeves to body, 20 rounds will be worked to neck.
At round 11, decrease to 84 sts as follows: *K1, K2tog* 28 times (28 sts
will be decreased)
At round 15, decrease to 56 sts as follows: *K1, K2tog* 28 times (28 sts
decreased)
At round 19, decrease to 40 sts as follows: *K1, K2tog, K2, K2tog* 8
times (16 sts decreased)
(Work color patterns between decrease rounds.)
Neck:
Work on 40 sts (55%)
Knit all stitches on the first round
Then K1, P1 for 2 ½ inches to make turtle neck; Knit each round for 1 ¾
inches for a J Crew neck; K1, P1 for ¾ inch for a crew neck
Bind off loosely
At each underarm weave or graft 5 sts from underarm of sleeve to 5 sts from underarm of body using the Kitchener Stitch.
Vogue Knitting, p. 102-103
