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BLANKET
Strip 1 (Make 4): With CA, cast on 18 sts. Work in St st, beg K row, for 32 rows. [With CB work in St st for 32 rows. With CA work in St st for 32 rows.] 3 times – 7 color blocks total. Place sts on a st holder.
Strip 2 (Make 3):With CC, cast on 18 sts. Work in St st, beg K row, for 32 rows. [With CA work in St st for 32 rows. With CC work in St st for 32 rows] 3 times – 7 color blocks total. Place sts on a st holder.
FINISHING: Sew strips together alternating as follows: 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, taking care to match row to row to keep color blocks even.
Top Edging: Place sts from holders onto circular
needle. With right side facing and CB, K across all
sts – 126 sts. K 6 more rows. Bind off loosely in K.
Bottom Edging:With right side facing, CB and circular needle, pick up and K18 sts across each strip along bottom edge – 126 sts. K 6 more rows. Bind off loosely in K.
Side Edgings:With right side facing, CB and circular needle, pick up and K150 sts along side edge of blanket. K 6 more rows. Bind off loosely in K.
JACKET
BODY: Cast on 75 (83, 87) sts. K 6 rows. Work in St st, beg K row, until 5½ (6, 6½)" from beg, end P row.
Divide-Right Front: K18 (20, 21). Place rem sts on a holder. Work even until 4 (4½, 5)" above division, end K row.
Shape Neck/Shoulder: P14 (16, 17); place last 4 sts on a holder. Dec 1 st at neck edge on next 2 K rows – 12 (14, 15) sts. Work even until 5 (5½, 6)" above division. Bind off
Back: With right side facing, K39 (43, 45) sts from holder. Leave rem sts on holder. Work even until 5 (5½, 6)" above division.
Shape Shoulders: Bind off 12 (14, 15) sts at beg of next 2 rows. Place rem 15 sts on a holder.
Left Front: With right side facing, K18 (20, 21) sts from holder. Complete to correspond to right front, reversing neck shaping by ending P row before shaping.
SLEEVES: Cast on 25 (27, 28) sts. K 6 rows. Work in St st, beg K row, shaping sides by inc 1 st each end of first row, then every 4th row until there are 35 (39, 42) sts. Work even until 6 (7, 7½)" from beg. Bind off.
FINISHING-Button Band: Sew shoulder seams. With right side facing, pick up and K36 (40, 42) sts down left front edge. K 6 rows. Bind off loosely.
Buttonhole Band: With right side facing, pick up and K36 (40, 42) sts up right front edge. K 2 rows. Mark 5 evenly spaced buttonhole places on band. Buttonhole Row: [K to marker, bind off 2 sts] 5 times, K to end. Next Row: K, casting on 2 sts over bound-off sts. K 2 more rows Bind off loosely in K.
Collar: With wrong side facing, beg at left button band, pick up and K2 sts from inside button band, K4 from holder, pick up and K8 sts up left neck, K15 from back holder, pick up and K8 sts down right front st holder, K4 from holder, pick up and K2 sts from inside edge of buttonhole band – 43 sts. K 16 more rows. Bind off loosely in K.
Sew sleeve side seams. Set in sleeves. Sew buttons to button band. |