Willow Yarn Cardigan
Size 8 to 10 yr. Scale: 3 sts to 1 in.
1 Pr. Standard No. 13 Needles14 in.
1 Size 9 Bone Crochet Hook
Jack Frost Willow Yarn8 2-oz. Skeins
BACK: Cast on 40 sts. Work even in stockinette st until piece measures 12 in. from lower edge. Bind off 4 sts at beginning of each of next 2 rows for underarm. Work even until piece measures 5 ½ in. from underarm. Bind off 3 sts at beginning of each of next 6 rows. Bind off remaining sts for back of neck.
POCKET LINING: Cast on 12 sts. Work even in stockinette st for 4 in. ending on right side. Place on st-holder.
RIGHT FRONT: Cast on 23 sts. Work even in stockinette st until piece measures 4 in. from lower edge, ending on wrong side. Work over 7 sts, bind off next 12 sts for pocket opening, work across row. On next row, P 4, P the 12 sts of pocket lining, P 7. Work even until piece measures 12 in. from lower edge. Bind off 4 sts at underarm edge for underarm; decrease 1 st at underarm edge every row 3 times. Work even until piece measures 3 ½ in. from underarm. Keeping armhole edge even, bind off 4 sts at neck edge once; decrease 1 st at neck edge every row 3 times. Work even until piece measures 5 ½ in. from underarm. Starting at shoulder edge, bind off 3 sts every other row 3 times. Work other side to correspond.
Sew shoulder and underarm seams.
SLEEVES: Cast on 21 sts. Work 10 rows even, then increase 1 st at each end of the next row and every 10th row thereafter to 33 sts. Work even until sleeve measures 13 in. from lower edge. Bind off 4 sts at beginning of each of next 2 rows for underarm; decrease 1 st at each end every row 3 times. Work even until piece measures 4 ½ in. from underarm. Bind off 5 sts at beginning of each of next 2 rows. Work even on remaining sts for 6 rows. Bind off. Sew sleeve seams. Sew bound off sts at top of sleeve to edges of insert. Sew sleeves in place.
CROCHET BAND: Starting at lower edge of right front, work 34 s c to neck edge, 3 s c in corner st, 31 s c around neck edge, 3 s c in corner st, 34 s c down left front edge. Ch 1, turn, work 1 row s c to neck edge, st for st, 3 s c in corner st, 1 row s c around neck edge, 3 s c in corner st, * ch 2, skip 2 sts, work 1 s c in each of the next 5 sts, repeat from * to lower edge. Fasten off. Sew pocket linings to wrong side.
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