Woman’s Weekly UK – 27 August 2019

KNITTING

KNITTING

EDITOR TERESA

MEASUREMENTS

Tofitsizes 56 (61)(66)cm/22(24)

(26)in.

Actualchestmeasurements 66 (71)

(77)cm/26(28)(30½)in.

Sideseam 22 (24)(27)cm/8¾(9½)

(10½)(14¾)(15½)(16¼)in.

Lengthtoshoulder 36 (39)(43)cm/14

(15¼)(17)in.

Sleeveseam 24 (27)(31)cm/9½(10½)

(12¼)in.

MATERIALS

3 (3)(4)100g(150m)balls

ofStylecraftSpecialChunky(100%

acrylic)inCloudBlue(1019)*.Pairof

5mm(No.6),5½mm(No.5)and6mm

(No.4)knittingneedles.Yarnisavailable

fromtheknittingnetwork.co.uk.

TENSION

14 stitchesand 20 rows,

to 10 x 10cm,overstockingstitch,

using6mmneedles.

ABBREVIATIONS

K,knit;p, purl;st(s), stitch(es);tog,

together;p2togb, p2togthroughback

ofsts;inc, increase(byworkingtwice

intosamest);dec, decrease(bytaking 2

ststog);ss, stockingst(konrightside

andp onwrongside);skpo, slip1,k1,

passslipstover.

NOTE

Yarnamountsarebasedonaverage

requirementsandaretherefore

approximate.Instructionsaregivenfor

smallsize.Wheretheyvary,work

figuresinroundbracketsforlarger

sizes.Instructionsinsquarebracketsare

workedasstatedafter2ndbracket.

Youcan’tgo

wrongwithan

adorable

hoody,knitted

inall-over

stocking

stitchwith

ribbed

welts

ABIT

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TRICKY

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Instructions overleaf

PHOTOS: ANGELA SPAIN/ TI-MEDIACONTENT.COM. STYLIST: ANNE HARTNETT. *YARN SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY

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