Australian Knitting - July 2019

AustralianKnitting 73

SLEEvELESS JACKET
BACK
Work as given for Back of Long
Sleeved Jacket to **.
Working in st-st (throughout) cont until
back measures 49 (49, 51, 53, 55,
57) cm, ending with a WS row.
Place a marker at each end of last row
for armholes.
Cont until back measures 70 (72, 76,
80, 84, 88) cm, ending with a WS row.

Shape Shoulders:
Cast off 4 (5, 6, 6, 7, 8) sts at beg
of next 4 (8, 10, 4, 6, 10) rows. 89
(77, 69, 115, 109, 81) sts.
Cast off 5 (6, 7, 7, 8, 9) sts at beg
of next 10 (6, 4, 10, 8, 4) rows. 39
(41, 41, 45, 45, 45) sts.
Cast off rem 39 (41, 41, 45, 45,
45) sts.

LEFT FRONT
Work as given for Left Front of Long
Sleeved Jacket to **.
Change to 4mm needles and working
in st-st (throughout) cont until left
front measures 49 (49, 51, 53, 55,
57) cm, ending with a WS row.
Place a marker at end of last row
for armhole.
Cont until left front measures 64
(66, 69, 73, 77, 81) cm, ending
with a RS row.

Shape Neck:
Next Row: Cast off 5 (6, 5, 7, 7, 7)
sts, purl to end. 44 (49, 56, 59, 65,
70) sts.
Work 6 rows dec 1 st at neck edge
in every row. 38 (43, 50, 53, 59,
64) sts.
Work 9 (9, 11, 11, 11, 11) rows
dec 1 st at neck edge in next and
every foll alt row. 33 (38, 44, 47,
53, 58) sts.
Cont without shaping until left front
measures 70 (72, 76, 80, 84, 88)
cm, ending with a WS row.

Shape Shoulder:
Next Row: Cast off 4 (5, 6, 6, 7, 8)
sts, knit to end. 29 (33, 38, 41, 46,
50) sts.
Next Row: Purl.
Rep last 2 rows 1 (3, 4, 1, 2, 4) times
more. 25 (18, 14, 35, 32, 18) sts.

Proceed as follows:

Next Row: Cast off 5 (6, 7, 7, 8, 9) sts,

knit to end. 20 (12, 7, 28, 24, 9) sts.

Next Row: Purl.

Rep last 2 rows 3 (1, 0, 3, 2, 0)

times more. 5 (6, 7, 7, 8, 9) sts.

Cast off rem 5 (6, 7, 7, 8, 9) sts.

RIGHT FRONT

Work as given for Right Front of Long

Sleeved Jacket to **.

Change to 4mm needles and working

in st-st (throughout) cont until right

front measures 49 (49, 51, 53, 55,

57) cm ending with a WS row.