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KENDAL BY PAT MENCHINI
SIZES
To it :
91-97[102-107:112-117:122-127:132-137 ]cm
(36-38[40-42:44-46:48-50:52-54]in)
Actual measurement:
104[113:122:133:142]cm
(41[44½:48¼:52½:56¼]in)
Length to shoulder: 65[66:67:69:70]cm
(25½[26:26½:27:27½]in)
Figures in square brackets refer to larger
sizes: where there is only one set of igures
this applies to all sizes.
YOU WILL NEED
West Yorkshire Spinners The Croft
Shetland Tweed
100% wool (approx 166m per 100g)
7[7:8:8:9] x 100g hanks in 798 Hillswick
4mm and 5mm needles
2 stitch holders
7 buttons from Duttons for Buttons
Row counter
Note: Yarn amounts given are based
on average requirements and are
approximate.
TENSION
22 sts and 22.5 rows (approx) to 10cm over
patt using 5mm needles.
Use larger or smaller needles if necessary
to obtain correct tension.
ABBREVIATIONS
mk/p = knit/purl into back of horizontal
strand lying before next st
k/pb = knit/purl into back of next st
TW3 = slip next 2 sts, k1, slip 2nd st on RH
needle over irst st and knit into back of it,
now slip 3rd st on RH needle over irst
2 sts and knit into back of it
For more abbreviations see page 91
POCKET LININGS (MAKE 2)
With 5mm needles, cast on 31 sts.
Purl 1 row.
Set pattern
Row 1 (RS): P1, (kb, k3, kb, p3) 3 times,
kb, k3, kb, p1.
Row 2: P1, (pb, p3) 7 times, pb, p1.
Row 3: P1, (kb, TW3, kb, p3) 3 times,
kb, TW3, kb, p1.
Row 4: As row 2.
Rep these 4 patt rows 6 more times.
Leave sts on a holder and set aside.
BACK
With 4mm needles, cast on
105[115:125:137:147] sts evenly.
Row 1 (RS): K2, (p1, k1) to last st, k1.
Row 2: K1, (p1, k1) to end.
Rep these 2 rows until rib meas 4cm (1½in),
ending after row 1.
Next row: Purl, working mp 8 times
evenly across. 113[123:133:145:155] sts.
Set pattern
Change to 5mm needles.
Row 1 (RS): P2[3:4:2:3], (kb, k3, kb, p3)
13[14:15:17:18] times, kb, k3, kb,
p to end.
Row 2: P2[3:4:2:3], (pb, p3)
27[29:31:35:37] times, pb, p to end.
Row 3: P2[3:4:2:3], (kb, TW3, kb, p3)
13[14:15:17:18] times, kb, TW3, kb,
p to end.
Row 4: As row 2.
These 4 rows set patt.
Cont in patt until Back meas 40cm (15¾in)
measured through centre of work,
ending after a WS row.
Shape armholes
Pm at centre of last row.
Cast of 7[9:11:13:15] sts at beg of next
2 rows. 99[105:111:119:125] sts.
Dec 1 st at each end of next 7 rows,
then on every foll alt row until
81[87:93:99:105] sts rem.
Work straight until Back meas
24[26:27:28:29]cm (9¾[10¼:10¾:11¼:11¾]in)
from marker, ending after a WS row.
Shape shoulders
Loosely cast of 8[9:9:10:11] sts at beg of
next 4 rows, then 8[8:10:10:10] sts at beg
of next 2 rows.
Cast of rem 33[35:37:39:41] sts.
RIGHT FRONT
With 4mm needles, cast on
51[57:61:65:71] sts.
Work as Back to , noting that inc row
will be:
Purl across row working mp 4[3:4:6:5]
times evenly across. 55[60:65:71:76] sts **
Set pattern
Change to 5mm needles.
Sizes 1, 3 and 4 only
Row 1 (RS): P4, (kb, p3, kb, k3) 6[7:8] times,
kb, p2[4:2].
Row 2: P2[4:2], pb, (p3, pb) 12[14:16] times,
p4.
Row 3: P4, (kb, p3, kb, TW3) 12[14:16] times,
kb, p to end.
Row 4: As row 2.
Sizes 2 and 5 only
Row 1 (RS): P4, (kb, k3, kb, p3) 7[9] times.
Row 2: P3, (pb, p3) 13[17] times, pb, p4.
Row 3: P4, (kb, TW3, kb, p3) 6[8] times.
Row 4: As row 2.
All sizes
These 4 rows set patt.
Patt 24 more rows.
Place Pocket Lining
Next row (RS): Patt 15[19:15:23:19], slip
next 31 sts on to a holder and leave, and in
place of these patt across 31 sts of Pocket
Lining, patt to end.
Cont in patt on all sts until Front meas
same as Back to start of armhole shaping,
ending at side edge.
Shape armhole
Cast of 7[9:11:13:15] sts at beg of next
row. 48[51:54:58:61] sts.
Note: On Left Front only now work 1 row
straight.
Dec 1 st at armhole edge on next
7 rows, then on every foll alt row until
39[42:45:48:51] sts rem.
Work 1 row straight.
Shape front slope
Row 1 (dec row): P1, k2tog tbl, p1,
patt to end.
Row 2: Patt to last 3 sts, k1, p2.
Rep these 2 rows until 28[31:33:34:37] sts
rem, ending after a dec row.
Next row: As row 2.
Next row: P1, k1, p1, patt to end.
Next row: As row 2.
Next row: As dec row.
Rep last 4 rows until 24[26:28:30:32] sts rem.
Work a few rows straight until Front meas
same as Back to shoulder shaping,
ending at armhole edge.
Shape shoulder
Loosely cast of 8[9:9:10:11] sts at beg
of next and foll alt row. t