Let's Knit -UK (2021-03)

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THE STYLE

Edit

Third, seventh and eighth

sizes only

£ Rib row 1: k2, (p2, k2) to last

five sts, p2, k

£ Rib row 2: p3, (k2, p2) to end

All sizes

These two rows set rib

£ Work 28 rows more in rib, inc

1 (0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 1, 0) sts across last

row. 50 (53, 56, 59, 62, 65, 68,

71) sts

Change to 3.75mm needles

£ Beg with a k row, work in st

st and stripe sequence until Left

front meas 37cm from cast-on

edge, ending after a WS row

Shape armhole

NOTE: keep Stripe sequence

correct

£ Next row: cast off 7 (7, 7, 8, 8,

8, 9, 9) sts, k to end. 43 (46, 49,

51, 54, 57, 59, 62) sts

£ Next row: p to end

£ Next row: k2, skpo, k to end

£ Rep last two rows 5 (6, 7, 7, 8,

9, 9, 10) times more. 37 (39, 41,

43, 45, 47, 49, 51) sts

£ Cont without shaping until

armhole measures 5 (6, 7, 8, 9, 10,

11, 12) cm ending after a WS row

Shape neck

£ Next row: k to last 10 (11, 12, 13,

14, 15, 16, 17) sts, turn

Cont on these 27 (28, 29, 30, 31,

32, 33, 34) sts only

£ Next row: p to end

£ Next row: k to last two sts,

skpo

£ Rep last two rows ten times. 16

(17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24) sts

£ Cont without shaping until

front meas same as Back to beg

of shoulder shaping, ending at

armhole edge

Shape shoulder

£ Cast off 8 (8, 9, 9, 10, 10, 11, 11)

sts at beg of next row. 8 (9, 9, 10,

10, 11, 11, 12) sts

£ Work one row

£ Cast off

RIGHT FRONT

Using 3.25mm needles and yarn

A, cast on 49 (53, 55, 57, 61, 65,

67, 71) sts

First, second, fourth, fifth

and sixth sizes only

£ Rib row 1: k3, p2, (k2, p2)

to end

£ Rib row 2: k2, (p2, k2) to last

three sts, p

Third, seventh and eighth

sizes only

£ Rib row 1: k3, (p2, k2) to end

£ Rib row 2: p2, (k2, p2) to last

five sts, k2, p

All sizes

These two rows set rib

£ Work 28 rows more in rib, inc

1 (0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 1, 0) sts across last

row. 50 (53, 56, 59, 62, 65, 68,

71) sts

Change to 3.75mm needles

£ Beg with a k row, work in st st

and Stripe sequence until Right

front meas 37cm from cast-on

edge, ending after a RS row

Shape armhole

£ Next row: cast off 7 (7, 7, 8, 8,

8, 9, 9) sts, p to end. 43 (46, 49,

51, 54, 57, 59, 62) sts

£ Next row: k to last four sts,

k2tog, k

£ Next row: p to end

£ Rep last two rows 5 (6, 7, 7, 8,

9, 9, 10) times more. 37 (39, 41,

43, 45, 47, 49, 51) sts

£ Cont without shaping until

armhole meas 5 (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,

12) cm ending after a WS row

Shape neck

£ Next row: k10 (11, 12, 13, 14, 15,

16, 17) sts, leave these sts on a

holder, k to end. 27 (28, 29, 30,

31, 32, 33, 34) sts

£ Next row: p to end

£ Next row: k2tog, k to end

£ Rep last two rows ten times. 16

(17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23) sts

£ Cont without shaping until

front meas same as Back to beg

of shoulder shaping, ending at

armhole edge

Shape shoulder

£ Cast off 8 (8, 9, 9, 10, 10, 11, 11)

sts at beg of next row. 8 (9, 9, 10,

10, 11, 11, 12) sts

£ Work one row

£ Cast off

“Choosing

buttons that

match the button

band makes the

stripes stand out

all the more”

LK Acting Deputy Editor,

Neti Love