SSK (LEFT-SLANTING) DECREASE
Slip first st as if to knit and then slip next st as if to knit.
Insert left needle into front of slipped sts and knit them
together.
LEFT FRONT RIBBING STITCH
(ODD NUMBER OF STS)
Row 1 (RS): P1 (2, 3), k2, p2, k2; rep from to last 0 (1, 2)
sts, end p0 (1, 2).
Row 2 (WS): K0 (1, 2), p2, k2, p2; rep from to last 1 (2, 3)
sts, end k1 (2, 3).
Rep rows 1 and 2 for left front ribbing.
RIGHT FRONT RIBBING STITCH
(ODD NUMBER OF STS)
Row 1 (RS): P0 (1, 2), k2, p2, k2; rep from to last 1 (2, 3)
sts, end p1 (2, 3).
Row 2 (WS): K1 (2, 3), p2, k2, p2; rep from to last 0 (1, 2)
sts, end k0 (1, 2).
Rep rows 1 and 2 for right front ribbing.
CLUSTER RIB CABLE PANEL (14 STS)
Rows 1, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 (RS): P2, *k2, p2; rep from *twice.
Row 2 and all other WS rows: K2, *p2, k2; rep from *twice.
Row 3 (cable row): P2, k2, *p2, k2; rep from *once; slip
the last 10 sts worked from the right needle onto cn and
wrap working yarn around these 10 sts, counterclockwise,
three times; slip the wrapped stitches back to the right
needle; p2.
Row 16: Rep row 2.
Rep rows 1–16 for cluster rib cable.Pattern StitchesBACK
1 With size 10 needles, CO 62 (66, 70) sts.
2 Row 1 (RS)—Work 2 x 2 ribbing: K2, p2, k2; rep from to end.
3 Row 2: P2, k2, p2; rep from to end.
4 Rep rows 1 and 2 until piece measures 5 inches, ending with a WS row.
5 Next row (RS): Beg with a knit row, work in St st until back measures 10^1 ⁄ 2 inches,
ending with a WS row.
6 Shape armhole: BO 2 sts beg next 2 rows.
7 Next row (RS): K1, ssk, k to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1.
8 Next row: Purl.
9 Rep last 2 rows (steps 7 and 8) 1 (2, 3) more time(s)—54 (56, 58) sts.
0 Continue without further shaping until back measures 17 (17^1 ⁄ 2 , 18) inches from beg, ending with a RS row. The armhole should
measure 6^1 ⁄ 2 (7, 7^1 ⁄ 2 ) inches.
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