YOU WILL NEED
● West Yorkshire Spinners The Croft DK (100% Shetland wool, 100g/225m) in Skelberry (580) For yarn quantities and measurements see size table
● A pair of 3.25mm knitting needles
● A 3.25mm circular knitting needle, 100cm long
● A pair of 4mm needles
● 2 safety pins
● 5 buttons
TENSION
22 sts and 28 rows to measure 10x10cm over Main Pattern using 4mm needles.
ABBREVIATIONS
K1-lift: Take RH needle under strand at front of work before knitting next st as normal. K3w2: Knit next 3 sts, wrapping yarn twice around needle for each st.
P3w2: Purl next 3 sts, wrapping yarn twice around needle for each st.
Kgather3: Slip next 3 sts to RH needle, allowing extra wrapped loops to drop, place these 3 sts back onto LH needle and work (K1, yo, K1) through all 3 sts together.
Pgather3: Slip next 3 sts to RH needle, allowing extra wrapped loops to drop, place these 3 sts back onto LH needle and work (P1, yo, P1) through all 3 sts together.
MAIN PATTERN
Row 1 (WS): Purl.
Row 2 (RS): *K3w2, K5; rep from *.
Row 3: *Kgather3, P5; rep from *.
Row 4: Knit.
Row 5: *P3w2, P5; rep from *.
Row 6: *Pgather3, K5; rep from *.
These 6 rows form Main Pattern and are repeated.
CARDIGAN BACK
Cast on 121 (133: 145: 155: 169) sts using pair of 3.25mm needles. Row 1 (RS): K1, *P1, K1; rep
