BACK
Using 2.5mm needles and yarn A, work a picot cast-on as foll:
*Cast on 5 sts, cast off 2 sts, slip st from right needle to left needle; rep from
* until there are 114 (129:147:162:174: 192:210:222:240) sts on needle, cast on 0 (1:1:0:2:0:0:2:2) sts.
114 (130:148:162:176:192:210:224:242) sts.
Knit 4 rows.
Change to 3mm needles. Joining yarn B and using the Fair Isle technique (stranding colour not in use loosely across the back of the work), work from Body Chart using the markers for your size for the beginning and end of the pattern as foll:
Next row (RS): Work row 1 of Body Chart, working the 22-st repeat 5 (5:6:7:8:8:9:10:11) times.
Next row (WS): Work row 2 of Body Chart, working the 22-st repeat 5 (5:6:7:8:8:9:10:11) times.
These 2 rows set the colours and Fair Isle pattern placement.
Keeping pattern correct throughout, inc 1 st at each end of every foll 12th (12th:16th:16th:14th:14th:18th:19th: 15th) row to 124 (140:156:170:186:202: 218:232:252) sts, taking inc sts into patt.
Cont without shaping until Back meas 23½ (24½:25:25½:26:26½:26½:27½:27½) cm,
